Description
Discover the wonders of the Atacama Salt Flat in San Pedro de Atacama, in regular or semiprivate service, the largest salt flat in Chile and experience the driest desert in the world.
- Dificulty: Easy.
- Departure: Monday to Sunday
- Starting time and place: Summer: 03:30 pm - Winter: 2:30 pm (Final schedule to be confirmed when booking) and pick up place at the Hotel
- Duration: 4 hrs
- Service: Regular or semiprivate
Itinerary
Departure from San Pedro de Atacama heading to Toconao, typical handicrafts town in the Atacama area, also the San Lucas Tower (National Monument and town symbol). We will visit the small factory and handicraft market in the area, featuring alpaca wool items and handicrafts in cactus.
After that we will visit Atacama, the largest salt flat in Chile, has the one of the largest flamingo reserves in the country Los Flamencos National Reserve. We will head to a small path, towards the Chaxa Lake, in order to see and identify the different flamingo species in the area.
The Salt Flat geomorphology is unique and special, its steep surface, hard to access, it become this location in the perfect plece for several birds species.
Return to San Pedro de Atacama.
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