Salinas Grandes Tours & Tickets

Salinas is one of Argentina's lowest points at 105 meters below sea level, making it the second-lowest depression in South America after the Atacama.

The salt flats cover approximately 6,000 square kilometers of pristine white crystalline landscape in Jujuy Province.

Indigenous Andean communities have harvested salt from these flats for over 7,000 years using traditional methods that remain largely unchanged.

The mineral-rich brine supports unique microbial ecosystems that create striking pink and orange hues in certain lagoons, visible from space.

Salinas lies along a major pre-Hispanic trade route where salt was exchanged as currency between mountain and valley civilizations.

The area experiences extreme temperature swings, from scorching days to near-freezing nights due to high altitude and desert conditions.