The destination to which we refer to today is undoubtedly one of the few people in Argentina still retains both its essence as it does Iruya, a town north of the province of Salta, located at the northeastern border with Jujuy .
Tucked away in one of the points most extreme of the country, Iruya is established as a city that still retains its culture, religion, traditions and foods that characterized pre-Columbian since its inception, dating roughly to 1750.
The name that led to the current “Iruya” is “Iruyoc” which has an etymological meaning of this remote center representative residential addresses “Iru” (straw) and Yoc (abundance), was known as a land of plenty in this town straw by the large presence of dry stem present in grasses such as sugarcane.
The descendants of the Ocloyas Kolla ethnic village to find their 2780 meters above the Tues , only 54 kilometers from the crossing to the province of Jujuy, where you can make a stop at the scenic spot known as the Condor open 4,000 meters above sea level Tues
Access to this point of views is by 4 × 4 trucks or special groups, departing from the city adjacent toTilcara in Jujuy. This is because the road to the village is very narrow, two cars in it does not fit, and the buses that carry people up there not enter reverse maneuvering, and thus more comfortable out on the road.
Iruya streets are full of ancient churches that line the Indian landscape that once merged with the Hispanic culture to give rise to the now known as a town of narrow streets, with people dressed in their own particular way and meals the place that is surrounded by rivers and includes one of the areas most prone to the growth of cactus, plant that dominates the northern region.