It is located in a spectacular region, at the heart of Juramento River’s gorge known as Peñas Blancas, within a short distance from the majestic Cabra Corral Dam.

Salta Rafting’s base is located on Road 47, at kilometre 34, the ideal meeting point where man, Nature and adventure come together. Hospitality, warmth and remarkable service combine to guarantee visitors a unique stay.

How to get there

To get to the base from the city of Salta, you take Avenida Jujuy and drive along Road 68 up to Coronel Moldes. There, you turn left into Road 47, edging Cabra Corral Dam until you get to Juramento River’s gorge. The base is located at kilometre 34. It is a two-hour drive. The last 8 kilometres are on a gravel road.

From the city of Tucumán. you take Road 9 to Salta and 50 kilometres after driving past the city of Metán, you come to a crossing with Juramento River. There, you turn left and drive for 50-km on a gravel road from that point to the base.

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Río Juramento Canyon

Juramento Rivers runs through the rocky range that divides the Lerma Valley from the Sianca Valley, forming a multicoloured ground. The range is made up of rocks dating back to the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic Age. Among them, the most outstanding are the intense red ones, sand cemented by iron oxide, which makes up the heart of the ground. On top of them lie white sands and further above lie the yellow limestone of the Yacoraite Formation. They arise along the river as magnificent high vertical walls. They belong to an ancient cretaceous beach showing very beautiful fossil waves and the well-known dinosaur footprints. Las Peñas Azules are named after the colour of the rocks found in the place. All these rocks were formed practically at sea level around 65 million years ago, between the Mesozoic and the Zenozoic Ages.

With the Andean orogenesis, the rocks were folded, cracked and pushed as a tectonic block. Juramento River began an erosive work cutting the outermost layer of the range deeply, reaching the Lerma Valley and emptying the lake that used to lie there. Later, it took water from both the Guachipas River and the Calchaquí River, giving way to the farthest-reaching Argentine river.

Juramento River is born in the Acay Hill, and runs through the province of Santiago del Estero, where it is called Salado. Finally, it flows into the Paraná River as Carcarañá. The river was named after the oath (in Spanish Juramento) of loyalty to the national flag taken by the soldiers under the authority of General Manuel Belgrano in 1813.