Will all of the goat cheese and wine I have been consuming, I need to get some exercise.

A lot of exercise.

Luckily, Viñas de Cafayate Wine Resort offers complimentary mountain bikes for their guests.

I mentioned before that the bus ride to Cafayate was one of the most beautiful drives I have ever seen.  The Quebrada de Las Conchas, also known as the Quebrada de Cafayate, is absolutely stunning.

I of course took photos through the bus window.

Even though this was only a 3.5-4 hour ride, I followed my advice for surviving long bus rides and booked my ticket early enough to get the front seat on the upper deck.

 

Look closely at the photo below.

Notice that the huge river is going right through the road.

I tried to ask the 100+ year old woman next to me if this just happened with the recent heavy rains, or if this was from another time.  She told me two different answers, so I have no clue.  I think it had to be recent because the road we took to by-pass this looked recently dug out and was very narrow.

A beautiful bus ride.  But I wanted to get some better photos.

And enjoy just being in a place like this by myself.

So I took a bike and went for a ride.  I will first say that I do not recommend this ride for most people because it is quite difficult riding against the wind and uphill the entire way. But I have a thing for torturous bike rides.

Normal people will probably prefer to do one of the tours.

Quebrada de Cafayate: My Favorite Photos

 

Just in case I needed some wine along the way.

Check out more photos from the quebrada here!