Calama Trip Overview
This guided tour is special because the group will travel according to their interests, to observe and walk through the places, take photos, ask questions to the guide, ask for explanations of what they observe.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 days
Starts: Calama, Chile
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
This guided tour is special because the group will travel according to their interests, to observe and walk through the places, take photos, ask questions to the guide, ask for explanations of what they observe.
Itinerary
Day 1: Moon Valley, Mars Valley, CKari Viewpoint
Stop At: Valle De La Luna, San Pedro de Atacama Chile
Accompanied by their bilingual guide, travelers will be able to enjoy the wonderful and imposing views from different locations, we will cross the valley transversely, to visit the Tres Marías rock formations, the Canyon, the Amphitheater, the Great Dune, and the Coyote Stone, the natural amphitheaters and the green Ayllus that surround San Pedro de Atacama, places to take spectacular photos with the color changes of the place waiting for the sunset.
Duration: 5 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Visit to Piedras Rojas
Stop At: Lagunas Miscanti y Miniques, Caracoles 174b, San Pedro de Atacama 1410000 Chile
Visit with a bilingual guide, before dawn we head towards Laguna Tuyajto, to enjoy the views in the middle of the Andes Mountains, surrounded by silence, fauna and flora of the place, then we will see Red Stones, red rock formations in the lagoon where flamingos can be appreciated, later we will arrive at the Miscanti and Meñiques Lagoons, surrounded by the mountains, with birds and vicuñas, grazing in the place, the tour will continue towards Socaire, where we will appreciate the Church and the cultivation of terraced vegetables.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Visit to Geyser del Tatio
Stop At: Geyser del Tatio, 174a Caracoles, San Pedro de Atacama 1410000 Chile
On this tour, the departure is at dawn from San Pedro de Atacama towards the high plateau, up the Atacama puna, for an hour and a half. We will arrive at a geothermal field of 50 km 2, whose name Tatio Mallku means “Hills of Grandfather who cries”, what you will see will be smoking geyseres all over the field that you can travel accompanied by your bilingual guide. There is a rustic thermal water pool with dressing rooms where you can bathe, provided it is enabled at the time of the visit.
Back to San Pedro de Atacama, a stop is made at the Putana River, where you can observe the flora and fauna of the place, and then visit the town of Machuca, where there is a church and where it is possible to buy meat anticuchos, prepared with a secret sauce, empanadas and other offers of typical foods of the area.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: Cejar Lagoon, Ojos del Salar and Tebenquinche Lagoon, San Pedro de Atacama
Stop At: Tebinquinche Lake, San Pedro de Atacama Chile
In this tour you can visit lagoons within the Salar de Atacama, the first Céjar lagoon and Piedra lagoon, in Céjar you can take a high salinity bath, where you float in any position. The place is enabled with showers, bathrooms and dressing rooms. It is recommended to use the showers and take out the salt to follow the route towards the Ojos del Salar, two freshwater lagoons, where bathing is also allowed, only in times when there is no bird nesting; To continue the trip to the interior of the Salar and reach Tebenquinche lagoon, where you can observe wildlife in its natural habitat, walk the trails, appreciate the colors and the contrast of the whiteness of the salt with the landscape and finish the tour with the sunset.
Duration: 5 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
