{"id":90556,"date":"2012-11-13T12:52:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T10:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/inspiratie-reis\/by-rental-car-from-mendoza-to-salta\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T15:13:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T13:13:24","slug":"by-rental-car-from-mendoza-to-salta","status":"publish","type":"inspiratie_reizen","link":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/latin-america\/tours\/by-rental-car-from-mendoza-to-salta","title":{"rendered":"By rental car from Mendoza to Salta"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">The world-famous Ruta 40<\/h3>\n<p>A spectacular tour by rental car for those who want to get to know the<strong> Andes <\/strong>and the impressive emptiness of the interior at their own pace! The world-famous wine region of <strong>Mendoza<\/strong> is the relaxed starting or ending point. During the trip, you will follow part of the legendary <strong>ruta 40<\/strong>, the world&#8217;s longest road. Along the way, visit the deep canyon of<strong> Talampaya<\/strong> National Park and drive your own rental car through <strong>Ischigualasto<\/strong> (Moon Valley) Provincial Park; you will truly feel like you are on another planet! The route from <strong>Cafayate <\/strong>through colonial Cachi to <strong>Salta<\/strong> (or vice versa) is spectacular, varied and breathtakingly beautiful and is the number one spot on our rental car tours.<\/p>\n<h4>Tips &amp; Tops By rental car from Mendoza to Salta:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>If you stay in Mendoza during the month of March, you can be part of the harvest festivals.<\/li>\n<li>Combine Mendoza with the <strong>Colchagua Valley<\/strong> wine region and <strong>Santiago in Chile<\/strong>. You will then cross from Mendoza over the Andes along the <strong>Aconcagua<\/strong> (highest peak in South America!) to Santiago de Chile.<\/li>\n<li>This trip can be well combined with the <strong>Atacama Desert<\/strong> in Chile (see, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/inspiratie\/rondreis-met-prive-gids\/luxe-rondreis-chili-en-argentinie\">The North Deluxe<\/a>). You will then cross from Salta over the high spectacular passes of the Andes to San Pedro de Atacama in Chile.<\/li>\n<li>You can also drive further north from Salta and explore the <strong>Humahua Gorge <\/strong>with its local villages.<\/li>\n<li>Extend your stay with delicious gastronomic indulgence at one of the wineries around Mendoza, we recommend the topper <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/bestemmingen\/latijns-amerika\/argentinie\/accommodaties\/cavas-wine-lodge-mendoza\">Cavas Wine Lodge<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Please also check out our other recommended accommodations: Patios de Cafayate, Hacienda de Molinos, Merced del Alto in Cachi and Hotel Legado Mitico &#8211; Salta.<\/li>\n<li>We can offer this trip in different accommodation categories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Ruta 40 from Mendoza to Salta (or vice versa)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":36843,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"inspiration_categories":[],"country":[238],"continent_category":[224],"class_list":["post-90556","inspiratie_reizen","type-inspiratie_reizen","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-argentina","continent_category-latin-america"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/90556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/inspiratie_reizen"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/90556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295483,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/90556\/revisions\/295483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"inspiration_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiration_categories?post=90556"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=90556"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=90556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}