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Valley of the Moon
Reception at El Loa airport in Calama and transfer to San Pedro de Atacama. We will set out for the Valley of the Moon. It is a quiet and enigmatic place similar to a lunar landscape with important stone formations and big sand dunes.
To get to the Valley, you take the road parallel to the Salt Mountains Range, crossing the driest desert in the world. In the Valley of the Moon, we will see the salt statues, Las Tres Marías, the salt mine and the salt caverns. In the afternoon, we will get back to San Pedro.
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Tatio Geysers, Atacama Salt Flat and Toconao
Breakfast at the hotel. We will get up very early to go to our next meeting point: the Tatio Geysers, which are at 4,000 m.a.s.l. They eject springs of water of almost 8 meters; these stream columns give mystic charm to the natural landscape.
We will walk around the different geysers and take a bath in the thermal water pool. In the afternoon we will visit the town of Toconao. Then we will go to the quarries of Liparita stone and Jerez Valley. Finally, we will arrive at the Atacama Salt Flat and Chaxa Lagoon to stop by and watch the flamingos as the sun goes down.
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Quitor Pukará, Salt Mountain Range and Tulor and Catarpe Ruins
Breakfast at the hotel. We will visit Quitor Pukará, the Salt Mountain Range and the Inca ruins of Catarpe. We will visit Tulor ruins, with more than 3,000 years old. We will go back to San Pedro near midday through Ayllu de Séquitor. Afternoon off to rest. One alternative is to visit the town of San Pedro de Atacama and visit the Museum of Father Le Paige, where there is an impressive mummy of an indigenous woman with untouched hair and complete outfit.
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Puritama's Thermal Baths
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, we will set out for Puritama's Thermal Baths at 3,500 meters above sea level. Puritama's Thermal Baths are over a ravine full of vegetation; here there are 8 pools where the water is an average of 30 degrees. These are thermal waters, which descent from the Andean Mountains subterraneanly, and end in these natural pools. We will return at midday.
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Calama
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to El Loa airport in Calama.
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