Discovering Salta, Uyuni and the Atacama Desert
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This 10 day tour is a convenient way to combine the desert highlights of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, including the Uyuni salt flats and San Pedro de Atacama
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Day 1 Airport - Ciudad de Salta
We are greeted at the Salta Airport and transferred to our accommodations. The rest of the day will be free for us to discover this unique city. One of the local staff will meet you at the hotel to give you all the necessary information about the trip, including pickup times, vouchers, bus tickets, etc. and to clarify all possible doubts. Lodging at Hostería double or single. Meals we provide: none. Day 2 Salta - Humahuaca We depart early on our way to Jujuy, visiting León, Tumbaya and Purmamarca with its colorful "seven colors hill". Then we visit Tilcara and its famous Pukara, the ancient church at Uquia, arriving at Humahuaca when our excursion ends. Lodging at Hostería double or single. Meals we provide: Breakfast Day 3 Humahuaca - La Quiaca, Villazon - Uyuni After breakfast we take a regular bus from Humahuaca to La Quiaca. Crossing the border, we reach Villazon and head to the train station to take the service to Uyuni. Finally we arrive at Uyuni to spend the night at our accommodations. Lodging at Hostería double or single. Meals we provide: Breakfast Day 4 Salar de Uyuni We leave Uyuni around 11:00 hs. Heading to Colchani (22 Km. to the north of Uyuni), a little village of built around the exploitation and refinery of salt. We enter the town walking through the piles and attending a demonstration of the extraction of the salt blocks. We can visit the stores, the salt hotels and the Isla Lomo Pescado, appreciating the huge cactus and an outstanding panoramic from the view point. Box lunch at the Island and continue our walk to Chuvica, where we spend the night in a rustic refuge. Lodging at Basic Refuge. Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch & dinner. Day 5 Salar de Uyuni - Altiplanic Lagoons
Leaving around 09:00 hs., after breakfast, to visit the altiplanic Lagoons: Cañapa, Hedionda y Ramadita, then continuing through the desert of Siloli to see the Tree of Stone. Visit to Laguna Colorada where we can appreciate the pink Flamingos and major Andean fauna such as vicuña, suri or andean ñandú. We spend the night at another basic refuge. Lodging at Basic Refuge. Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch & dinner. Day 6 Altiplanic Lagoons- San Pedro de Atacama - Valle de la Luna The day begins around 05:00 am, when we leave the refuge to be able to see the Geysers (volcanic steam springs) and visit the thermal waters. Continuing our travel we find very curious rock formations produced by countless years of erosion, and finally reach Laguna Verde, a lagoon very particular and famous because of its color shift occurring between 11:00 and 12:00. We also visit Laguna Blanca and then we may take a new transport vehicle and continue to San Pedro de Atacama, arriving past noon. Free afternoon. Lodging at Hostería double or single. Meals we provide: Breakfast NOTE: Depending on the time of arrival, it is possible to Visit Valle de la Luna on this day. This activity is programed for the same day of Geyseres del Tatio visit. Day 7 Salar de Atacama and Altiplanic Lagoons This day we will visit the Miscanti y Miñique lagoons; with its wonderful colours 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 complete 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 bird and fauna that has manage to survive in one the most desert places of the earth. All this will require from us around 6 hours. Lodging at Hosteria double or single. Meals we provide: Breakfast and Box lunch |
Day 8 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 over 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 9 San Pedro de Atacama - Salta We leave San Pedro de Atacama by bus, arriving in Salta during the afternoon. Lodging at Hosteria double or single. Meals we provide: Breakfast. Day 10 Salta - Airport After breakfast we are transferred to the airport where our tour ends. Meals we provide: Breakfast Included
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2017 Dates: 4 May-13 May, 25 May-3 Jun, 15 Jun-24 Jun, 6 Jul-15 Jul, 27 Jul - 5-Aug, 17 Aug-26 Aug, 7 Sep-16 Sep, 28 Sep-7 Oct, 19 Oct-28 Oct, 9 Nov-18 Nov, 30 Nov-9 Dec, 21 Dec-30 Dec
minimum of 2 people needed to confirm a departure 2017 Prices per person in US$: $1920 in hostel, $2178 in double room, $2651 in single room |
