San Pedro de Atacama
San Pedro de Atacama
Challenging and quiet, the Atacama Desert is considered the driest on the planet. Mountain ranges, volcanoes, with their eternal snow-covered summits, mysterious geoglyphs, gigantic geysers, impressive salt lakes with their colonies of flamingos, lagoons of intense blue color and thermal water swimming pools in the middle of magical indigenous towns. San Pedro de Atacama is considered the archaeological capital of Chile and the center of the Atacama culture.
Feel the immensity of the Atacama Salt lake with the imposing view of the Licancabur volcano, the magic of the quiet Valley of the Moon at dusk, the mystery of El Tatio Geysers and the moving feeling of the archaeological museum Le Paige with iys collection of objects that illustrate the evolution of the people that inhabited the Atacama territory during eleven thousand years of development.
Climate: Fall (March - May 23ºC); Winter (June - Aug 22ºC); Spring (Sep - Nov 23ºC), guarantee sun and clear skies.Summer (Dec - March 27ºC). During the year and at nights the average temperature varies between 2ºC and 6ºC.
Access: Daily flights from Santiago to Calama (2,30 min.) Land Transport Calama - San Pedro de Atacama (105 Km. - 1,30 min.).
Highlights:
• El Tatio Geysers
• Moon Valley
• Atacama Salt Lake