The eternal temples of the heights.

AUCANQUINCHA AND ACAMARACHI VOLCANO

Duration

15 DAYS

Minimum

4

Maximum

8

Season

MAR-JUN/SEP-JAN

Difficulty

4

From

ON DEMAND
San Pedro de Atacama and its varied offers and attractions is always the beginning of the adventures in Atacama. Here adventurers and hikers gather to embark on their journeys through the most arid desert in the world. Near San Pedro, in the pucará de Quitor amazes the defensive effort of the Atacameño peoples in front of the Spanish invader who finally conquered the square and ended the progress of indigenous culture. The Valley of the Moon is a Sanctuary of Nature where the desert exhibits its best natural creations, whimsical colors and shapes, capable of inspiring us ineffable emotions. After getting to know Rio Salado and Rio Grande, typical Atacameños villages, you will arrive at the Mirador de Machuca to contemplate from there all the magnificence of Los Andes. A Natural Monument are the geysers of the Tatio, impressive display of natural forces. Eighty jets of boiling water rise up to ten meters filling the entire area with bright vapors in the sun. But then we can dive relaxed in the nearby thermal pools. The next day in the Salar de Carcote, ancient lake come unless, you will be amazed by the flocks of flamingos Then the Volcano Aucanquilcha will challenge us from its 6000 meters with menacing fumaroles, as if testing the hikers who will try to reach one of its four summits. The bordering village of Ollaguee will provide a well-deserved rest for the victors. Tilomonte and the archaeological settlement of Tulan are must-see places. By ancient paths of transhumance mountain range you reach the famous highland lagoons Miscanti and Miñiques, in the Los Flamencos National Reserve, refuge of flamingos, seagulls, taguas and ducks in a beautiful environment at the foot of volcanoes. The Pili Volcano or Acamarachi, another 6000, is the last challenge of this excursion for anyone who wants to observe the lake of its crater and return tired to San Pedro de Atacama.

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