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Did you know that the oldest living human remains have been found in Chile? The Chinchorro culture in the Atacama Desert, mummified all of their dead, and some amazing finds are on display at several museums throughout the country.

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The Moon Valley

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Natural Sanctuary since 1982, the Moon Valley is a wonderful place with colorful geology. Located in the Sierra Obate depression, 2550 meters above sea level, it has different visual attractions that turn it in an extraordinary place called "Moon Valley" because of its similar look to lunar soil.

Los Flamencos National Reserve

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Located in the Antofagasta Region, within the commune of San Pedro de Atacama and stands out for the protection of the typical fauna of the place, such as the culpeo fox, puma, vicuña, guanaco and tuco tuco de la puna. The reserve is divided into 7 sectors, each with particular climates; causing causes that the flora and fauna to vary within the same reserve. Using the available trails you can access the Laguna Miscanti, Laguna Chaxa, Valle de la Luna, the Tulor Village and several salt flats.

Castillo Hill

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The unit is located in the Aysén Region, communes of Coyhaique and Río Ibáñez. It was created on June 19, 1970 (as a national reserve), through DS No. 201, and covers an area of 138,164 hectares.

Shrimp Valley

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At the northern end of our country, in the Arica and Parinacota region, we find the Camarones Valley. This destination stands out for its rich culture that we find in all its celebrations of festivals and carnivals, interesting valleys and villages and several archaeological sites that are interesting to know.

Chilean Museum of Precolombino Art

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The Museum of Precolombino Art of Chile is responsible for spreading the history and culture of the pre-Hispanic people of Chile.

Desert Hand

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This remarkable sculpture by Mario Irarrázabal is located in the Atacama Desert, next to the Pan-American Highway, 75 kilometers south of the city of Antofagasta. It was inaugurated on March 28, 1992 and consists of an eleven-meter reinforced concrete sculpture, which represents a left hand.

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Jeinimeni Lake National Reserve

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Jeinimeni Lake National reserve is located 57 kms southwest of the city of Chile Chico. It has a surface area of 161,100 hectares, in which you can witness the regions biodversity in all its magnitude. Its scenic beauty allows for the presence of the area's four ecosystems: deciduous forests, evergreen forests, steppe, and high peaks.

Quitor's Pukara

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The presence of the Atacameño people or likan antai in the pre -illeilleran area of the Atacama desert dates back to the 6th century A.D. The vestiges of the first communities that inhabited the area of San Pedro de Atacama, allow us to affirm that it was an agro-pottery culture, dedicated to the cultivation of corn, potatoes and quinoa, in addition to the cattle raising of auquénidos such as llamas and vicuñas.

Chaiten

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Chaitén is a small volcanic caldera located on the flank of the Michinmahuida volcano in southern Chile. Before 2008, it consisted mainly of a rhyolitic lava dome last active 9,400 years ago. But in May 2008, Chaitén began erupting violently, producing numerous plumes, pyroclastic flows, and lahars, and building a new lava dome on the north side of the old one. The eruption has had serious consequences for the nearby town of Chaitén, inundating it with lahars and ash, and ash from the eruption has even disrupted travel and agriculture in surrounding countries.

Atacama Giant

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Illustrated on a Chilean hillside known as Cerro Unitas and surrounded by thousands of smaller geoglyphs, the Atacama Giant, a massive image of a deity used to calculate the movements of the moon, stands as one of the largest geoglyphs ever discovered.

Padre Le Paige Museum

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Founded by Belgian priest Gustavo Le Paige, the Archaeological Museum that takes his name shows the evolution of the atacameñan culture throughout more than eleven thousand years, through a valuable collection of Andean archeology that it includes, among other things, pieces of ceramics, clothes, utensils and mummies, being famous the old atacameñan mummy found in the desert and baptized like Miss Chile.

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