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About Alto Atacama - in their own words:
Surrounded and embraced by the Cordillera de la Sal (Salt mountain range) and close to the pre-columbian ruins of Quitor, Alto Atacama offers one of the most astonishing settings in the world.

Silence, colors and the rugged texture of the mountains around will be the introduction for the Alto Atacama experience.

Alto Atacama is located in the fertile Catarpe valley, just 3 kilometers away from the San Pedro plaza. Our total area is 3.5 hectares, with a park area of 2 hectares.

Alto Atacama has been built in the style of a traditional adobe settlement, complete with llamas and native crops. All elements were carefully designed to integrate with the indigenous building patterns of the Likanantay people.

MAIN ROOMS & GROUNDS
As the Atacama Desert, Alto Atacama is a place to be explored, to be discovered.

Our philosophy is that even though our guests are out exploring one of the most interesting places on earth, the hotel is also a place that beckons to be enjoyed, and that encourages rest.

The living room has a great fireplace to provide warmth while paging through the books of our library. The outdoor lounge areas have small fire pits that are lighted every night for our guests to enjoy the crisp air and the colors of the sunset and nightfall.

The Main Grounds are a projection of the attention to detail that prevails in Alto Atacama, where you can enjoy a nice walk at sunset or sunrise among our gardens filled with native plants and locally crafted art.

Our goal is to be Atacama, to share its beauty and to achieve its patience, to smile and breathe freely at the sight of the most beautiful desert in the world.

PURI SPA
Despite the fact that we are in the driest of all deserts, water from glacial snow is what makes San Pedro de Atacama an Oasis, and it makes our Spa a strongly revitalizing experience. Water, expert hands and aromatic scents are the tools for invigorating your body and spirit after a day of exploring the desert.

We invite you to relax, enjoy, and to recharge your body and mind in a peace- filled spa where the natural elements of the land work their own magic.

Spa options include Finnish Sauna, Turkish bath, Scottish showers, indoor & outdoor hot tubs, among others.

POOLS Alto Atacama’s pools blend the luxury of water in the desert and the tranquility of being removed from the rest of the world.
The six outdoor pools overlook the beautiful Catarpe Valley and its red mountains. Stones from the surrounding desert form a wall of privacy for each of the pools. The sense of being deeply renewed by the cleansing water as you gaze out into the desert is a unique experience. We treat water with respect and responsibility due to its rarity in this environment. All our water is purified and maintaining it as such is our priority. We also maximize its use to reduce our impact on the environment. An outdoor bar and dining room in our pool area gives our guest the choice of enjoying a leisurely lunch by the water, or simply a chilled glass of Chilean white wine as the sun warms your body.

DINING
The food in Alto Atacama is healthy, delicious, and fuels body and soul before and after a day of exploring the desert. We have a main indoor dining room and two outdoor dining rooms (one adjacent to the pools).

We have created a variety of intimate indoor and outdoor settings, providing the opportunity to be in the company of interesting people from around the world while tasting Rodrigo’s fine dishes and recipes and sipping from our selection of great Chilean wines.

Our goal at Alto Atacama is to provide a culinary journey, with a staff attentive to every detail, producing a memorable dining experience.

ACCOMMODATIONS - click here for more details
All of the 32 rooms in Alto Atacama have a private terrace were to enjoy the colors of the valley, take a nap, read a book or simply relax at the sight of our gardens. The definition of peacefulness aquires a new meaning after a couple of nights here, Catarpe embraces Alto Atacama with silence, let silence embrace you.

EXCURSIONS - click hre fore more details
Excursions, half and full day, include traditional trips by van, biking and trekking. The northern skies of Chile are famo9us for being some of the clearest in the world and Alto Atacama has a rooftop observation point for viewing these spectacular skies.