Best of San Pedro de Atacama: Geysers, Lagoons & Valle de la Luna

Arrival at Calama International Airport (Atacama). At the agreed time, a driver will wait for you at the airport to take you to your hotel. Rest of the day free for resting or exploring the city.

We will leave very early in the morning to make the most of the day. At 6:30 am we will pick you up at the selected hotels to begin our adventure. We will go to the Salar del Talar where the Mirador Piedras Rojas is located, and here we can enjoy a simple breakfast while admiring the landscape. We will visit the Miñique and Miscanti Lagoon, where we will do a little trekking to explore the area on foot. We will visit the village of Socaire, whose main attraction is its houses without windows and its antique Church. We will continue our way to the Salar de Atacama, where we will visit the Laguna Chaxa National Reserve and have time for lunch. Finally, we will visit the town of Toconao, which firmly keeps its indigenous traditions.

At 2 pm, we will go to the Valle de la Luna, located about 10 km from San Pedro de Atacama. Located within the Cordillera de la Sal, it is part of the Los Flamencos Nature Reserve. We will visit the salt statues "Las Tres Marías", and the salt caverns. We will go up to the great dune to enjoy an incredible sunset, and then we will be returning to our hotels.

We will leave very early in the morning, at 5 am we will pick you up to go to the Tatio Geysers, the largest formation of Geysers in the Southern hemisphere. We will arrive a little before 7 am, where the temperature is below zero. We will have a simple breakfast and then we will start a walk through the geothermal field, where we can see the steam columns, fumaroles, boiling water wells and enjoy the landscape that the high peaks provide us. On our return, we will be visiting the town of Machuca, with houses built traditionally. We will return to our hotels at approximately noon to be able to rest and have lunch (not included).
We will pick you up again at 3 pm to visit the Laguna Cejar. We will say goodbye to these magical landscapes enjoying a bath in the turquoise lagoons where thanks to its high salinity content it's impossible to sink. From here we can see an exceptional sunset, and then we will return to our hotels in San Pedro de Atacama.

Depending on the departure time of your flight, you will have free time to make last-minute purchases or go explore the city. At the agreed time, your driver will pass by the hotel to take you back to Calama International Airport (Atacama).