The harmonious and respectful coexistence between tourism and nature is one of our purposes, therefore, you cannot miss the opportunity to discover and enjoy one of the most important heritages of Salta. Located in the central west of the province, 40 kilometers from the city of Cachi, the park has more than 64,000 hectares in which different ecoregions coexist, such as Yungas, Puna and Sierras.

A route meanders between cardons and flowers of Amancay. It is the road that anticipates the wild simplicity of Los Cardones National Park, in the Calchaquíes Valleys.

Cardones between 250 and 300 years old, guard the roads and vestiges of the rich past of the Inca Empire and the unique Enchanted Valley. An unmissable place for those who love photography, hiking and the observation of flora and fauna.

The average growth of a teasel is 1 to 5 centimeters per year and only when they have reached half a century of life can they generate their characteristic white flowers that die after a few days giving way to their fruit, the pascana, from which they fall off around of 80 thousand seeds.

Its wood, fragile in appearance, is used to make roof braces, furniture and handicrafts. However, this plant species was in danger of extinction, which is why it was protected and today its felling is strictly prohibited.

The flora of this place is completed and distributed in four well-differentiated environments:
Puna Reserve, located at an altitude of between 3,500 and 4,500 meters above sea level and with climatic conditions of practically zero humidity and temperatures below zero, is home to species such as the tola, añagua, rica-rica, cortadera, muña-muña and grasses. .

Prepuna, with a height of 2200 meters above sea level, this environment is conducive to the growth of species such as churquis that form small forests known as "churcales".
Monte occidental, where cardones abound, jarillas -of great importance, since cardones are born and grow under the protection of this shrub until they reach a suitable size- and the yellow flowers of the amancay, which only grow in rainy seasons and are They are grouped at the foot of the slopes of the Tin Tin hill and in the Quebrada de Cajoncillo. In more open and desert sectors there are the typical tars and retamos, which are shrubs that do not exceed one meter in height, with green stems and yellow flowers.

High Andean misty grassland, with an annual average rainfall of less than 200 millimeters. In this area, grasses and legumes predominate, and some species of fungi.

The fauna of this space is made up of guanacos, red foxes, gray foxes, chinchillones, pumas, Andean parrots and small quirquinchos.

Birds such as the Andean gull and the cardones woodpecker also inhabit this area, but the first mention goes to the condor, whose sighting with the naked eye provides pleasure and admiration. To these are added the vicuña and the taruca or northern huemul (both endangered species that are protected in this region).