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Leaving the capital of the province towards the south via Route 38, heading in the directions of the Valleys you can visit the Jesuit Ruins of San José de Lules where the chapel and the cloister are being preserved. After 16 kilometres you reach Famailla, known for it typical empanadas from Tucumán. You continue to Acheral where the road toward the Valleys, the provincial route 307, begins. Thousands of fern will capture the curiosity of the traveller, as will the giant trees alongside the road. After a short while the road will enter the ravine of the river Los Sosa which forms part of the Natural Reserve Los Sosa. A short while after entering the reserve the road will start zigzagging its way up with sharp turns. At this point the jungle dazzles most visitors and invites them to stop and take in the scenery, especially in the curve near the monument „El Indio‟. Further up the road, in a place called the
Military halting place, the vegetation start losing a bit of its intensity. Here species like the alder, willow and pinetree take over the protagonist role. The entrance in the Valley of Tafí is simply breathtaking. In its centre rests the dam "La Angostura". On the southern shores of the lake we find the village of El Mollar where we will visit the Archaeological Reserve „Los Menhires‟, where over a hundred monoliths are gathered from all over the valley telling the story of the Tafí-culture. Tafí del Valle is situated at 2000 metres above sea level. With it 2.600 inhabitants it is a typical tourist village which preserves the Jesuit conjunct „La Banda‟, who‟s oldest part was built by the Jesuits in the first half of the 18th century. Together with other estancias, La Banda forms a particular rural circuit and the productive centre of the famous cheese from Tafí.
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