Cafayate – Through the Interface

Our second side-trip from Salta (the first being the one up to Tilcara) was more southwards: we headed 200km along the amazing Route 68 to visit the town of Cafayate. Cafayate is well known for its winemaking, especially from the local Torrontés grape that only grows at altitude. It also has some of the most incredible scenery we’ve seen on this trip.

On the way down to Cafayate the weather was really windy, and the closer we got, the windier it became. This meant we didn’t get to see all the wonders of Route 68. We did stop at the Garganta del Diablo (another Devil’s Throat), which was already very impressive.

We had an evening in at the Airbnb we’d booked, and the next day headed across to the Rio Colorado, to hike up towards a waterfall. This is a moderately tough hike and it’s generally recommended to take a guide. The guides hanging around the trailhead (no doubt thinking fiscally) seemed more interested in groups of young adults, rather than families such as…