Discovering Uyuni Salt Flat & Atacama (Bolivia & Chile)
This Discovery Tour through the Uyuni Salt Flat and the Desert of Atacama combines beautiful landscapes with the possibility of enjoying the culture and customs of its inhabitants. The balanced amount of excursions and places to visit, allow you to enjoy the spectacular landscapes of Uyuni at Bolivia, the biggest Salt Flat of the world; the Altiplanics lagoons, the Geysers of the Tatio Volcano, and the Moon Valley, will allow you to have a much more intimate and complete look at the Atacama region.
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Reception at the Salta Airport and transfer to hotel. The rest of the day will be free for you to discover this particular city. |
DAY 2: SALTA - HUMAHUACA |
Breakfast. You will depart early on the way to Jujuy, visiting León, Tumbaya and Purmamarca with its colourful “Seven Colours Hill”. Then you will visit Tilcara and its famous Pukara, the ancient church at Uquia, arriving at Humahuaca. Accommodation. |
DAY 3: HUMAHUACA - LA QUIACA, VILLAZÓN - UYUNI |
After breakfast, you will take a regular bus from Humahuaca to La Quiaca, crossing the border you will reach Villazon and you will head to the train station to take the service to Uyuni. Finally you´ll arrive at Uyuni. Accommodation. |
DAY 4: UYUNI SALT FLAT |
Breakfast. You leave Uyuni around 11:00hs. heading to Colchani (22 Km to the north of Uyuni), a little village of built around the exploitation and refinery of salt. You will enter the town walking through the piles and attending a demonstration of the extraction of the salt blocks. You will 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 the walk to Chuvica, where you´ll have a dinner and you´ll spend the night in a rustic refuge with private bathroom. |
DAY 5: UYUNI SALT FLAT - ALTIPLANIC LAGOONS |
Leaving around 09:00hs. 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 yoy´ll have a box lunch and you´ll appreciate the pink flemings and major Andean fauna such as vicuña, suri or andean ñandú. You´ll have a dinner and you´ll spend the night at another basic refuge with private bathroom. |
DAY 6: ALTIPLANIC LAGOONS - SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA |
Breakfast. The day begins around 05:00 am, when you leave the refuge to be able to see the Geysers (volcanic steam springs) and visit the thermal waters. Continuing the travel you´ll 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. Also you will visit Laguna Blanca and then you may take a new transport vehicle and continue to San Pedro de Atacama, arriving past noon. In the afternoon you 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. |
DAY 7: SALAR DE ATACAMA AND ALTIPLANIC LAGOONS |
Breakfast. This day you will visit the Miscanti and Miñique lagoons; with its wonderful colours are located over 4000 meters over the level of the sea. On the way to them, you´ll stop at a Toconao, an old town made complete of stone, where the art craft is also well known. You´ll have a box lunch. Another highlight of this is the “Salar de Atacama” which is over 100 km of extension. You 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. Your lodging will be at San Pedro de Atacama. |
DAY 8: GEYSERS DEL TATIO |
This days starts quite early in the morning. You will depart before sunrise (4am) in order to go to the TATIO volcano, located 4300 meters over sea level. First thing you’ll do once you 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 you will have breakfast, and then you’ll take a walk and those who want to might take a bath in the warm water (between 25ºC and 30ºC) near the geysers. Accommodation. |
DAY 9: SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA - SALTA |
Breakfast. You leave San Pedro de Atacama by bus, arriving in Salta during the afternoon. Accommodation. |
DAY 10: SALTA - AIRPORT |
Breakfast and transfer to the airport.
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The program includes:
• Incoming Services
• Bilingual guide (Spanish – English) during the excursions.
• Tour Leader in Uyuni and Atacama
• 7 nights at Hostería on double or single base and breakfast.
• 2 nights at Basic Refuge (single common area with private bathroom).
• Included meals: 9 breakfast, 3 box-lunch / lunches, 2 dinners.
• Transfers according to the Itinerary descriptions. Transportations as shown in the itinerary combining private and regular services.
• Excursion to the Altiplanic Lagoons, Valle de la Luna and Geysers del Tatio in San Pedro de Atacama.
• All transportation as shown in the itinerary combining private and regular buses.
Not included:
• Medical and life insurance.
• Tips.
• Drinks and beverages (provided meals are without alcoholic or non alcoholic drinks).
• Optional excursions.
• Services not shown or detailed in this program.
• Flights or airport taxes.
• Entrance to National Parks.
NOTE: The travel agency holds the right of changing the itinerary or cancel any of the activities when any natural cause (or any other cause of any type) justifies it in order to look after the group safety.
