Dec 14, 2024
3 day tour around Quebrada de Humahuaca. - 3 day tour around Quebrada de Humahuaca.
Fantastic experience from start to finish.
Actually, it was a great experience from before we even got to Argentina.
Nick gave us lots of invaluable advice for travelling in Argentina before we even got there.
Upon arrival in Salta, Rodrigo, our guide for our three days, picked us up at the airport and took us to our hotel. He then helped us exchange dollars for pesos at a good rate. Both services above and beyond what I would expect from a tour, and very gratefully received.
The tour itself was excellent. Rodrigo is a very nice guy, with lots of local knowledge and interesting stories. He is also an excellent driver, and despite the long days and sometimes difficult driving conditions, at no point did we feel anything other than 100% safe.
The tour itself took in some incredible locations and really helped us get to see a part of Argentina we might not have ever visited.
We were fortunate to cross paths with Nick, who was leading another tour in the area, and we very much enjoyed his company.
A highly recommended tour and tour company, and we are exceedingly happy we found them and chose to go with them.
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Nov 14, 2024
Tour of Northern Argentina with Nick Evans and Poncho Tours - I am a 66 year old and traveled with my 22 year old son to the north after a week in Buenos Aires. The three days we spent with Nick as our guide were definitely the highlight of our two weeks in Argentina. Nick is patient, flexible, gregarious and chatty. He will put you at ease immediately. He is an encyclopedia of information, fluent in both English and Spanish, vastly knowledgeable about the history and geography of the country and the Salta and Jujuy provinces. He can help you navigate through rough terrain and any situation that might arise for a tourist. He has connections with many locals and will be sure you get to see and do whatever is on your bucket list. The sites you see with Poncho Tours are astonishing. Nick will feel like a friend who makes the trip very comfortable. I recommend Poncho enthusiastically.
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May 21, 2024
3 day Jujuy-Salta tour - My eldest son and I did a 3 day tour of the Quebrada de Humauerca area. Nick tailored the tour to include things we were most interested in. He is really knowledgeable on pretty much any subject about NW Argentina; history, culture, flor and fauna, food, etc. Highly recommend any trip with Poncho Tours.
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May 1, 2024
Russians exploring Salta and Jujuy - We are delighted with the natural beauty of these magnificent places - Salta and Jujuy! Very unusual multi-colored mountains amaze with their grandeur. We were also interested in visiting several local wineries, where hospitable hosts organize tours and tastings. By the way, these places have a lot of tasty specialties: goat cheese, llama salami and so on.
Nick and Alicia organized our three-day holiday to a high standard, it was very comfortable and interesting to communicate with these wonderful people. At the same time, we managed to practice foreign languages.
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Apr 28, 2024
Excellent experience with Poncho - Right from the first enquiry, Nick was super helpful in helping plan and organise our 3-day trip with Poncho. But in addition he helped contact the Bolivian tour operator (our next stop on the tour) and even booked us some bus tickets! And it was a really nice touch that he picked us up from the airport and took us to our hotel. Above and beyond service from one of life's nice guys.
Rodrigo, who was our guide on the tour was super knowledgeable, very friendly, and, like Nick, clearly has a passion for the area. The tour was nicely paced, and we got to see some amazing scenery and stay in a lovely quirky winery. Rodrigo also went out of his way to smooth our border crossing to Bolivia at the end of the trip.
Read Nick's blog for all the latest before you go; he had some useful stuff on the blue dollar and on the latest in Salta. There had been some flooding in the weeks before, which he had reported on, and it was useful background information for us prior to our arrival.
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Apr 12, 2024
A highlight of our trip to South America - We had a bespoke 5 day trip with Poncho Tours which combined 2 of the 'standard' tours you can find on their website. Nick was fantastic before we travelled, giving lots of advice and a great selection of hotels to choose from. We also had a zoom meeting to make sure everything was being planned as we wanted. Our guide for the first leg of our tour was Alejandro. He was brilliant! Spoke excellent English, very informative, got our British sense of humour (or did a good job of pretending). He was flexible with photo-stops (many), toilet stops (many) and took us to places off schedule as he thought we would enjoy them (he was right!). He even organised an unscheduled lunch at a fantastic independent winery. This was a real highlight of our trip - despite not making it to Salinas Grandes due to the road being washed away. Gutting - but I guess that means we'll have to come back!
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Dec 13, 2023
Unique journey with great guide - Outstanding in every respect- friendly, informative guide to little visited area of beauty and history. Remote Argentina is an adventure of discovery: salt flats, museums, Inca strongholds, flamingos, lithium mining, haciendas, Bolivian border smuggling, wine, and especially empanadas. We traveled together for 14 days.
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Jun 23, 2023
Salta & Jujuy - a tour not to miss! - Our tour with Rodrigo was outstanding. The sights were amazing, and we appreciated his knowledge, flexibility, and simpatico. Well worth the investment to have this personalized attention and schedule. Despite road closings at one point, we didn't miss a thing, thanks to Rodrigo's knowledge of the area.
And Nick was a great help before the trip, helping us with accommodation suggestions and bookings, money exchange tips, and more.
Highly recommend Poncho Tours!
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Sep 29, 2023
to repeat it - Excellent and safe. Lots of nature and good local food. A place for walks and good photos.
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Mar 5, 2024
I do not recommend Poncho Tours - I do not recommend Poncho Tours. This is because days before our trip, they replaced the guide and sent us a driver, who drove well, but was not a tourist guide. We were left to our own devices to find out about the regions visited, what to wear and where to eat. We received no indication or guidance on absolutely anything. Not even the amounts to be reserved for entrance fees to the places to be visited were informed to us. A disappointment. If we had known, we would have hired just one driver. For the price we paid ($2000.00/four people), it would certainly be much more affordable.
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