Dec 8, 2024
Amazing!! Really enjoyed it! - The guide was amazing. She really made it a sensorial experience of Salta. She brought water of Jamaica, her poncho, am Andean flute and lots of anecdotes, which made the journey very enjoyable.
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Nov 28, 2024
Excellent Angie - Today I have done the activity of Salta a Calafate and the valleys Calchaquis, impressive the Quebrada de las Conchas!!!. Excellent Angie, a human library, covering all aspects of travel, geographical, geological, historical, artisit8cos, cultural, musical and gastronomic. Rarely in my life have I encountered a capacity to transmit information and didactic capacity. Driver Javier, a great professional, transmitting security at all times The wide bus, the air conditioning at its point. Perfect organization and perfectly fulfilled schedules.
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Nov 7, 2024
Spectacular scenery all day long. - The trip was well organized, and the scenery was spectacular. Angie did a great job narrating in Spanish and English.. It was a very worthwhile excursion.
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Nov 4, 2024
Brilliant BIG DAY OUT. - I loved this whole day. We had a late start because overnight rain had caused landslides on the road but the earthmovers were in really quickly to clear the road for the tourist buses. Although I booked an English speaking tour, there were 24 Spanish speakers and only 4 English speakers. Angie, our guide did a really good job explaining to us the necessary details. …so it turned out ok. Despite the wet start, the day out there turned to magical blue blue blue skies and I was in awe.
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Nov 2, 2024
Wonderful trip with sweat tour guide - Jasmin is wonderful, she helped us in explaining all attractions in English, even helped us order food in the restaurant . The driver is excellent too, stoped at multiple places for us to take photos
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Oct 30, 2024
Breathtaking landscapes - Very beautiful region.
At each curve new surprise...all different and wonderful. It is worth visiting.
Wine region with excellent cellars and wonderful wines.
All perfect.
I'll be back
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Dec 4, 2024
Cafyate from Salta - Trip to Cafayate is beautiful. You travel through fantastic scenery. Stops in beautiful places. Wine tasting was also very nice and tasty. The bus was nice and on time in the morning. You even got a call shortly before pickup.
The driver drove responsibly and pleasantly. The tour guide was very pleasant and cheerful person and explained everything in Spanish and English. Kudos to the employees of Nordic.
Booking can be done cheaper via tripadvisor, for example, than directly at the Nordic office. Saved almost 10,000 pesos.
Neg: bus is a bit on the old side. This also broke in Cafayate; broken belt. There had to be a 2nd bus from Salta. Although there was some delay there was good communication about it and we had little trouble with it.
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Nov 13, 2024
The scenery was amazing.... - The scenery was amazing. The wine was tasty as well, however it's a shame that we only got to go to one winery. I expected a few more, on a wine tour.
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Nov 10, 2024
Bus tour to Cafayate - The guide, Angie, was knowledgeable and upbeat. The catch was the bus that was subpar: windshield had a large crack as did the window next to our seat. Also, a number of seats were malfunctioning: either the did no hold an upright position or would not budge from "sleep/rest" position.
On a long bus trip, we find essential that the bus be in top condition.
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Nov 17, 2024
Don’t book a minibus tour from Salsa - We had 3 tours in 3 days from Salta. All of the visitor attractions are so far from Salta that you have to travel 3-4 hours in a minibus to reach them. Our Argentinian travel guide in the UK suggested staying in Purmamarca to avoid a 3 hour drive back to Salta and another 3 hour drive the next morning. This was good advice. The Purmamarca hotel was wonderful.
However, the drivers from the company Tiamar were so bad. They ignored speed restrictions, they ignored the double yellow lines in the middle of the road, they took risks when overtaking, they ignored loose animals at the side of the road including very young calves and goats.
The trip with wine to Cafayate was not good. If they stopped at the amphitheater and turned around nothing would be missed. The wine tasting is terrible. The gorge is beautiful but there is no point in going on to Cafayate. Turning at the amphitheater would mean that they could drive at normal speeds and not make the passengers sick.
On our drive to the salt lakes we had 3.5 hours before there was a toilet break. One passenger had to ask to stop and he had to relieve himself in full view of all of the road traffic. The women on the bus also wanted to go to the toilet but there was no possibility of them relieving themselves in the same way.
We drove for 7 hours without food on the salt lake tour.
The minibuses have two seats on the back row with no view. If you are unlucky to be the last hotel pick up then you will have these seats for 11 or 12 hours. Every passenger who was allocated these seats was unhappy. These seats should be sold at a discount as you cannot see anything from them. I had to spend 11 hours in one of them yesterday. If I had been last to be picked up this morning I would be phoning the company to ask for a refund.
I have friends who have booked a trip to Salta. I will be advising them not to go in a minibus. These trips are uncomfortable and dangerous because of the driver behaviour.
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