What does it mean for us the Community-Based Rural Tourism and how do we understand it?

The Community-Based Rural Tourism means solidarity tourism activities from an intercultural perspective relating the rural community with visitors, with joint participation of its members, tending to an adequate management of natural resources and cultural heritage assessment, based on principles of equity and fairness, and in the distribution of profits.

Which are the principles underpinning the Community-Based Rural Tourism?

RESPONSIBILITY with regards to the use and management of the attractions and other resources of the region where this kind of tourism is developed.
• RESPECT to the ways of production and lifestyle of the communities involved where the activities and different services are provide and developed.
• HONESTY in the ways of preparing and presenting the products, ensuring that they retain authenticity, also when offering them to consumers or tourists.

• INTERACTIVITY, it produces live experiences, contact and participation.
• DEMOCRACY it must generate broad participatory processes for making all decisions, keeping in mind the goal that the community has fixed in each case.
• EQUITY because the profits generated should be distributed fairly and appropriately to the circumstances, bearing in mind that the ultimate goal is to better the quality of life of the community visited and the distribution of income thereof.

What is our Vision?

• Provide quality tourist services, with the seal of our people and our culture.
• Practice a rural tourism to help conserve our natural resources and strengthen our culture.
• Strengthen the functioning and efficiency of our endeavors for the benefit of the whole community.
• Always be ready to receive visitors and make them live an unforgettable experience during their stay.
• Work together with all those who share the principles of community based tourism.

What services do we offer as a Net?

• Web Hosting

• Food
• Sale of crafts and regional products
• Walks

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The celebration of Carnival in February; or March during Easter Time; or the Pachamama ceremony during August, are some of the many cultural alternatives offered by the Province.

In La Puna, a faithful reflection of the High Andean Plateau, you can find traces of people who sealed milestones in Argentina and South America, such as the Inca Trail or manifestations of rock art, petroglyphs and archaeological remains from various origins. Casabindo with its bullfights, reminiscences of a Spanish fervent manifestation, is very well known all around the region.

The town of Yavi, where lived the only Marquess of Argentina. The Yungas with their customs, legends and rituals are totally different from those of the Andean peoples. In this region live the descendants of the Ava Guarani and San Francisco cultures, so lush and fantastic are these peoples, as the forest where they live and belong to.

The Valleys, faithful witnesses of the historical past of Jujuy, offer museums, with testimonials and relics of a unique historical and cultural value.

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The Province of Jujuy offers a calendar filled with religious festivities, a product based on the important roots of the catholic faith and spiritual influence on its population. 
Additionally, like  no other place in Argentina, religious catholic rituals coexist in Jujuy with ancient ancestral traditions of the peoples of this region, thus sharing a real merger that causes a syncretism of the Andean culture and the Western influence, in a rich liturgical ritual with important and fervent declarations of piety.

As part of this rich culture, the region has well preserved ancient chapels, many of which were part of missions that were built at the end of the 17th century; the ancient chapels (capillas) are open for visiting everyday and are located in remote and isolated little towns in Jujuy.

It is also frequent and typical to see the faithful participate in small religious processions called Misachicos, carrying on their shoulders the statue of their patron Saints from town to town while praying and singing to the sound of bands of Sicuris, playing big and small drums, erques and quenas (made of cane) which are traditional Andean instruments.

These religious celebrations are in honor of the Pachamama (Mother Earth) through which the faithful requests for good health and productive crops.