Gastronomy in Jujuy
Enjoy local cuisine with Andean recipes passed on from generation to generation.
Would you like to discover Jujuy through your taste buds? Enjoy the tastes of a culinary culture based on ingredients that come from the land: corn, potatoes, pumpkin, quinoa, and llama, cow, and pork meat. Visit restaurants, get close to traditional cooks, and discover the stories behind each dish. Taste the high-altitude wines elaborated in mild valleys and Quebrada de Humahuaca.
Do you know the delicacies from Jujuy’s gastronomic regions? In the puna, try calapurca, tijtincha, and huaschalocro. In Quebrada de Humahuaca, humitas, tamales, empanadas and cazuelas. In the valleys, savour escabeches, asados, buñuelos, and cheese with cayote. In the yunga forests, don’t miss yagua, mote, mazamorra and rice with milk. Savour all this in the northern region of Argentina.
Location: Province of Jujuy, north of Argentina.
How to get there: By air, to the international airport Gobernador Horacio Guzmán. By land, via the National Route 34 by bus or car.
Surface: 53,219 sq. km.
Altitude: It varies throughout the province. It can be up to 4,000 m above sea level.
Climate: Predominantly arid and dry climate
Recommended length of stay: 2 to 5 days.
Recommended clothing and gear: Appropriate warm clothes for possible weather changes. Sunscreen lotion.