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f Monumento
Natural Laguna de
los Pozuelos
Road map B1. 30 miles (48km) NW
of Iruya. Tel (03887) 491-349. @ n
Macedonio Gras 141, Abra Pampa,
(0388) 491-349. Open 8am–3pm daily.
 by prior arrangement.
Situated in a natural basin
between Sierra de Cochinoca
and Sierra de Rinconada, this
remote wildlife preserve rises
11,810 ft (3,600 m) above sea
level. Spread over an area of
58 sq miles (153 sq km), the
park is one of the most import-
The picturesque Humahuaca nestled in the Andean hills ant wetlands in South America.
Although it has shrunk in
Humahuaca Iruya recent years after a few dry
78 miles (125 km) N of Jujuy. * 44 miles (70 km) N of Humahuaca. summers, the park’s lagoon
12,000. @ Iglesia de la Candelaria y * 1,200. @ ∑ iruyaonline.com still takes up about half the
San Antonio Buenos Aires 383. Open Overlooking the river of the total area. It is the habitat of
9:30am–noon & 4–7pm Mon–Fri. same name, Iruya is a beautiful large flocks of Andean
∑ ciudadhumahuaca.com Andean hamlet located 9,120 ft flamingos and numerous other
Founded in 1591, Humahuaca (2,780 m) above sea level. Time species of wildfowl including
is the largest town between seems to pass slowly here, and teals and avocets. Shy ñandús
San Salvador de Jujuy and the fortified walls, cobblestoned (lesser rheas) can also be
the Bolivian border. It has a streets, and whitewashed adobe spotted scuttling away for cover.
picturesque town center, and its dwellings are much as they The best way to observe these
narrow, roughly paved streets have always been. birds at close quarters is by
and rustic adobe houses are The village’s focal point is its walking through the park from
classically Andean. church, the colonial Iglesia de its entrance rather than driving.
The town’s star attraction is Nuestra Señora del Rosario y The park can be accessed at any
Iglesia de la Candelaria y San San Roque. Here, on the first time but it is advisable to drop
Antonio, also a National Sunday of October, the feast of in at the guardería (ranger
Historical Monument. This Our Lady of the Rosary is held, station), which is located on
striking white church was built a surreal procession of masked the south side of the lake, for a
by the Jesuits toward the end figures that blends elements chat with the knowledgeable
of the 17th century, and has from Easter festivals and pre- and welcom ing guardaparques
undergone extensive conquest animistic rituals. (park rangers).
restoration after it was largely
destroyed by an earthquake
in 1873. The interior is richly g Yavi
ornamented, with two rococo Road map B1. 195 miles (314 km) N of
altarpieces depicting various Jujuy. * 300. @
Biblical events. Other art works
in the church include the series Another sleepy high-plains
called The Twelve Prophets, hamlet of sloping cobble stoned
completed in 1764 by well- streets and adobe houses, Yavi
known Cusco School artist also seems to have given
Marcos Sapaca. moder nity the slip. The village
The handicraft shops in town, dates from the late 17th century
well-stocked with souvenirs, when nobleman Juan
and the tiny folk music venues Fernández Campero, the first
are highly popular with tourists. Marqués del Valle del Tojo in
Humahuaca is also a good Spain, married into the area’s
base from which to explore landholding family. In 1708,
the haunting land scapes of Spain’s King Phillip V named him
Puna Jujeña, an area of wild Marqués of Tojo, a unique honor
highland, lagoons filled with in colonial Argentina. The well-
pink flamingos, and tiny mud- The colonial Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del preserved 18th-century family
brick hamlets. Rosario y San Roque home, Casa del Marqués de
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp280–81 and pp293–4

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