DAY 01: SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA: Visit to the Valle de la Luna
Arrival in Calama, reception and transfer to San Pedro de Atacama, a small town located 98 km away from Calama, at the foot of the Andean Mountain Range and at the side of the great Salt Deposit of Atacama.
In the afternoon visit to the mythical Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon), a scenery of curious geological formations dyed in white by the salt, which give them a moonlike quality. On the way we will stop to take pictures of the Cordillera de la Sal. In the Valle de la Luna we will take a walk through different sectors; we will visit the statues of salt called “Las Tres Marías”, the mine and the caves of salt, wrapping it up at the huge Central Dune, where we will pause to watch the sunset and a panoramic sight of the valley and the cordilleras surrounding San Pedro. Return to your hotel.
Lodging.

DAY 02: SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA: Visit to Geysers of Tatio and Salt Deposit of Atacama
At daybreak, (04:00 AM) we set off to the Geysers of Tatio, a spectacular geothermic field located at 4,320 meters above sea level, with cracks that expel wide columns of steam with temperatures reaching up to 85° C. At dawn, when the temperatures drop below zero, the landscape becomes yet more amazing and the spurts can reach heights of up to 7 meters. The phenomenon is produced by the contact between the cold subterranean river and the magma of the Tatio Volcano. Breakfast in the place and the possibility of taking a bath in the pool of thermal waters. Then we visit the Community of Machuca, located approximately 50 kilometers northeast of San Pedro de Atacama and at an altitude of 4.000 meters. Its adobe house and its church, built in a traditional way, have been refurbished. This town in Atacama sustains its economy on pasturing and traditional farming. Return to San Pedro de Atacama at noon.
In the afternoon we visit the Salt Deposit of Atacama, which is the largest salt deposit in Chile and the second largest in South America, after the one in Uyuni (Bolivia).
On the way we will stop in the Town of Toconao, a traditional town built with liparite rock, of volcanic origins. We can appreciate handicraft from the zone of Atacama made of llama and alpaca wool, cactus wood and volcanic rock on its streets, along with the Tower of San Lucas (National Monument and town symbol). Right after we visit the quarries of liparite rock and the Valley of Jerez. We will continue towards the salt deposit 2,305 meters above sea level; an endless white and rough mantle of salt stained by the fine dust of the desert, under which there is a lake that emerges in the form of small lagoons containing an interesting wildlife, with the pink flamingos, one of the three species of these birds that inhabit the high cordillera, jutting out. We will watch the sunset by the Chaxa Lagoon to then return to San Pedro de Atacama.
Lodging.

DAY 03: SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA - CALAMA
Breakfast. In due time transfer to the airport in Calama to take your returning flight.


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