Posada del Silencio
A good option to enjoy Salinas Grandes
On a trip in which we traveled the extreme northern stretch of National Route 40, we decided to spend a night in Salinas Grandes. After the glamorous experience at Pristine Camps, where we slept in the same salt flat, enjoying the comfort and exclusivity of glamping, we went in search of a more affordable option, so we booked at Posada del Silencio. A lodging of only three rooms, in the small place of Pozo Colorado.
The amenities are more than enough, abundant and very hot water, impeccable sheets and towels, breakfast included, in the middle of nowhere. The lodging also offers good heating and a complete bathroom.
And so it was that, after making the previously scheduled check-in, since there is no telephone signal in those areas, we left the village to go back to the rural access road. We stopped where we liked the most, got out of the truck "cacharro", the noble Hilux 2007 that takes us everywhere, and witnessed another magical sunset, one of those that energize you, make you thankful for life, for the opportunity to witness the beauty of the universe.
Posada del Silencio honors its name. Without even perceiving a distant voice or a bark that night we slept super relaxed after the arduous and desolate road through the Puna Jujuy, in the last and most remote part of Route 40.
Also worth mentioning is the homemade food we were served in the small dining room. Food reservations are mandatory in those places. In our case, we opted for the vegetable stew. This is how the pot was presented to us, in which the casserole of delicious vegetables and broth was kept warm. They also offer the meat stew variant. The dessert was the typical northern sweet known as anchi, made of semolina, served warm, ideal as a prelude to a great dream. In addition, the indication is that each guest brings their choice of beverage, so that night we decided to open the powerful bottle we acquired while visiting the workshop and vineyards of Utama, Saicha and Huayra Haro Galli.
That's how we saw once again that night sky in the immensity of Salinas Grandes, a lesser known face of the tourist attraction par excellence of northern Argentina, where only locals are found.
In the morning, after the rural breakfast, with a tremendous bun and peach jam, we left back to Salta, but not before making a mandatory stop in Purmamarca, one of @tripticity_'s favorites in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, and of course a delicious lunch in Flor de Pago already in Volcán.