CAIMANCITO

Caimancito is a town of 4,534 people standing next to a plain with sub tropical weather. It was a city that lived through oil boom years; and even though its soil still delivers small amounts of oil and gas, its economic activity is currently complemented with agriculture.

Travellers coming to this town cannot fail to visit San Miguel Arcangel parish, where a thorn belonging to Christ's crown of thorns is said to be found. European immigrants brought in this relic by the end of the 19th century.
The La Brea (The Tar) lagoon, from which fuel was extracted for the first time in Argentine history, stands very close. It concentrates a very peculiar fauna.

10 km away from this town are the Termas de Caimancito Hot Springs, with 5 springs. It is located at the border of the Nº 1 Provincial Route, about 8 km away from its intersection with the Nº 34 National Route. It is an accessible road all year long for all kinds of vehicles.

Other Thermal Springs sites can be visited in Caimancito, such as Aguas Calientes, Laguna Hedionda, La Quinta, Siete Aguas and Palmar de Lombrisca. The waters are mostly alkaline and chlorine sulphated with sodium, silicate and bicarbonate.

The Caimancito Hot Springs emerge to the surface forming a totally natural 60º C small spring. It has hostel accommodations with a dining room, sweetshop, two thermal pools (one covered), individual immersion baths, mud therapy, sheds, camping area with grills and tables, restrooms, TV, and everything you might need.

ACTIVITIES
Trekking, horse riding, mountain bikes, four-wheel rides and others can be enjoyed and excursions arranged to different tourist circuits. Excursions to the Alto Calilegua and the climbing of the Amarillo and Hermoso heights, of a little over 3,600 m, are highly recommended.

EXCURSIONS
San Pedro
It is a department sited in the San Francisco River valley southeast of the province. San Pedro de Jujuy is its capital city. It is 2,150 square km and occupies 4% of Jujuy's surface.

Yuto
It belongs to the Ledesma department, next to the San Francisco River. It is a flat plain with sub tropical weather that constitutes one of the pillars of the provincial economy, due to its agricultural and forest production, with an important wood production.