Discover this beautiful town in the north of Salta, where nature expresses itself in all its forms and where ancestral customs and beliefs are passed down from generation to generation.

Culture of the people

In Aguaray you can discover its cultural richness in the diversity of aboriginal and Creole communities that conform it, where handicrafts, customs, beliefs are rooted from ancestral times.

Aguaray Anniversary

On August 16, the people of Aguaray celebrate the anniversary of the town with different activities such as folkloric peñas, exhibitions with handicrafts such as masks, clay pots, chaguar weavings (yiscas, bandoleras, hammocks, made by the aborigines). It also highlights the Creole customs such as the yerra, marches and regional cuisine that culminate with a great folk festival.

ACAMBUCO

Valleys located an hour and a half away by road from the city of Aguaray. You enter through Paraje Virgen Fátima (jurisdiction of Aguaray) to the west. This place is magical for its green valleys and unique landscape for its nature, which invites to rest and encounter of the human being with its exuberant fauna for its Toucans, Macaws and Yaguaretés among others. In addition to its traditional gastronomy, trails, bird watching, jets, adventure, horseback riding, camping, viewpoint. A multipurpose place for the visitor who loves customs and nature.

PEÑA MORADA (TOBANTIRENDA)

A place where you can appreciate the popular expressions of art made in +s+po (liana, liana, bejuco) and täkuara (hollow cane) that give shape from their own imagination flourished from the social dimension of the Guarani people. Therefore, vegetable fiber handicrafts are a cultural and natural product that reproduces pieces such as: baskets, baskets and forms of animals, flowers and other figures associated with nature.

CAPIAZUTI STREAM AND CAMPING SITE

 This place is located 7 km from the urban center of Aguaray going by ex national route 34 to the north; also by the access to the community of Capiazuti. It has a camping site with natural pools and a majestic stream. Beauty, tranquility and refreshing waters make this a unique place. In addition, we can learn about agrotourism because here are our producers with their impressive farms and farms. These producers managed to have an important volume of production and a great economic development.

DIQUE Y ESPEJO DE AGUA EL LIMONCITO

Located 30 km from Aguaray to the north by national route 34. To the Carapari River and the Itiyuro Dam is added the proposal of the Limoncito water mirror. A wonderful attraction for its majestic waters and imposing nature. There you can practice nautical sports with non-motorized boats, sport fishing and swimming. In addition, this beautiful place has farms for camping, a spring with hot springs and among its exotic birds we can find the blue heron and a national monument as the green macaw unique in Argentina.

Native communities

The northeast of Salta has the highest concentration of native peoples. The ethnic groups are: Wichí, Tobas, Matacos, Chorote, Tapiete, Chiriguano, Chulupies, Chané and Tuyunti, being the Matacos, Chiriguanos and Chané the most numerous. The economy is based on agriculture, their crops of vegetables and vegetables are traded daily. It is possible to experience new knowledge, discover feelings, return to the past and help maintain and respect the local culture and traditions.