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Cafayate to Cachi Ruta 40

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Recorded distance
156 km
Riding-time estimate
3 h 43
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

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Why this ride

A remote mixed-surface corridor with strong terrain and adventure-riding value. It links naturally to Calchaqui Valleys.

Editorial context

Coordinates are curated start-via-end route seeds. They are not a surveyed centreline or navigation geometry. Run road snapping, topology checks, access checks and a live-status review before publication.

Access context

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Seasonal context

Apr-Nov

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Cafayate

    Cafayate is a wine town at about sixteen hundred metres in the Calchaquí valleys of Salta province, in the dry north-west of Argentina, and it is the reward at the end of a long ride south. After days of high desert, salt flats and unpaved passes, you come down into a flat valley full of vines and suddenly there is shade, cold white wine and a plaza where people sit for hours. The mountains stand on both sides, brown and bare, and the light is so clear that distances seem shorter than they are.

    Read the complete Cafayate write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Cafayate sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Cachi.

  2. 2. Cachi

    Cachí sits at around 2,300 metres in the Calchaquí valleys of Salta province, and everything about it seems to have been made quiet by altitude and dryness. White adobe houses line narrow streets, the plaza is shaded by trees, and the church has a roof and doors made from the wood of the cardón, a tall columnar cactus that grows on the slopes around. The backdrop is the Nevado de Cachi, a snow-capped peak in the range that stands above 6,000 metres.

    Read the complete Cachi write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Cachi comes up 156 km in.

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