San Pedro de Atacama to Salta 10 Day Tour
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See the highlights of the Atacama Desert area and the area around Salta on this 10 day tour
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Day 1 Calama airport - San Pedro de Atacama
We welcome you at the Calama Airport and transfer to San Pedro de Atacama. (It's also possible to arrive by Bus from Salta, Argentina). Rest of the day is free. Lodging at Hosteria double or single. Meals we provide: none Day 2 Altiplánicas Lagoons. This day we will visit the Miscanti y Miñique lagoons; with its wonderful colors are located over 4000 meters over the level of the sea. On our way to them, we stop at a Toconao, an old town made completely of stone, where the art craft is also well known. Another highlight of this is the ' Salar de Atacama' which is over 100 km of extension. . We will also appreciate some of the birds and fauna that has manage to survive in one the most desertic places of the earth. All this will require from us around 6 hours. Our lodging will be around 90 Km from San Pedro de Atacama. Lodging at Hostería double or single. Meals we provide: Breakfast Day 3 Geysers del Tatio - Valle de la Luna This days starts quite early in the morning. We will depart before sunrise (4am) in order to go to the TATIO volcano, located 4300 meters above sea level. First thing we'll do once we arrive is to go to the geothermal field located in the mountain range of Los Andes. Early in the morning this place has an amazing steamy activity because of the high temperatures that are coming up from the craters. The boiling water, the huge columns on steam and the water that runs underneath the surface makes of this, and unforgettable experience. Here will have breakfast, and then we'll take a walk and those who want to might take a bath in the warm water (between 25ºC and 30ºC).near the geysers. In the afternoon we take a trek to the Valle de la Luna; located at 17 km from San Pedro in the area of the Cordillera de la Sal, it has an especial appeal for its amazing resemblance to the lunar surface. Lodging at Hosteria double or single. Meals we provide: breakfast. Day 4 San Pedro de Atacama - Tilcara Early in the morning we say goodbye to San Pedro de Atacama and by bus we go back to Argentina crossing the mountain range of Los Andes. Thru el Paso de Jama we will be able to appreciate the "Salinas Grandes"; then descending over the path of the Lipan, we'll make a stop at the town of Pumamarca and its famous Mount of the 'Los Siete Colores'. Later we arrive to our lodge at the picturesque town of Tilcara. Lodging at Hosteria double or single. Meals we provide: Breakfast Day 5 Trek to The Devil's Throat - Tilcara We'll have the morning free to discover the town and its unique things such as: la plaza grande, la plaza chica, the town church - and the Pucará de Tilcara. In the afternoon we'll do a small trek to the devil's throat, walking along the old Kollas paths and watching the amazing view. After 3 or 4 hours we finally go back to Tilcara. Lodging at Hostería double or single. Meals we provide: Breakfast Day 6 Tilcara - Iruya - Humahuaca Early in the morning we take a local bus and go to a small town located right in between the mountains, Iruya. From it we can have a special view since its right on the end of the valley. After enjoying the town we spend the night at Humahuaca. Lodging at Hostería double or single. Meals we provide: Breakfast, lunch. Day 7 Uquia - Quebrada de las Señoritas After breakfast by bus we leave Humahuaca and alter 10 km we arrive to the small town of Uquía. Once there we visit the church of "San Francisco de Paula" with its altar laminated in gold by the Jesuits in 1691 - year in which it was built - and adorned with the pictures of the brought arcabuceros angels brought from Cuzco. Then we do a small trek to the la Quebrada de las Señoritas o Yacoraite. The intense red color makes of it a shocking place; also because it's known for its paleontological deposit where have been rest fossil of the last great mammals that inhabited the Earth, like milodontes and gigantic perezosos. Back in Uquía we visit a place where vicuñas are raised and an old hydraulic mill. At the end of the day we go back to Humahuaca. Lodging at Hostería double or single. Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch. Day 8 Colorful Towns and Quebradas We leave Humahuaca and we cross "Peña Blanca", east border of the Quebrada of Humahuaca. Here we begin our adventure of "colorful towns and quebradas". After a few kilometers we meet the first towns. The overwhelming plains of the Cocataca Valley remind us of one of the main Inca agricultural sites. During the morning we walk this valley and take our lunch once in town. During the afternoon we go hiking for 2 and a half hours to watch the ancient paintings on rocks on Cerro Negro. From here we enjoy spectaculars view over the valley. After getting back in our vehicle we cross by different towns such as Valiaso and Pucará to climb the Serrania of Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara Hills) reaching 4200 mts. above sea level. We end up the day at the viewpoint in Cerro Horconal, with beautiful views over the Abra (huge prairie) de Zenta. We take a typical northwest tea time and get back to our hotel by 7 pm. Lodging at Hostería double or single. Included Meals: Breakfast, box lunch. Day 9 Quebrada de Sapagua - Hornaditas Community - Salta e depart in our mini bus from Humahuaca to the Quebrada de Sapagua, where we'll take a walk around the area. For there we continue to the small community of the Hornaditas, where we will be able to share the life experience of the natural inhabitants of the area, which open the doors of their homes. Finally we go back to the city of Salta. Lodging at Hostería double or single. Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch. Day 10 Salta - Airport After breakfast we are transferred to the airport where our tour ends. Meals we provide: Breakfast |
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2018 Dates: Aug. 9-18, Aug. 30-Sept 8, Sept. 20-29, Oct. 11-20, Nov. 1-10, Nov. 22 - Dec. 1, Dec. 13-22, Jan. 3-12, 2019
Minimum of 2 people required to confirm a departure. 2018 Prices per person in US$: $1850 in hostel, $2195 in double room, $2758 in single room |
