AlterNativa Salta

General information

Our offer?

AlterNativa Salta is a company dedicated to private and exclusive tours in 4x4 vehicles and for small groups in minivans.
We offer thematic tours such as wine tastings, geological trips, bird watching, rafting, trekking, organize horse riding tours, and many activities relationed to adventure tourism.

With over 20 years of driving experience, getting to know the country and its people, and having assisted to various training courses, such as first aid, cartography, the use of GPS equipments, geology, archeology, we certainly are in the position to offer the most unforgettable trips to our clients.

The company has excellent bilingual guides and also freelance specialists, such as geologists, ornithologists, enologists,… All these people have their specific habilitations and related insurances.

All our proposals are unique, customized, and high standard products.

We are at your disposition for whatever question you might have, a simple doubt or to organize a complete program according to your needs, either here in Salta, in the north of Argentina, or wherever you need our experience and services!

Who is…?

The founder of AlterNativa Salta, Gary Pekarek, who lived and worked for almost 20 years in Europe as a TV cameraman, is a lover of these most fascinating landscapes, the high Andes, the Puna, people, local traditions and food, and also 4x4 vehicles.

He gained a lot of experience working for mining companies and also for well known car manufacturers such as Land Rover, with whom he participated in instructor trainings courses in Germany.

He is also cofounder and member of ADOPTA, the local Adventure Tourism Association, and has actively participated in the elaboration of the IRAM-Sectur normative regarding 4x4 travel and organization of special events at national level.

And as he likes to eat and cook, he owns a small restaurant, Quinoa Real, high up in the Andes, in the little miner’s village, San Antonio de los Cobres at nearly 4.000 mt. altitude, where typical local dishes are served, such as llama meat, lamb and quinoa.