Altiplano Expediciones
Tara Salt Flat
Tara Salt Flat
Altiplano & Atacama Desert

5 Days Around San Pedro de Atacama

5 days / 4 nights Moderate

Description

Five private days across the Atacama Desert, the kind of place you don't come back from unchanged. You start with the transfer from Calama through Rainbow Valley —hills streaked with minerals— to San Pedro de Atacama, and a night of stargazing under the clearest skies in the south. Then come the dunes of the Cordillera de la Sal and Moon Valley, the salty lagoons of Baltinache, altiplanic lagoons of impossible blue and the red earth of Piedras Rojas. You cross the remote Pujsa and Tara salt flats, wildlife roaming beneath the volcanoes, and finish at sunrise over the Tatio Geysers before dropping down through Chiu Chiu and the Lasana fortress. Local guide, private 4WD transport and most meals included.

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Includes

  • Private Transportation
  • Tickets
  • Snack
  • Refill water
  • Hiking poles
  • Toyota Land Cruiser 4WD or similar
  • Spanish- and English-Speaking Driver/Guide

Not Included

  • Balaclava
  • Hiking boots
  • Warm clothing
  • Sunglasses
  • Accommodation
  • Personal expenses
  • Souvenirs
  • Equipment
  • Flights

Necessary

  • Health Declaration
  • Report diet
  • Report allergies

Itinerary

1
Day 1 2,282–3,400 m

Transfer at Calama (CJC) – Rainbow Valley – San Pedro de Atacama

About 6 h of transfer, with breakfast or lunch. Stargazing tour from 21:00 to 23:00, with a snack.

2
Day 2 2,400–2,502 m

Cordillera de la Sal (Moon Valley) and Baltinache Lagoons

Flexible schedule

3
Day 3 2400–4,154 m

Piedras Rojas and Lagunas Altiplánicas

08:00–16:30; lunch included.

4
Day 4 2,400 –4,820 m

Pujsa and Tara Salt Flats

08:30–17:00; lunch included.

5
Day 5 2,400 –4,500 m

Tatio Geysers – Blanco Geyser hot springs – Chiu Chiu – Lasana fortress – CJC Airport

06:00–16:00; breakfast and lunch included.

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