To get there you must go through the province of Jujuy, precisely through the Quebrada de Humahuaca.
The landscape shows wonderful colors, involving goats, lambs and their shepherds.
The clock stops and the heart is pounding with excitement, because the wind, the scents of herbs and its people welcome us, looking calm and friendly.
The silence is only interrupted by the bells of the church, children playing, or by the sigh of the immensity of the mountains framed by a deep blue sky.
The skyline becomes barren and imposing, and on the hillsides draws the silhouette of small populations of adobe houses and neat squares of crops.
Iruya stands suspended from the precipice of a huge gorge.
Surrounded by a majestic landscape, its steep cobbled streets seem frozen in time.
Their culture is pre-Columbian roots, manifested in pagan-religious celebrations as the colorful fiesta in honor of the Virgen del Rosario.
Source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Salta
