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Chile

Classic Chile / Santiago area / Patagonia / Lake District
Easter Island / Biking / Atacama Desert / Expedition Cruises
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Atacama Desert & Altiplano

The Atacama desert stretches to the horizon and snow capped volcanoes reach up high into a blue, blue sky. Take a walk in the valley of the moon, enter a rustic church unchanged since the Spanish conquistadores arrival, travel high into the Andes to enjoy hot springs and see the geysers ? or relax and enjoy the seaside and surf. San Pedro de Atacama is a small northern town with tremendous history and close proximity to many natural geographical wonders. From the geysers of El Tatio to the Valley of the Moon, from the ancient pre-Inca fortress Pucará de Quitor to the mountain hot-springs of Puritama there are a host of natural and historic wonders, which have brought travelers to San Pedro for decades. Happily San Pedro remains unchanged with its unhurried, dusty streets unaffected by the small uninterrupted flow of foreign travelers who have come to experience something of the Atacama Desert.

The north of Chile is full of exotic landscapes, supernatural colours and history. The Altiplano sits next to the borders of Peru and Bolivia. Here you will find the history of ancient civilizations with mummies four thousand years old, natural wonders and fascinating landscapes for your adventure walking, trekking, biking, or overlander. As one travels through this land of snow-capped volcanoes and bizarre desert, one sees strange sculpted rock formations and endless salt lakebeds where the crystallized salts look like snow on the vast desert floor. Observe the pristine lagoons of intense greenish-blue amidst the countryside of deep desert brown. A striking pink flamingo flies slowly across an immense blue sky. But come for more than just the scenery. Here there are cultures to meet, ancient ruins preserved in open-air museums, and critters the likes of which you will rarely see.