San Salvador de Jujuy is the starting point to access different circuits in the Province. There are also half day and full day tours to close by areas that will take you back to the city at the end of the day.

ALTOS DE LA VIÑA
If travelling by car, north of the Plaza General Belgrano, upon reaching the rotunda of the Avenida Fascio and Otero, turn right and cross the river and continue for another 3 and a half kilometres. A straight uphill road will take you top the Hotel Altos de la Viña.

The hotel has a pastry shop café, restaurant and organises conventions and family or business meetings.

It has an impressive panoramic view over the whole Valley of Jujuy as well as of the city itself, with its historical centre up front, to the right the start of the Humahuaca Gorge and beyond, the Cerro Azul Mountain top at 5,200 m.a.s.l.

In front of the hotel, half a block away from a street that will take you to the Medical College, you will find the Cultural Centre and the Jorge Pasquini López Museum.

THE PROVINCIAL PARK "POTRERO DE YALA"
In the Provincial Park Potrero de Yala, 28 kilometres from San Salvador de Jujuy, you will find the beautiful lakes of Yala - Lagunas de Yala. Their crystal clear surfaces emerge from the year round surrounding greenery with its exuberant beauty and crystal clear river of many pools. It is a popular weekend retreat for many families that come here to camp out and enjoy the lakes and the landscape.

On the road to Reyes, you will find yet another six smaller lakes, of which the main one measures about 500 metres by 300 metres. Trout and fresh water atherines are bred here.

Access is through Ruta Nacional Nº 9, and a take off on Ruta Provincial Nº 4. The first part is paved, and at the end you will find a part that is only a dirt road. It can be visited throughout the year except during the southern hemisphere summers when the rains will not let you get past.

Great for the observation of plant and wild life or you can take a programmed circuit walk guided by the Park guards. There are also opportunities for sport fishing, photo safaris and biking.

THE MARSH DIKES, THE ALDERS AND THE WOODS
Make a 90º turn towards the south and the traveller will discover other natural and cultural attractions such as the La Ciénaga, Los Alisos and Maderas, especially for those travellers that enjoy fishing and water sports.

The Ciénaga is an artificial lake, which apart from nautical sports such punting, water skiing and yachting offers a swimming pool, sports areas, horseback riding, folklore shows and all the necessary to make grilled meat asado style in the camping site of the Municipality of El Carmen.

From the dike of Las Maderas one can see in all its beauty the lake and its surroundings. The circuit La Almona - Los Alisos is a short tour with splendid views. To complete the tour of all the dikes area one has to pass through the communities of El Carmen and San Antonio.

EL CARMEN
The place counts with an Olympic size swimming pool.

SAN ANTONIO
Close by you will find the archaeological remains of San Antonio.

LOS PERICOS
In the area with the name Los Pericos, the traveller has the option to practise rural tourism, being mainly an agricultural area. It is located in the Department of El Carmen. The local activities are all related to farming, consisting in the breeding of beef cattle, the cultivation of grains, vineyards and, especially, the growing of tobacco.

In this location you will find the offices of the Chamber of Tobacco - Cámara del Tabaco and the Cooperative of Tobacco Growers - Cooperativa de Tabacaleros, a coop for the collection, classification, processing and sales of tobacco, vegetables and grains. It exports it production of Virginia type tobacco to the four corners of the world, as its quality is recognised worldwide. It also produces and exports dried vegetables as well as storing grains and other cereals.

PALPALA
Another interesting place to visit in this tour is Palpalá, located only 14 kilometres from the capital San Salvador de Jujuy. Here you will find the first steel works ever installed in Argentina, in which the first tapping of cast iron took place in 1945. It also has 10000 hectares of planted eucalyptus forest as raw material for the charcoal then necessary in the process. The complex also included two iron ore mines, 9 de Octubre and Puesto Viejo, and it also mined for limestone.

YALA
En Yala, the hills march towards the west, following the valley of the Río Yala River, on the south-eastern side it receives the rain cloud discharges that come from there. The exuberant vegetation and the crystal clear waters of the river, with it many quiet pools, attract every weekend, hundred of visitors that come to a camp out and enjoy the waters.

TERMAS DE REYES
At 19 kilometres from the city you will find the Termas de Reyes, where there is a monumental hotel and where you can enjoy the hot springs surrounded by profusely wooded mountain scenery. The hotel has a swimming pool, which receives its waters from the hot springs.