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What to see in Chile
Atacama Desert
Tourist attractions Atacama Desert
Three million years ago this dessert originated thanks to the Foehn effect that occurs on the slopes of the Andes Mountains, which has dried out the low lying land at the bottom of the valley. Located north of the Atacama region between the great mountain range and the Pacific, it extends parallel to this one thousand kilometers. It is the aridest desert on the planet and was populated twelve thousand years ago by the ethnic group of the Atacameños. Its temperatures are extreme, more than 30 degrees Celsius per day and below zero at night.
It is considered the best place on earth for astronomical studies due to its clear skies full of stars, so the Astronomical Observatory of Alma has installed more than twelve observation towers.
Its epicenter is the town of San Pedro de Atacama, from where all tours depart and it has a unique and inhospitable landscape that is filled with volcanoes, salt flats and hot springs making it one of the most unique and beautiful places in the world.
It is home to exciting sights such as The Valley of the Moon and the Valley of Death, with its unlikely natural sculptures formed by the erosion of the wind, the Salar de Atacama with the two pools of fresh water called the Ojos del Salar and the Cejar Lagoon, considered the Chilean Dead Sea for its concentration of salt, the Termas de Puritama located at the bottom of a ravine along a river that runs at a temperature of 33 degrees centigrade, the Village of Quitor, a defensive fortress of the 12th century and the famous Tatio Geysers, located in the Cordillera de Los Andes, in a geothermal basin at 4320 meters above sea level. Through the fissures of the Earth's crust, powerful fumaroles of 10 meters high and 85 degrees Celsius emerge from the earth, a result of the collision between underground rivers of frozen water and hot rocks. They cease their activity at dawn. This geothermal field is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere and without a doubt one of the most fascinating spectacles offered by the desert. Nearby there are thermal pools where it is possible to take a bath to benefit from its mineral properties which have a view of the stunning snow-capped volcanoes.
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Atacama Desert
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Puerto Natales
Rapa Nui National Park
Reserva Nacional Los Flamencos
San Pedro de Atacama
Santiago de Chile
Serrano & Balmaceda Glaciers
Torres del Paine National Park
Valley of the Moon
Valparaiso
Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park
Viña del Mar
Points of interests
- Trips to Atacama Desert
- Trips to Cerro Santa Lucía
- Trips to Easter Island
- Trips to Glaciar San Rafael
- Trips to Patagonia Chilena
- Trips to Puerto Natales
- Trips to Rapa Nui National Park
- Trips to Reserva Nacional Los Flamencos
- Trips to San Pedro de Atacama
- Trips to Santiago de Chile
- Trips to Serrano & Balmaceda Glaciers
- Trips to Torres del Paine National Park
- Trips to Valley of the Moon
- Trips to Valparaiso
- Trips to Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park
- Trips to Viña del Mar
Other Points of interests
- Trips to Aguas Calientes
- Trips to Amazon
- Trips to Arequipa
- Trips to Argentinian Patagonia
- Trips to Baños
- Trips to Baquerizo Moreno
- Trips to Bariloche
- Trips to Barrio La Boca
- Trips to Bogota
- Trips to Buenos Aires
- Trips to Buzios
- Trips to Cartagena de Indias
- Trips to Christ the Redeemer
- Trips to Colca Canyon
- Trips to Copacabana Beach
- Trips to Cotopaxi National Park
- Trips to Cuenca
- Trips to Cuzco
- Trips to Eduardo Avaroa
- Trips to El Calafate
- Trips to Galapagos Islands
- Trips to Getsemani
- Trips to Guayaquil
- Trips to Iguazu Falls
- Trips to Iguazu Falls
- Trips to Ilha Grande
- Trips to Iquitos
- Trips to Islas Ballestas
- Trips to Islas del Rosario
- Trips to La Candelaria
- Trips to La Loberia Beach
- Trips to La Paz
- Trips to Lake Titicaca
- Trips to Lake Titicaca
- Trips to Lima
- Trips to Luna Valley
- Trips to Machu Picchu
- Trips to Manaus
- Trips to Medellín
- Trips to Mendoza
- Trips to Middle of the World Monument
- Trips to Mindo
- Trips to Nazca
- Trips to Otavalo
- Trips to Paraty
- Trips to Perito Moreno
- Trips to Potosi & Cerro Rico
- Trips to Praia do Forte
- Trips to Puerto Maldonado
- Trips to Quilotoa
- Trips to Quito
- Trips to Rio de Janeiro
- Trips to Riobamba
- Trips to Ruins of Ingapirca
- Trips to Sacred Valley
- Trips to Salar de Uyuni
- Trips to Salvador
- Trips to San Andrés
- Trips to San Cristobal Island
- Trips to San Felipe de Barajas Castle
- Trips to San Telmo
- Trips to Santa Cruz Island
- Trips to Santa Marta
- Trips to São Paulo
- Trips to Sucre
- Trips to Tayrona
- Trips to The Devil's Nose
- Trips to Tiahuanaco Ruins
- Trips to Ushuaia
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