Chile´s Atacama Desert, the driest nonpolar deser on Earth, stretches across a roughly 600-mile (1,000 kilometers) tract of land wedged between the coastal Cordillera de la Costa mountain range and the Andes Mountains. The region boasts stunning geologic formations and has provided scientists with a wealth of research opportunities.
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Discover the magical tonalities of the desert, visiting the town of Toconao, the great Salar de Atacama with its Chaxa Lagoon, the imposing Miscanti and Miñiques mountain ranges in the Los Flamencos National Reserve. Read More
Very close to the Altiplanic Lagoons is this landscape that leaves no one indifferent. The erosion caused by the water, added to the oxidation of the iron that is present in the place, make the rocks acquire a tone and shape that is difficult to find in another part of the planet. The best time to visit Piedras Rojas is after the rains, when the waters clean the stones and acquire greater intensity of color. Read More
Tatio Geysers is a geothermal field located in the Andes Mountain range. The fumaroles of these geysers, the highest of the world (4,300 mts), are produced by the high temperatures of their watery craters and offer a unique spectacle of the Chilean desert. Read More
Located at 90 kilometers from San Pedro. Miscanti and Miñique are located more than 4,000 meters above sea level. Both are fed by water sources that come from the surface of the land, attract a great variety of animals, like the abundance of flamingoes, a severe contrast surrounded by snowed mountains and shiningly reflected in its waters. The trip from San Pedro goes through Toconao and borders the Atacama Saltlake. Read More
The volcano, during a visit to San Pedro de Atacama, is always present in the landscape due to the proximity that is. It has an impressive vertical unevenness of more than 3,600 meters of height. It is possible to ascend until the cone itself, crossing curved; the time is of around 12 hours walking.
In the crater a lagoon covered with ice exists during the winter season. For making this ascent you must be in optimal physical training conditions, to have experience, its own equipment to scale and a good capacity of adaptation to that height.
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High on the Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), together with its international partners, is operating the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) — a state of the art telescope to study light from some of the coldest objects in the Universe. This light has wavelengths of around a millimetre, between infrared light and radio waves, and is therefore known as millimetre and submillimetre radiation. Read More
Located in the middle of a canyon, these hot springs have been used for hundreds of years. Water temperature remains at 28° to 31° Celsius with an important concetration of minerals, among which are calcium, magnesium, sodium and boron. There are 8 pools that are easily accessible by boardwalks. Read More
At approximately 100 kilometers from Calama, the driest desert in the world jealously hides a small oasis called San Pedro de Atacama. A village of dirt streets and adobe housing that have stolen the heart of thousands tourists with the charms of the Atacama and Spanish culture evidenced in each one of its buildings.
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Rainbow Valley is a unique landscape just 90 km from San Pedro de Atacama that attracts attention for its extravagant rock formations and the wide variety of colors. This is a sector quite unknown and little explored for many.
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Also known as the Mars Valley , the Death Valley is in the middle of the Cordillera de la Sal, just 2 kilometers from San Pedro de Atacama.
Its name is due to the fact that formerly, who dared to cross this valley died in the attempt. Proof of this are the remains of bones of animals or people that can be found in the place, in addition to pieces of natural plaster that are often confused with these vestiges.
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