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Activities and excursions

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Menu of Explorations
Atacama Map
Explora en Atacama tour arrangments Each evening resident guides will explain in full detail
the menu of activities from which you may choose for the following day

Always available is spa Casa del Agua "Tturi Puri" and star observation

What to bring and clothing suggestions

HIKES
  • To Catarpe - 2.5 - 3 hrs - easy
  • Quebrada del Diablo - 2.5 - 3 hrs - medium
  • Calle de la Muerte - 2.5 - 3 hrs - medium
  • Chulacao - 2 hrs - medium
  • Termas de Puritama - 2.5 - 3 hrs - medium
  • Las Cornisas - 2.5 - 3 hrs - medium
  • Rio Grande - 1.5 hrs van + 6 hrs hiking + 1.5 hrs van - medium
  • Quebrada Kari - 3 hours with 2 hours walking - AM or PM - easy to medium
  • Rio Salado - 3 hours with  an hour walking - petroglyphs - easy
  • Cuchabrache - 4 hours with two hours walking - AM or PM - easy
  • Guatin - Gatchi - 4 hours with 3 hours walking - AM or PM - mediucm
  • Quebrada de Jerez - full day with 5 to 6 hours wlaking - with picnic - difficult
  • Valle de la Luna - 1 hr - easy
  • Ayllus - 2 houres with 1.5 hourds walking - easy
TRAVELING THROUGH ATACAMA

Excursions by van for half or full day
that capture profound landscapes,
natural events and inhabited places

  • El Tatio Geysers - early AM - either half or full day with lunch combined with Puritama
  • Salar de Atacama - half day - to see flamingos
  • Toconao and Huertos del Jerez - half day - AM or PM
  • Caspana - full day - historic village - lunch - easy
  • Lagunas Altiplanicas - full day with picnic - scenic - chance for wildlife
  • Salar te Tara - full day with lunch - geologic formations, flamingos - easy
  • Archaeology Tour - 3.5 hours - Father Le Paige Museum, Pukara de Quitor, Tulor ancient village - AM or PM
  • Pukara Lasana and Chiu-Chiu - half day - AM
TRAVELING THROUGH
HISTORY
  • Brieifings in the hotel
  • Museo Le Paige in San pedro de Atacama
  • Tours to archaeological sites
HORSEBACK RIDING
  • Valle de Quitor - 2.5 hours riding - Indian ruins, lookout point, AM or PM - easy
  • Valle de la Muerte - 2.5 hours riding - various routings - easy to medium
  • Las Cornisas - 4 hours riding - ruins, sand dunes - AM or PM - difficult
  • Rio Grande - 8 hours riding - ruins, sand dunes, valleys - difficult
  • Quebrada del Diablo - 2 to 3 hours riding - AM or PM - difficult
  • Dunas de la Chula - 2.5 hours riding - AM or PM - Medium
BICYCLING
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  • Valle de Quitor - 2 to 4 hrs biking - AM or PM - easy
  • Quebrada del Diablo - 2.5 to 4 hrs biking - Medium difficulty
  • Piedra de la Coca - 4 hrs biking - difficult
  • Valle de la Muerte - 2 hrs biking - AM or PM - medium
  • Lagunas Cejas - 2 to 5 hrs biking - medium
  • Tulor - 2 to 3.5 hrs biking - AM or PM - difficult
  • Solor - 2 hrs biking - AM or PM - easy
  • Sequitor and Ayllus - 1.5 hrs biking 0 AM or PM - easy
  • explora Challenge - 2 to 4 hrs biking - 10 to 40 kms - AM or PM - medium to difficult
CLIMBING HILLS &
VOLCANOES
  • El Toco -  2.5 to 5 hrs climbing - altitude 5600 meters - difficult
  • Volcan Lascar - 5 to 8 hrs climbing - altitude 5400 meters - difficult to very difficult
  • Volcan Sairecabur - 6 to 9 hours climbing - altitude 6100 meters - very difficult
  • Volcan Apagado - 6 to 9 hours climbing - altitude 5700 meters very difficult
  • Volcan Licancabur - 10 to 16 hours climbing - altitude 6024 meters - 2 days - very difficult