Atacama & the North - 10 Days
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- Santiago – Take a half day city tour of colonial architecture and traditional neighbourhoods
- San Pedro de Atacama – Enjoy this picturesque oasis village with an expansive archaeological museum
- Salar de Atacama – Visit Chile’s largest salt lake
- Geysers del Tatio – Wake up early for a sunrise visit to soak in the thermal springs
- Valle de la Luna – Marvel at the striking lunar-like landscape with a sunset visit to enjoy the changing colours
- Chuquicamata – Tour one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the world
- Cerro Pintados – Explore this ancient site consisting of more than 400 giant geoglyphs
- Humberstone and Santa Laura – Visit these abandoned ghost towns with crumbling houses and rusty processing plants
- Arica – See the brilliantly preserved Chinchorro mummies
- Lauca National Park – Visit the stunning Chungara Lake backed by the snow-capped Parinacota volcano
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- 9 nights STANDARD accommodation. Upgrading to SUPERIOR or DELUXE accommodation options are also available upon request. Accommodation rating – See Trip Notes for details
- 9 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 2 dinners
- Airport arrival and departure transfer on day 1 and day 10
- Services of local English-speaking specialist guides
- Entrance fees to all sites included in the itinerary
- Excursions to Santiago, San Pedro, Taito Geysers and Chuquicamata mines on a shared basis (private touring available for a supplement)
- All relevant transfers and transportation on a private basis unless otherwise stated
- Private touring of Arica, Lauca National Park and nitrate ghost towns
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Itinerary
Bienviendos a Chile! Upon arrival into the airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel in Santiago. The rest of the day is free for you to get out and explore.
Encircled by snow-capped Andean peaks, the city of Santiago enjoys a particularly spectacular setting. This morning join a scheduled tour of the city to discover Santiago’s appealing blend of the old and new. Walking to the Plaza de Armas gaze at the handsome colonial...
Santiago – Calama – San Pedro de Atacama. This morning you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Calama. On arrival you will be transferred to the little oasis village of San Pedro de Atacama. After hotel check in enjoy a scheduled afternoon city tour ...
After breakfast visit the 12th century pre-Inca fortress of Pukara de Quitor. Strategically located on a hill, the defensive walls encircle a group of stone buildings that have been partially restored. Continue to the ancient settlement of Tulor where circular dwellin...
It’s an early morning departure today as you travel to the Geysers del Tatio for a picnic-style breakfast and a stroll around the geothermal fields to see the geysers and pools of boiling water and mud. Sunrise is the ideal time to visit when the colours give the land...
San Pedro de Atacama – Chuquicamata – Iquique. Carved out of the ground like an enormous, sunken amphitheatre, the Chuquicamata mines are one of the world’s largest open-pit copper mines, dwarfing the huge ore trucks to resemble crawling ants on the crater floor. Join...
Iquique – Humberstone – Arica. Once the scene of a thriving industry built on vast nitrate deposits, the ghost towns of Santa Laura and Humberstone now stand empty and lifeless. Abandoned in 1960, Humberstone now lies in total disrepair with workers’ houses, a theatre...
Arica – Putre. Sitting at the foot of the Morro cliff, the city of Arica has a colourful history, best seen in its architecture and national monuments including the St Mark’s Cathedral and the ex-customs building. Touring continues with the pre-Hispanic settlements of...
This morning visit Lauca National Park and the Chungara Lake. During the ascent you’ll come across Andean bogs and strange flora such as the llareta plant, which only grows 1mm every year. Surrounded by the snow-capped Volcan Parinacota, the Chungara Lake is one of th...
Putre – Arica. Today marks the end of your unique Chilean adventure. After breakfast and hotel check out you will be transferred to Arica airport. There are a number of flights from Arica to Santiago, from where you can take your onward flight home.
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