Jujuy in 5 days: an itinerary with room to choose

Days 1 and 2: arrival, city or Valleys, then enter the Quebrada

If the trip starts in San Salvador, a city day or one specific Valleys outing can use a partial arrival day better than trying to reach several villages immediately. Then enter the Quebrada with Purmamarca as an initial reference. If you are already staying farther north, use that margin to explore your base rather than inventing another excursion.

Days 3 and 4: Tilcara and Humahuaca with their own time

Keep Tilcara and Humahuaca on separate days. This leaves room for the visits you choose, meals, walking and normal changes to the plan. Maimará can become a corridor stop when it genuinely fits. If Hornocal is a priority, make that outing a central part of the Humahuaca day rather than assuming it will fit afterwards.

Day 5: choose one expansion

Use the fifth day for Salinas Grandes, for a deeper Quebrada day or for a return towards the Valleys depending on your base, transport and altitude choices. These are different trips. One coherent expansion is usually more useful than mixing RN52, Hornocal and another region in the same day. Confirm the road and transfer before deciding.

One base or two: the decision that changes the route

With five days, changing accommodation can make sense when it removes a long repeated journey, but the move itself costs time. Compare one central Quebrada base with a San Salvador plus Quebrada combination. Jujuy360 separates destination selection from corridor order so an appealing place does not force an illogical route.

Use the planner with 5 days selected: choose base and transport first, then decide whether to include a high-mountain outing.