Tour: San Pedro de Atacama - The Lagoons route
4 days / 3 nights Code: CDA007
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We invite you to San Pedro de Atacama and its surroundings, Altimplanic Lagoons, Tebenquiche and Cejar lagoons and visit the beautiful and mystical Moon Valley.
Itinerary
Day 01: Airport - San Pedro de Atacama - The Moon Valley
Reception and transfer to San Pedro de Atacama, from the airport to Calama.
In the afternoon, departure from the hotel to The Moon Valley. In the way which join San Pedro with Calama, stop for photographing the Salt Mountain from a viewing point. After in the moon valley, we will visit the salt statues “Las Tres Marías”, the salt mine, the salt caverns and we will look the evening since a big sand dune. Come back to hotel. Lodging.
Day 02: Altiplanic Lagoons Tour and Atacama Salt
Departure at 07:00 hrs. from the hotels. Visit the Toconao town, typical handicrafts in the Atacama zone, also the San Lucas Tower (National Monument and town symbol). The travel includes the visit to the Atacama Salt, check in to Los Flamencos National Reserve (Chaxas lagoon site). We will follow our trip to the altiplano for taking the Miscanti and Miñiques lagoons (4150 m.o.s.l.). In the middle of our route we will have a little stop in the Socaire (3.200 m.o.s.l.) town to acclimate and for photographing the little San Bartolomé church. Come back to San Pedro at 19:00 hours approximately, lodging.
Day 03: Cejar and Tebenquiche Lagoons
Breakfast at hotel and free morning to visit San Pedro de Atacama.
At 15:30 Hrs. we start our trip to Cejar and Tebinquiche Lagoons. The first gap is Cejar, an intense emerald bordered by salt crystallized, where you can swim and enjoy the gravitational effects produced by condensed salt, the body easily floats which produces a great mess. Going barefoot is not recommended because the shore has very sharp peaks of salt which can cut skin.
Continuing on this path, you reach the Tebenquiche Lagoon, which has similar characteristics to the Chaxa Lagoon, its waters are dependent on snowmelt and rain of the year. Here you can see some flamingos, foxes, and varieties of birds in small quantities.
Around 20:00 Hrs. started back to San Pedro de Atacama. Lodging.
Day 04: Tatio Geysers - Airport
Departure at 04:00 am from the hotel. Arrive at 07:00 to the Tatio Geysers (4.320 m.o.s.l.). Breakfast and trekking to the different geysers and shower in the thermal swimming pool. Come back to San Pedro de Atacama by Machuca, a typical atacameñan town. Transfer to airport.
End of services.
Activities
- Bird watching
- Cultural
- Excursion
- Geology and Volcanoes
- Hotsprings
- Mystic Routes
Today rates(Apr/01/2012 until Dec/31/2012)
Rates in USD (US Dollars), per person
| Accommodations Included | Single | Double | Triple |
|---|---|---|---|
| $860 | $635 | $604 | |
| $916 | $691 | $658 | |
| $740 | $620 | $594 |
- USD Dolar
- CLP Peso Chileno
Important: The transfers are made with a spanish guide.
Includes:
- Transfers.
- National Parks fees.
- Regular Services with Spanish / English guide.
- Breakfasts.
- Excursion detailed in the itinerary.
- 3 nights of lodging in the selected hotel.
Does not includes:
- Air tickets.
- Meals and other not specified extras.
- Tips.
- Personal travel insurance.
Important:
Transfer services are regular and have the following times:
- From Calama airport to San Pedro de Atacama: The transfer waiting flights arriving from 08:10 hrs. to 09:20 hrs. and from 17:25 hrs. at 18:10 hrs.
- From San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport: Monday to Sunday at 15:30 hrs.
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