The Bo Hotel is so much more than a boutique hotel near Salta, it is an oasis of impeccable service and attention to detail in an otherwise rugged environment. Situated about a half hour drive south of Salta it is the perfect place to rest between trips to Cafayate, Cachi and other parts of north western Argentina.
You can take a room with breakfast, or go for the package deal that includes all food and trips to some of the most unbelievable landscapes in this part of the world. We did the latter and I am so glad that we did. We stayed a week, and from the moment we were picked up at the airport by Tony, the co-owner, chef and guide, to the moment we were dropped back off, every little detail was taken care of. The hotel’s grounds are lovely, the rooms in the main house and garden are tastefully decorated and comfortable, the food fabulous and the trips, well all I can say is I’m glad I wasn’t doing the driving in some little rental car. Tony and his wife Roxana took care of us from morning till night.
Breakfast, usually in the garden, was a work of art, with local ingredients and homemade goodies and plenty of it, washed down with local juices and French pressed coffee. After that it was time to climb into the truck for the adventure of the day returning around 4 or 5pm. Tony or one of his guides will take you where the other tours go, but also where they do not go. It is comforting to be in a truck as rugged as the terrain as many routes include dirt/rock trails, that at sometimes of the year can be washed over by rains and mini rivers. But Tony and his guides have passed this way many times.
When you return from an adventure, it’s time for a little rest and a wash up and brush up before dinner, which is always a delight.
The couple has designed this program well, so that they intersperse shorter local trips between the long ones. Always very flexible, they will suggest what has worked for many of their guests in the past but their only concern is that your trip is all that you want it to be. Do whatever feels good, whether it is relaxing in the garden, taking cooking lessons or going for a ride.
Tony and Roxanna both speak fluent English, French and Spanish, having themselves lived and traveled in many parts of the world. I think it is this and a genuine desire to have happy guests is what makes it work so well. You will learn not only about the landscape of the region but also about life in this area as it is today, which for us was just as important.
In the end for us it was about seeing as much as we could, and having all, I mean all the details taken care of. It was bliss.
