Quebrada de Humahuaca in Argentina

Quebrada de Humahuaca, is an Andean valley of 150 kilometers of extension, flanked by high mountainous chains and dug laboriously by the Grande river, located to more than 2,000 meters of height in the province of Jujuy. The small towns of this city connect history and traditions by ancestral roots. One is a unique cultural landscape in the world, since the Indigenous towns of the zone conserve religious beliefs, rites, celebrations, art, agricultural music and techniques that are a living patrimony, important reason so that outside declared Cultural Patrimony for the Humanity by UNESCO in the 2003. Their present inhabitants are mainly of the ethnic group “coya” –indigenous group-. Quebrada de Humahuaca was scene of different ancestral cultures from 10,000 years of antiquity, among them the “omaguacas”-another indigenous group-, that gave the name to the place. Since century XVI it was the way of entrance of the Spanish conquerors arrived from Peru, mixing itself with the indigenous root. The result is a series of towns in this city where it is usual to practice “the cultural tourism”. The route has like central axis the National Route N° 9. In consequence of the height where are situated the tourist points and places of interest in the region, it is recommended to walk with slowness to avoid any type of malaise caused by the big diminution of oxygen.
What cannot be lost! _ Yala _ Lagoons of Yala to practice sport fishing. _ Volcano _ 40 kilometers far from San Salvador de Jujuy. _ Tumbaya _ _ Purmamarca _ Hill of the Seven Colors. _ Hornillos _ City situated at 73 kilometers far from San Salvador de Jujuy. _ Maimara _ _ Tilcara _ City situated at 88 kilometers far from San Salvador de Jujuy. Pucara (strength in language quechua) of Tilcara. _ Huacalera _ Monument that determines the location of the Tropic of Capricorn (photo) . _ Uquia _ _ Humahuaca _ City situated at 130 kilometers far from San Salvador de Jujuy. Carnival of Humahuaca.