San Pedro de Atacama Trip Overview
With this small-group tour, you will have the opportunity to visit one of the highlights in a more intimate way, sharing your day with other travellers but avoiding big groups:
Found within the Atacama Salt Flats is the Cejar Lagoon. This body of water is a saltwater swimming pool where you can float until your troubles fade away. Find yourself relaxing as you take in the views of the beautiful landscape paired against the turquoise waters, volcanoes and great expanse of the salar. Next up, you’ll visit the Salar Eyes, which are two freshwater round-shaped lagoons in the middle of one of the world’s driest deserts. To further add to your adventure, you’ll visit the impressive Tebinquinche Lagoon where you’ll stop to enjoy a view of the Andes reflected in the saltwater lagoon and, in summer you can observe how water evaporation forms a white mantle of salt.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 to 6 hours
Starts: San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Bus & Minivan Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region, Chile
With this small-group tour, you will have the opportunity to visit one of the highlights in a more intimate way, sharing your day with other travellers but avoiding big groups:
Found within the Atacama Salt Flats is the Cejar Lagoon. This body of water is a saltwater swimming pool where you can float until your troubles fade away. Find yourself relaxing as you take in the views of the beautiful landscape paired against the turquoise waters, volcanoes and great expanse of the salar. Next up, you’ll visit the Salar Eyes, which are two freshwater round-shaped lagoons in the middle of one of the world’s driest deserts. To further add to your adventure, you’ll visit the impressive Tebinquinche Lagoon where you’ll stop to enjoy a view of the Andes reflected in the saltwater lagoon and, in summer you can observe how water evaporation forms a white mantle of salt.
Pass By: San Pedro de Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region
After meeting with your group, you will go on a drive to Laguna Cejar (shared service).
Stop At: Laguna Cejar, 20 KM from San Pedro de Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama Chile
Following up, be prepared to experience Laguna Cejar, which is located in the northern sector of the Salar de Atacama. You will appreciate its waters of deep emerald, rimmed of salt crystals… To further add to your experience, you will be able to swim and enjoy the gravitational effect of the water produced by the high amounts of salt: Your body easily floats producing a great relaxation.**Entrance fee is only included on Semi-Private Tour.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ojos Del Salar, Antofagasta, Chile
Next up, you’ll visit the Salar Eyes, two round shaped lagoons, with less concentration of salt and where small reeds and algae grow on their banks. Here, you can take a nice fresh swim (SWIM NOT AVAILABLE HERE DUE TO COVID MESUREMENTS).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Tebinquinche Lake, San Pedro de Atacama Chile
To further add to your adventure, you reach Tebinquinche Lagoon: Its waters are dependent on snowmelt and rainfall of the year and, in summer you can observe how water evaporation forms a white mantle of salt. Here you can take a walk and see some flamingos and other birds in small quantity. If you choose the Small-Group Trip, you will enjoy an aperitif here.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: San Pedro de Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region
After a nice day full of relaxing and enjoying breathtaking views, you will be driven back to San Pedro de Atacama.
**This tour will start and end near your hotel or at the downtown area of San Pedro de Atacama, to be confirmed.
**Schedules and the order of the visited attractions may vary according to weather conditions and physical conditions of passengers.
**Water with high salt concentration, high solar radiation, no shade.
