Erin & Regan's South American Adventure
Cafeyate, Las Cascadas
Hola,
After Quilmes we decided to do a walk. Making this a very long day.
This walk is just what we had wanted to do in Tafí del Valle, but couldn´t find. The woman at the hostel mentioned a guide was possible but said we could do it "solo" so that´s what we did.
Without a guide you have to walk 6km to the start of the trek, and then 6km back again. That part was a bit of a bore but otherwise it was an amazing walk/climb.
The walk begins at the end of a local road, near a school. From here you start to follow the river up a valley/ravine, crossing several times and passing a few small waterfalls and at least two maybe three decent sized ones.
At about halfway along we met two other walkers who had also left it as late as we did (most people were walking back out, in the opposite direction about now). They were sitting rather dejectedly on a rock due to the other walkers telling them it was too late to go. We scoffed at this and convinced them to join us.
It was half a walk and half a climb over big rocks, trees and the river itself. Luckily no-one fell in. It was, in fact, great fun. This has prompted Erin to say that we need to take up rock climbing, it seems we´d both enjoy it. My mother is going to love that!
Finally we reached the largest waterfall where our friends took a photo of us.
Back at the base of the trek the sunset looked grand.
We started on our 6km return trip along the dusty road.
sue: Wow Regan, you are really starting to take to this climbing stuff. Will be hard to get you to sit down in front of a computer again... (03/28/07)
Juanita: Mother person here-I take it by rock climbing you mean ouside scaling sheer cliffs etc 100's of metres above the ground - not the relatively safer type of indoor man made walls with strategically placed hand and foot holds? (03/29/07)
Regan Heath: It will definitely be inside to start with, from there who knows! (03/29/07)