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Piedras Rojas, Altiplanics Lagoons & Salar Full-Day Tour

1. Piedras Rojas, Altiplanics Lagoons & Salar Full-Day Tour

Be collected from your accommodation in San Pedro de Atacama around 6:30 AM. Your first stop, after an hour, will be at the Miscanti and Miñiques highland lagoons, located at 4,200 meters above sea level. In these lagoons, enjoy breakfast and admire the fauna and flora here.  The next visit is to the Salar de Talar, known as Piedras Rojas or purple stones. The beauty of this place will leave you speechless. Continue to your next stop at the Atacameño village of Socaire, where you can observe the terraces of cultivation and the village church. Then visit the Salar de Atacama, Chile's largest salt lake. Here are the national flamingo reserve and the Chaxa lagoon, which is home to three types of flamingos as well as other species. Return to San Pedro de Atacama around 5:00 PM. 

San Pedro de Atacama: 3-Day Special Activity Combo

2. San Pedro de Atacama: 3-Day Special Activity Combo

Delight in 3 days of activities and discover the must-sees in the Atacama Desert, from San Pedro de Atacama. The natural attractions of Atacama, the driest and highest desert in the world, are scattered around San Pedro. Get ready to find conical volcanoes, blueish lagoons, steaming geysers, and rock formations that appear to be from another planet. Llamas, vicuñas, guanacos, foxes, and graceful flamingos can also be experienced in this unique wildlife environment. The 3-day pack will be a combination of the 4 tours below. The local partner will contact you before to coordinate the days on which you will attend each one. El Tatio Geysers Tour: Visit El Tatio Geysers to be mesmerized by the largest geothermal field in the southern hemisphere and the third-largest in the world. Ride through the Putana Valley, observe flora and fauna, and stop at a lagoon to see flamingos. Salt Flats Route Tour: Explore northeastern Chile’s natural wonders of the Atacama Salt Flats and a few lagoons, with breakfast included. End the day at the Tara Salt Flat and the volcano lookout. Vallecito Sunset Tour: Explore the Atacama Desert with a visit to Vallecito and stop by the famous magic bus to later on end your day watching an amazing sunset. Hidden Lagoons of Baltinache Tour: Visit the hidden lagoons of Baltinache or Seven Lagoons, one of the secret places of the Atacama Desert. This is a wonderful landscape, of which only the first and the last one can be used for bathing. Due to the high salt concentration they contain, you will experience the flotation effect like the Dead Sea.

San Pedro de Atacama: Red Rocks & Altiplano Lagoons Day Trip

3. San Pedro de Atacama: Red Rocks & Altiplano Lagoons Day Trip

Tour starts by picking everybody up in hotel to head to visit the famous Tropic of Capricorn and its amazing surrounding view. The next stop is Red Rocks, iconic and typical landscape of the desert, with a singular red color on the stones, shaped by curious geological phenomenons. Perfect chance to take great pictures. To reach them, also known as Aguas Calientes Salt Flat, we will have to go up in our vehicle to 3800 meters of altitude and walk for 1 hour and 15 minutes, to see the red-colored rocks, besides some lagoons and salt flats around. The same way, we will make a stop in the Chaxa Lagoon, place where you will be able to see flamingos. Then, we will go to the area of Altiplanic Lagoons Miscanti and Miñiques, where our guide will give us some information about the flora and fauna of the place. Continuing, we will pass by the town of Socaire, where we will make a stop to take pictures. After that, we will return to San Pedro de Atacama to end our tour. Important: The order of the visiting places is subject to changes the same day of the tour.

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What people are saying about Chaxa Lake

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4.6 / 5

based on 59 reviews

That was the best tour I ever had. I took part in the tour on 20.02.2023, together with my wife. The tour guide Pato was indescribably good. As well as our driver Cesar. Pato has a lot of knowledge, which he passed on in Spanish as well as in very good English. He was very attentive and addressed each guest by name. He gave us very important information about altitude sickness and how to proceed at this altitude to avoid unpleasant situations. The landscape was breathtaking and with a little luck you can see a lot of animals on the way. I can definitely recommend the tour.

Super tour with great guide Manu and excellent driver (Daniel). Manu took extraordinarily time for the information and explanations, telling everything about nature conservation, flora and fauna of the region in an exciting way. We had a great time throughout, which we will certainly remember for a long time! Lunch in the mountain village at >3500hm was very tasty :) The tour is definitely recommended to the best of my knowledge.

amazing tour! the tour company connected with was called layana travels and they did outstanding job. pick up on time, small group as promised and fantastic guide/ organized and safe. sceneries including salar, trekking, lagoons were breathtaking/ guide very informative/ friendly and just a lovely day overall! must do

Great tour operated by Horizonte - great scenery, friendly and knowledgeable guides, really nice food. As well as the stunning landscape we saw flamingos, vicuñas, guanacos, Andean rabbits, sandpipers and various kinds of ducks. I really enjoyed it and would recommend it.

Great day out touring the 3 lagoons. The included breakfast and lunch was excellent. Guides were extremely knowledgeable and made it a great day. Make sure to bring enough water for the day as there isnt any place to buy/refill extra water