La Cumbre

La Cumbre & Merlo

We left Salta and drove down to La Cumbre. La Cumbre lies on the western slopes of the Sierras of Cordoba. I wish we could have stayed at least 1-2 weeks here. It is a beautiful mountainside town with great restaurants and plenty of activities for all. Unfortunately, we were only here for a night and one run in the morning before heading south on our trip toward Buenos Aires.

After leaving La Cumbre, we headed towards the National Park of the Condors. Unfortunately, after driving up a very steep mountain, no condors were to be seen. Therefore, we drove down the other side of the mountain which was equally steep and finally landed in the valley before reaching our destination town of Merlo.

Merlo is a quaint “microclimate” town approximately 6 hours from Buenos Aires. It lies on the hillside of the Southern Sierras of Cordoba. It is a very nice tourist town with friendly people. We stayed at the Howard Johnson and Payton enjoyed the indoor heated pool tremendously. Many things to do here, unfortunately, not enough time…We are in a hurry to get to Buenos Aires to sell our car.