IRUYA

IS SITUATED ON 2780MSNM, FROM 340KM TO THE SALTA CITY .

TO ACCES TO THIS PLACE, NEED TO CROSS JUJUY PROVINCE, TO COVER THE NATIONAL ROUTE Nº 9 AT 26KM. ON THE CAPITAL OF HUMAHUACA IS THE ROUTE CROSS WHERE YOU CAN READ ¨ IRUYA 26 km¨, TO BE CONTINUE FOR THAT INDICATE PATH AND GOING TO ARRIVE TO THE STATION ITURBE (F.C.N.G.B.). JUJUY PROVINCE , HAVE A DISTANCE OF 8KM FROM THAT CROSS MENCIONED. FROM THERE THE PATH OF LAND THERE ARRIVED TO THE SPOT CALLED ¨ABRA DEL CONDOR¨ (4000MSNM). LIMIT FROM SALTA AND JUJUY PROVINCES .

IN THE ABRA DEL CONDOR START THE DESCENT OF 1220M. IN THE 19 KM (THE DISTANCE IS BETWEEN ABRA AND IRUYA). ALONG THAT 19 KM THE TOURIST WILL BE ON THE INCREDIBLE VARIETY OF COLOURS, THEY ARE FROM GREEN TO PURPLE OR VIOLET, CROSSING FOR YELLOW AND METALIC BLUE. THE MOUNTAIN, WITH A GULLY, OFFERS TO SEE DIFERENTS SHAPES WHICH TO VANISH ON THE BED OF THE COLANZULI RIVER , ON A BANK IS THE PATH.

IN THE ELEVATION WHICH CROSS THE PATH AND AS A PART OF THE LANDSCAPE ARE THE HERD OF LLAMAS, SHEEP AND GOAT. WHEN ARRIVE TO IRUYA, THE FIRST IDEA IS THAT VILLAGE IS ¨THAT IS HANGING TO THE MONTAIN¨ OR IT IS AN ISLAN, THAT IS SURROUND FOR THE COLAZULI RIVER (IRUYA) AND MILMAHUASI.

THERE, THE HABITANTS, CLOTHES, CUSTOM AND HOUSES ARE TO BE CONTINUING WITH THE TRADITIONS DURING 250 YEARS. THE PEOPLE CONSERVE THEIR STREETS SCUASHED AND COBBLED WITH HOUSES OF ADOBE, STONE AND STRAW.

THE PATH FOR AUTOMOTOR ENDING, ONLY ON MULAS IS POSIBLE TO DO THE TRIP ON THE DEPARTMENT, WHERE IS THE MOUNTING LANDSCAPE IN ALL THEIR AGRESIVE AND MAGNITUD. TO BE CONTINUING THE BED WHERE CROSS, CAN ENJOY MOUNTAIN RANGE OF DIFERENTS FORMS AND COLOURS, THE STONE LAJA, IN SOME PARTS IS PART OF WALLS OF CONTENTION OF THE RIVER.

AS WELL, THERE ARE SOME SMALLS SPACES CULTIVATED WITH ALFALFA AND POPLAR.