Why this ride
From San Salvador de Jujuy it runs 200 km to Susques; allow about 2 h 48 of riding. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 4,000 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Paso de Jama: San Salvador de Jujuy to Susques
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 200 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 48
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. San Salvador de Jujuy
Jujuy, as everyone calls it, sits in a green bowl about 1,200 metres up in the far north-west of Argentina, where the wet forests of the eastern slope meet the dry high country behind. The city was founded in 1593, on the third attempt, after earlier settlements were wiped out or abandoned, and it still has the look of a provincial capital that has had to work for its place. About three hundred thousand people live here, with the river Xibi Xibi running through the middle of town and the hills of the Yungas closing in on three sides. It is the usual start for the long climb into the Andes.
Read the complete San Salvador de Jujuy write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
San Salvador de Jujuy is where the day begins. Next is Purmamarca.
2. Purmamarca
Purmamarca is the village most people photograph first in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, and the reason is the hill behind it. The Cerro de los Siete Colores rises straight from the edge of the settlement in bands of pink, rust, ochre, green and grey, and the colours change hourly: pale and chalky at noon, deep and almost wet-looking when the low sun rakes across them in the late afternoon. It is a small adobe village, about two thousand three hundred metres up in Jujuy province, in the far north-west of Argentina.
Read the complete Purmamarca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Purmamarca comes up about 66 km into the recorded legs. Next is Susques.
3. Susques
Susques is a small high-altitude town on the road to Chile, perched on the Argentine puna at about 3,600 metres, where the air is thin, the sky is deep blue and the horizon is made of bare rust-coloured hills. The Ruta 52 climbs here from Jujuy through the Quebrada de Purmamarca, over the Cuesta de Lipán, one of the highest and most dramatic mountain roads in Argentina, then crosses the great white Salinas Grandes, the salt flats, before arriving in Susques. The town marks the beginning of the real altiplano.
Read the complete Susques write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 200 km.
Leg by leg
San Salvador de Jujuy to Purmamarca
San Salvador de Jujuy → Purmamarca is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Purmamarca to Susques
Purmamarca → Susques is 134 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.