San Pedro de Atacama: 4-Day Magic Desert Adventure

What's included

What you'll see and do

1. When you pick up your luggage, you should pay attention to the person with a sign in your name The duration of the trip is around 1 hour and 30 minutes from airport to San Pedro de Atacama town. Please be sure your flight arrive earily in the morrning to be available to start the afternoon tour.

   30 minutes here

2. Valle De La Luna

   In the Afternoon We will make the Tour to the Famous Valley of the Moon, located approximately to 10 kms. Of San Pedro de Atacama, declared sanctuary of the nature, is part of the national reserve the flamingos, located inside the mountain range of the salt. Place with beautiful shapes and colors where we can walk and observe a geological show with sculptural forms, similar to the lunar surface. Visit the salt statues "Las Tres Marías", the salt caverns. We will go up to the great dune at sunset to admire in all its splendor this beautiful panorama. Return to the town of San Pedro de Atacama. Arrival approx. 8:00 p.m.

   240 minutes here · Admission not included

3. Piedras Rojas

   Then we will go to Piedras Rojas where we will visit Salar de Aguas Calientes and Salar de Talar, where we can appreciate the rock formations reddish colors.

   30 minutes here · Admission not included

4. Salar de Atacama

   Then visit the Salar de Atacama, Chiles largest salt lake, where the national flamingo reserve is located and the Chaxa lagoon is visited to watch 3 types of flamingos, as well as other species that inhabit the lagoons of the to Salt.

   60 minutes here · Admission not included

5. Geyser del Tatio

   Departure at 04:30 from the hotel, to take a gravel road, by which we start ascending towards the Geyser del Tatio located at a distance of 97 Kms from San Pedro and at an altitude of 4,300 mts. All the route we realize at night, we arrive at this spectacular sector of our altiplano at approximately 06:45, normally the temperature at this time is below zero. Breakfast and hiking guided by the geothermal field, observation of the impressive columns of steam (Geiser), fumaroles, hundreds of pools of boiling water and high peaks is a spectacular view of nature at dawn. In this sector we can see part of the typical Andean fauna as Vizcachas and Vicuñas. Then we move to the sector of the thermal pools with water with approx 40º where passengers can take a bathroom repair. Then we will start the return to San Pedro, through the impressive landscape of the Andes mountain range, in the route we can see the volcano Tocorpuri and Licancacabur. Arrival in San Pedro at approximately 12:00.

   180 minutes here · Admission not included

6. Parque El Loa

   This last day you will be picked up from your hotel 3 hours before your flight departure time, please check with the local supplier the exact pick up time 1 day before you will leave the place.

   Pass by without stopping

Where it starts and ends

Before you book

Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Languages

en, es

Ticket

Mobile Only

Runs on

Every day

Group size

Up to 14 travelers per booking

Operated by

Ruta Chile

Know before you go

• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Please send your Flight details (nr of flight, time of arrival and date) to program the pick up transfer to your hotel.
• Is important you send us the full passport information of each traveller at least 1 week before start the service.
• Please send your hotel information, in you are in a Hotel outside the pick up zone we will give you the meeting point in the suplier office, centrally located.
• Not recommended for children under 7 years
• Not recommended for people over 75
• The entraces are not included for any service. Those are the referential prices: • Valle de la luna park clp $ 4.000 per person • Lagunas Altiplanicas and Salar de Atacama clp$ 5.500 per person. • Laguna Cejar : clp$ 17.000 per person. • Geyser del Tatio park: clp$ 10.000 per person. Those must be payed by each passenger when they arrive to the park and only with cash and chilean pesos.

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