Atacama desert photography tour in Chile

Your driver will transfer you to Santiago Airport for your domestic flight.

Once you arrive to Calama Airport, you’ll take a 90 minutes transfer to San Pedro de Atacama and check in at your hotel. (Regular Service)

At 3:00 PM you'll depart towards the Salt Mountain Range (Moon Valley), a natural barrier between the Pacific Ocean and the Atacama Salt Flat.

You'll cross famous valleys and observe the impressive Kari’s ravine, salt caverns and a salt mine. You will visit Mars valley as well.

At sunset you will admire a spectacular change of colors and enjoy a delicious cocktail.
Return to San Pedro de Atacama by van and drop off at the hotel or in the town.
Recommendations: Warm Clothing, Comfortable Footwear, Cap, Sunglasses, Sunblock and Water.

Included: Cocktail at Sunset

Pick up time: 3:00 PM

Arrival Time: 8:30 PM

Lodging at San Pedro de Atacama Hotel.

Today it will be possible to enjoy a refreshing bath in different types of water, near the volcanoes of the Andes, first in the emerald waters of the Laguna Piedra (Cejar), experiencing effortless floating, then in the sweet waters of the Tebenquiche Eyes, ending the tour with a visit to the extraordinary Tebenquiche salt flat and its fascinating rocks.

Recommendations: Warm Clothing, Comfortable Footwear, Cap, Sunglasses, Sunblock, towel, swimsuit, flip-flop and water.

Included: Cocktail and Pisco Sour.

Pick up time: 09:00 AM

Arrival Time: 1:30 PM

Drop off will in the town where you can have lunch.

After lunch you will enjoy the Rainboy Valley Tour:

On this trip you will enter the heart of Domeyko Mountain Range admiring its fantastic formations as well as a green Pucará built as a defense by the ancestral inhabitants of the area thousands of years ago. Later meet Yerbas Buenas, an area of ​​passage and caravan rest with high anthropological value given by petroglyphs over 3.500 years old.

Drop off at the hotel or town depending on your preferences.

Recommendations: Warm Clothing, Comfortable Footwear, Cap, Sunglasses, Sunblock and Water.

Included: Cocktail

Pick up time: 3:00 PM

Arrival Time: 8:00 PM

At night we will visit the Space observatory. San Pedro de Atacama is an exceptional place to observe the stars. The tour will start with an explanation of the stars that can be observed at the given time of year. Then it will continue with observations of impressive objects, craters of the moon, rings of Saturn and much more. The tour endswith hot chocolate, cookies, wine, and snacks. Return to San Pedro, free time and rest.

Lodging at San Pedro de Atacama Hotel.

After breakfast, we’ll drive towards Atacama Salt Flat and enter the National Flamingo Reserve. This National Reserve is formed by a gigantic depression and the Salar is the biggest salt field in Chile. The bottom of the salt field is occupied by a huge lake, receiving water from mountain rivers and melting snow.

As it has no outlet, several small lagoons have formed, and here you can observe the three types of flamingos, the English, the Andean and the Chilean. You’ll visit Socaire village at 3.300 masl to acclimatize and take photos of San Bartolomé church and Toconao town.

Drive on to Miscanti and Meñiques lagoons at 4.350 and 4.100 masl where you’ll have a pleasant walk. Visit the amazing Piedras Rojas (Red Stones), and return to San Pedro de Atacama.

Recommendations: Warm Clothing, Comfortable Footwear, Cap, Sunglasses, Sunblock and Water.

Included: Lunch in a natural habitat and cocktail.

Pick Up Time: 08:30 AM

Arrival Time: 7:00 PM

Lodging at San Pedro de Atacama Hotel.

First stop of the day is El Tatio geothermal field at 4.350 mts where you'll enjoy breakfast. You will also visit the Vegas of Jauna and Tocorpuri, and then continue through a large part of the Alto Loa to visit different ancestral villages, pukarás and petroglyphs over 5,000 years old. 

Recommendations: Warm Clothing, Comfortable Footwear, Cap, Sunglasses, Sunblock and Water.

Included: Breakfast, Lunch at natural habitat & Cocktail.

Pick Up Time: 06:15 AM

Arrival Time: 6:30 PM

Lodging at San Pedro de Atacama Hotel.

Today you will get to know impressive beauty of 7 lagoons of intense turquoise and emerald color, where you can enjoy a bath of passive flotation. Continue with some relax in the pools of the Hot Springs of Puritama, where the water has therapeutic properties.

Leaving the thermal water we will take bicycles to ride down to San Pedro de Atacama.

Recommendations: Warm Clothing, Comfortable Footwear, Cap, Sunglasses, Sunblock, towel, swimsuit, flip-flop and Water.

Included: Snacks, Pisco Sour (or Juice) accompanying the swim, Lunch and Bike.

Pick up time: 09:00 AM

Arrival Time: 7:30 PM

Observation: for your safety, the descent by bicycle is without photographic equipment.

Lodging at San Pedro de Atacama Hotel.

Heading towards the border with Bolivia and Argentina, on the way to the Paso de Jama, you will pass Licancabur, Juriques, Toco, Chajnantor Volcanoes, among others, continuing towards the Queipiaco Lagoon located in the Pujsa’s Salar sector. Then you'll travel to the North Aguas Calientes Salar and its underwater geysers, crossing the desert to meet the Pacana’s Monks, the Hidden Lagoon (Chita), and the Tara Salar and its cathedrals.

Recommendations: Warm Clothing, Comfortable Footwear, Cap, Sunglasses, Sunblock and Water.

Included: Lunch in a natural habitat and cocktail.

Pick Up Time: 09:00 AM

Arrival Time: 6:00 PM

Lodging at San Pedro de Atacama Hotel.

Free day.

Overnight.

Hotels in:
Casa de Don Tomas - Standard
Altiplanico Hotel - Superior
Cumbres San Pedro Hotel - Deluxe

Depending on your departure flight, a shared transfer will pick you up at your hotel and take you to Calama airport for your flight to Santiago de Chile. Drop off is either at your accommodation or airport.