Termas Villanueva
- Location
- Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 7.8
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Termas Villanueva in Jujuy province in the far northwestern corner of Argentina draws on bicarbonate mineral springs in one of South America's most culturally and geologically extraordinary regions — the Puna plateau, the great Andean altiplano where Argentina, Bolivia and Chile converge. The thermal springs emerge in the highland landscape of Jujuy at elevations exceeding 2,000 metres, surrounded by the polychrome rock formations of the Quebrada de Humahuaca — a UNESCO World Heritage landscape of sculpted volcanic cliffs painted in fourteen distinct colours. Indigenous Andean communities have used these springs for centuries as part of traditional healing practices rooted in Quechua and Aymara culture. The combination of volcanic thermal waters, extraordinary Andean landscape and one of Argentina's most authentic indigenous cultural regions makes this a destination of compelling depth.