Originally Posted by
bizco
If you were excited about the Tren de las Nubes but discouraged by the negatives, I'd recommend going with a tour company or renting a car. Our friends rented a car and had no problems except for some bumpy roads at the beginning.
We were going to rent a car for a tour around SLA anyway (covering Salta, Jujuy and Tucuman provinces). So not taking the train saves us USD 240, taxi to and from the train station (in case we didn't want to park there) and time. Now to get a good road map......