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October 16, 2007
Day 5: Salta
In case you haven't figured it out, I love birds and will happily take any opportunity to go bird-watching when we travel. Unfortunately, I'm not a very good birder so I generally rely on guides, particularly if we are visiting another country. On this particular morning, we went with a bird guide to Reserva del Huaico, a private reserve in Salta. I did not keep a list of the birds I saw this time but we did see some nice birds on this excursion. According to our guide, the Northwest region of Argentina, of which Salta is a part, has the highest number of species of birds in all of Argentina because of the many different types of environments in this region. It is spring in Argentina, which also meant we had an opportunity to see migrant birds, which was a bonus.
The birdwatching was only for half a day (I don't think poor Adam, who does not share my passion for birdwatching, could have lasted much longer) so we spent the afternoon exploring Salta. We took a cable car up San Bernardo Hill and went to the Museo de Arqueologia de Alta Montana which, for a few short months, is displaying an Incan maiden mummy found several years ago in a mountainous region that straddles the Argentinian/Chilean border. We switched hotel rooms because our first room required walking down a flight of stairs between the bedroom and the bathroom that could have fairly easily lead to a fall and as falling down stairs was not part of my desired vacation experiences, we asked for a different room. Unfortunately, our second room had a lot of ants and, after accidentally stepping on one and getting bitten, I spent the rest of our time in the room walking from bed to bed or in socks.
Reserva del Huaico
View of Salta from the cable car
Posted by Jennifer at October 16, 2007 04:50 PM