7 Days Exploring the Atacama Desert

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Programme du séjour

• jour 1

  Arrival to San Pedro - Astronomical Tour

  Today you will arrive at Calama Airport to start your adventure. From here, you will take a shuttle transfer to San Pedro de Atacama, which takes around 90 minutes. Upon arrival in San Pedro de Atacama, you will be transferred to your hotel. Today, you will have the chance to learn and enjoy one of the brightest nights you will ever see. You will have a short ride to the middle of nowhere, where the tour will start. We will be there between 8 PM and 10 PM, since we need total darkness for the tour to begin. We will observe different types of stars according to their age (blue, yellow, and red), doubles, and variable solar systems. Then, we’ll go for nebulae (delivery rooms of stars) and cluster stars. At the end of the tour, we will observe nearby galaxies, clusters of billions of stars that have traveled together almost from the beginning of our universe. After that, we will include some pictures of you with this amazing sky as a background, taken by a professional photographer. Finally, the driver will take you back to your hotel, where you will spend the night.

• jour 2

  Visitez la magnifique Laguna Cejar, les Ojos del Salar et la Laguna Tebiquinche.

  Aujourd'hui, nous visiterons une série de lagunes situées à l'intérieur du salar d'Atacama, le plus grand salar du Chili. Tout d'abord, nous découvrirons la célèbre lagune Cejar et la lagune Piedra, entourées d'herbes vertes et jaunes, qui mettent en valeur la couleur de l'eau, tout en offrant un paysage unique d'eaux turquoise et de volcans. Dans la lagune Piedra, nous profiterons d'une baignade avec un effet de flottaison similaire à celui de la mer Morte. Ensuite, nous visiterons les Ojos del Salar, deux puits profonds d'eau douce au milieu du désert, ainsi que la lagune Tebinquinche, où nous marcherons le long de son sentier pour admirer les vues incroyables où le ciel se confond avec le désert et la blancheur du sel.

• jour 3

  Lunar Landscape at "Valle de la Luna"

  Today you will head to "Valle de la Luna" or Moon Valley, and be amazed by the enormous figures of salt and clay shaped over the years by the wind. There is no life in this valley, nor humidity, making it the most inhospitable place on the planet. When the sun sets, it paints pie tones on the edges of hills and ravines, while the wind blows among the rocks and the sky shifts from pink to purple and finally to black. We will have the chance to share a cocktail and some snacks before ending the tour with a stop to see the sunset in one of the most beautiful locations in the area. After that, you will be dropped off at Plaza Turis Tour, where you can walk back to your hotel or take a taxi. This is necessary since all the tours end simultaneously and the town of San Pedro is small.

• jour 4

  Découvrez la colorée Vallée de l'Arc-en-ciel

  On this day, we will leave San Pedro de Atacama to the west, and our first stop will be Yerbas Buenas, an area of great historical importance due to one of the most important groups of petroglyphs in the region. Through this place, indigenous caravans crossed from the Argentine northeast and the Bolivian Altiplano, arriving at the Pacific Ocean. We will see varied carvings and drawings in the rock, such as camelids, birds, monkeys, and dogs. Then, you will visit the famous place known as Rainbow Valley. We will make a stop to stretch our legs and visit this place. It is a light walk of 1 hour to get there, and then 1 hour back. Its name comes from the varied colors of the rocks, a result of the different minerals they contain. After the tour, with explanations from our guide and time to take pictures, we will go to the Salado River area, where there is a small valley in which we will be able to walk to see the landscape. After that, we will return to San Pedro de Atacama to end the activity.

• jour 5

  Détendez-vous dans les montagnes aux sources chaudes de Puritama

  In the morning, we will pick you up from your hotel and continue our adventure heading to Puritama Hot Springs, which are located in the middle of a canyon. Surrounded by fox tails, the Puritama Hot Springs, which means Water (Puri) and Hot (tama), have a total of 8 pools with thermal waters that have a temperature between 28 ° and 31 ° Celsius, suitable for the whole family. Their water has a significant concentration of minerals, including calcium, magnesium, sodium, and boron, all revitalizing elements for the body and mind. We ascend the Andes range to the thermal baths of Puritama, where we access a well-equipped complex, with restrooms and changing rooms. Here, you can bathe in beautiful pools of crystalline thermal water. You can also take advantage of this trip to enjoy a walk in the pre-cordillera.

• jour 6

  Explorez les merveilleuses lagunes cachées de Baltinache et Vallecito (magic bus)

  Découvrez deux endroits merveilleux au cœur du désert d'Atacama : les Lagunes Cachées de Baltinache et Vallecito. Cette excursion peut se faire le matin ou le soir. Votre guide viendra vous chercher et nous nous dirigerons vers le désert où se trouve Vallecito. Ensuite, une pause technique vous permettra de vous promener, de prendre des photos et d'observer la cordillère de sel avec une vue panoramique à 360°, ainsi que de découvrir le bus magique où vous entendrez l'histoire de ce lieu mystique. La deuxième étape est les 7 Lagunes Cachées de Baltinache. Après une heure de route, nous arriverons à destination, où vous aurez l'occasion d'admirer la vue magnifique de cet endroit et de prendre des photos. Ces lagunes ont une forte teneur en sel dans l'eau, c'est pourquoi il n'est pas possible de s'y baigner. Capturez la beauté de ces deux lieux magiques avec des photographies à couper le souffle.

• jour 7

  Goodbye Atacama! - Transport vers l'aéroport de Calama

  Hasta Pronto Atacama ! Today, you will be picked up at your hotel to head to Calama Airport for your next flight.