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Regular Tour
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GENERAL
DESCRIPTION
The tourism agencies in San Pedro de
Atacama offer to the visitors a variety of places with
strong touristic interest, because of the importance
of the archaeological testimony, or because of the amazing
natural spectacle with impressive landscapes. Without
doubt the touristic circuits more chosen by the visitors
are:
Tatio
Geyser
Is the natural spectacle more impressive of Atacama
sector, it is an obligated place to visit by the tourist
in San Pedro de Atacama. At 4300mt of altitude and 98
kms from San Pedro de Atacama, the tourism agencies
take 2 hours trip to be at the geothermic field El Tatio.
Normally the trip start between 4 and 5 oclock in the
morning, so the arriving is under the first sun rays,
the right moment where the explosion of hot water turn
into steaming fumes (geyser) over 8mts.
Generally the service is on minibuses for 10 or more
pax, including hot breakfast at the time you arrived.
The tourist visit two places for to end up at a thermal
pool for to enjoy a nice swimm. On the way back you
can visit Machuca village, to see a lot of flora and
fauna, like camelloid and cactus. Some agencies do longer
tours going to Puritama Hot Springs or to the altipl
anic villages. The returning to San Pedro de Atacama
is between 12:30 to 14:00 hours.
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Recommendations
for the trip:
To take warm clothes for extreme temperatures and light
one for the returning.
Sunglasses and sunblock.
Bath suit
WATER
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Recommendations
for the trip:
To take warm clothes for extreme temperatures and light
one for the returning.
Sunglasses and sunblock.
Bath suit
WATER
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Moon Valley
Is the geologhical spectacle most important of the Cordillera
de la Sal, visited everyday by hundrerds of tourist waiting
for to see the impressive natural formations. Nowaday
the Moon Valley Park is humanity patrimony and it is ruled
by the Atacamenian Community (entrance fee adults $1500
and children $500). No more than 16 kms. from San Pedro
de Atacama, is a short trip, so it is possible to visit
it by bike or by walking. The tourism agencies offer services
four hours before the sunset, where you can do a classic
circuit: Mirador, Valle de la Muerte (Death Valley), Llano
de la Paciencia, Tres Marias, Minas de Sal, Cavernas and
the tour end up at the Gran Duna of the central crater
or anfithearer for to wait for the sunset. On full moon
the tours to the valley are by night.
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Recommendations
for the trip:
To take light clothes and a jacket for after the sunset.
Sunglasses
Sunblock.
WATER
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Atacama
Salt Flat
It is form by more than 300.000 hectareas of saline deposit,
considered the biggest of Chile. On the north side is
the oasis of San Pedro de Atacama and on the south the
lithium minning and Minsal. The 30% of the lithium world
reservation is here. Atacama Salt Flat was a great paleolake,
it keeps important underground water flows, that give
life to a lot of lagoons where birds as the flamingoes
nets temporarylly. The excursion can be at any time of
the day, however for the sunset are more demanding, because
of the amazing change of colour that it take place at
that time. The places more attending by the tourist are:
a.- The Flamingo National Reservation, wild area protected
by the state and ruled by the Corporacion Nacional Forestal
(Conaf). Consist by Laguna Chaxa, Barros Negros, Puilar
and Burro Muerto. At a distance of 62 kms. from San Pedro
de Atacama and 24 kms. from Toconao village. Entrance
fee $2000 per person.
b.- Cejar Lagoon, non protected wild area, 12 kms. south
from San Pedro de Atacama. Usually the tourist have a
swimm in a great concentration of salts, where they float
as the Death sea. You can go by bicycle or 4WD.
c.- The Salt Road is on the direction to Peine Village.
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Recommendations
for the trip:
To take light clothes
Hat
Sunglasses
sunblock
Bath suit
WATER
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Altiplanic Lagoons
The chance to go up the altiplano, to visit a group of
impressive colours lagoons and to visit atacamenian villages
with beautiful churches.
The tourism agencies in San Pedro de Atacama have full
day excursions. The departure time can be from 07:00 to
09:00 oclock and the returning will depend of the offered
programme. Some programmes offer to visit Aguas Calientes
Salt Flat and Tuyajto Lagoon. Other programmes only visit
Miscanti Lagoon and Meñiques, but is because they
mix it going to Chaxa Lagoon, the Flamingo National Reservation
at the Salt Flat of Atacama. For all the options you also
visit Toconao village, Jere ravine and Socaire village,
where you visit the churches, handicrafts and local food.
Some places are natural parks protected by Conaf and ruled
by the Atacamenian Communities. The entrances fee to the
parks are: Jere ravine $1000 per person, Chaxa Lagoon
$2000 per person and Miscanti Meniques Lagoons $2000 per
person.
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Recommendations
for the trip:
To take warm clothes
Sunglasses
Sunblock.
WATER
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Uyuni Salt Flat
Opportunity to go up the bolivian altiplano and stay three
days sleeping at altitudes over 3800mts. Going to places
extremelly inhospite for human life, however the landscape
are really incredible, big several colours lagoons with
thousand of flamingoes, strange rocks formation, big active
volcanoes, a lot of camelloids, beautiful sheperd villages
and one of the biggest salt flat of the world, Uyuni.
The tourism agencies that offer this services are bolivians,
where you contract the only programme that exist. Those
are excursions of 3 days and 2 nights, starting in San
Pedro de Atacama and ending at Uyuni. The departures are
at 08:00 oclock and it is necessary to do the obligated
customs controls in Chile and in Bolivia. At the border
you change vehicules fixed for the trip, generally Toyota
Landcruiser jeep for 7 pax. The circuit have classic stops:
Verde, Blanca, Colorada, Cañapa, Honda and Hedionda
lagoons, Licancabur and Ollague volcanoes, Sol de Mañana
Geyser, Isla del Pescado, the Salt Hotel and the villages
of San Juan, Colchani and Uyuni. Does exist the chance
to go back to San Pedro de Atacama with one day more trip.
The tour can be contracted in Uyuni to San Pedro de Atacama.
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Archaeological Sites
San Pedro de Atacama is the archaeological capital of
Chile, that is why offer to the tourist a nice quantity
of places to visit. Some of them are possible to do it
by walking or bike and also other excursions that the
tourism agencies do. Among the places you have: Tulor
Village ($2000 per person), Quitor Pukara ($1500 per person)
and Katarpe. Also some agencies give you guided services
for to visit San Pedro de Atacama Museum ($2000 per person).
Others offer rupestrian art programmes for to visit archaeological
sites like: Piedra de la Coca, Quebrada de Tambores, Rio
Salado and Yerbas Buenas.
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