San Pedro de Atacama: 4-Day Magic Desert Adventure

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San Pedro de Atacama: 4-Day Magic Desert Adventure — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Moon Valley — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

A complete program that includes transfer from Calama to Hotel in San Pedro, Valley of the Moon Tour, Red Stone tour with Salar de Atacama and Toconao, Geiser del Tatio Tour, and a Lagoon Cejar visit and transfer back to the Airport

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At a glance

Duration: 4 days
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 14 people
People per booking: 1–14
Guide: English, Spanish
Operated by: Ruta Chile

Ages: Adults (8–70 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Local guide
Included: Hotel pickup and drop-off (only from centrally located hotels in San pedro de Atacama to Geyser del Tatio, Piedras Rojas and transfer out)
Included: Transport by air-conditioned minivan

Not included

Not included: Food and drinks, unless specified
Not included: Gratuities
Not included: Admission fees: Piedras Rojas
Not included: Admission fees: Valle De La Luna
Not included: Admission fees: Salar de Atacama
Not included: Admission fees: Geyser del Tatio

Itinerary

Stop 1

30 min

When you pick up your luggage, you should pay attention to the person with a sign in your name

The duration of the trip is around 1 hour and 30 minutes from airport to San Pedro de Atacama town. Please be sure your flight arrive earily in the morrning to be available to start the afternoon tour.
Valle De La Luna

4 hours Admission not included

In the Afternoon We will make the Tour to the Famous Valley of the Moon, located approximately to 10 kms. Of San Pedro de Atacama, declared sanctuary of the nature, is part of the national reserve the flamingos, located inside the mountain range of the salt. Place with beautiful shapes and colors where we can walk and observe a geological show with sculptural forms, similar to the lunar surface. Visit the salt statues "Las Tres Marías", the salt caverns. We will go up to the great dune at sunset to admire in all its splendor this beautiful panorama. Return to the town of San Pedro de Atacama.

Arrival approx. 8:00 p.m.
Piedras Rojas

30 min Admission not included

Then we will go to Piedras Rojas where we will visit Salar de Aguas Calientes and Salar de Talar, where we can appreciate the rock formations reddish colors.
Salar de Atacama

one hour Admission not included

Then visit the Salar de Atacama, Chiles largest salt lake, where the national flamingo reserve is located and the Chaxa lagoon is visited to watch 3 types of flamingos, as well as other species that inhabit the lagoons of the to Salt.
Geyser del Tatio

3 hours Admission not included

Departure at 04:30 from the hotel, to take a gravel road, by which we start ascending towards the Geyser del Tatio located at a distance of 97 Kms from San Pedro and at an altitude of 4,300 mts. All the route we realize at night, we arrive at this spectacular sector of our altiplano at approximately 06:45, normally the temperature at this time is below zero.

Breakfast and hiking guided by the geothermal field, observation of the impressive columns of steam (Geiser), fumaroles, hundreds of pools of boiling water and high peaks is a spectacular view of nature at dawn. In this sector we can see part of the typical Andean fauna as Vizcachas and Vicuñas. Then we move to the sector of the thermal pools with water with approx 40º where passengers can take a bathroom repair. Then we will start the return to San Pedro, through the impressive landscape of the Andes mountain range, in the route we can see the volcano Tocorpuri and Licancacabur. Arrival in San Pedro at approximately 12:00.
Parque El Loa

Passing by

This last day you will be picked up from your hotel 3 hours before your flight departure time, please check with the local supplier the exact pick up time 1 day before you will leave the place.

Meeting point and pickup

The operator picks every participant up from their accommodation or the points below.

Pickup points

Don Raul Hotel
Hotel Diego de Almagro San Pedro De Atacama
Hotel Noi Casa Atacama
Our Habitas Atacama
Hotel Cumbres San Pedro de Atacama
Hotel Iorana Tolache
Hotel Kimal
Hotel Tulor
La Casa De Don Tomas
Hotel Poblado Kimal

Using your ticket

Not recommended for participants with back problems
Not recommended for participants with heart complaints or other serious medical conditions
Not recommended for pregnant women
For Cejar Lagoon and Geyser del Tatio we suggest to you bring your swimsuit, towel, sunscreen and sandals

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

Good to know

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Please send your Flight details (nr of flight, time of arrival and date) to program the pick up transfer to your hotel.
Is important you send us the full passport information of each traveller at least 1 week before start the service.
Please send your hotel information, in you are in a Hotel outside the pick up zone we will give you the meeting point in the suplier office, centrally located.
Not recommended for children under 7 years
Not recommended for people over 75
The entraces are not included for any service. Those are the referential prices:
- Valle de la luna park clp $ 4.000 per person
- Lagunas Altiplanicas and Salar de Atacama clp$ 5.500 per person.
- Laguna Cejar : clp$ 17.000 per person.
- Geyser del Tatio park: clp$ 10.000 per person. Those must be payed by each passenger when they arrive to the park and only with cash and chilean pesos.