CHILE ·ATACAMA · ANDINA DMC

Atacama, salars, geysers and a sky that astronomers travel the world to see

Nine days between Ushuaia, El Calafate, and Buenos Aires, with every leg arranged in advance.

7 DAYS / 6 NIGHTS

The itinerary starts and ends in Santiago de Chile, with the Atacama Desert at the center of the route. From the pace of Santiago to the silence of the most arid desert on the planet: geysers at dawn, lakes that reflect volcanoes And one of them cleaner skies in the world. Seven days designed so that the only thing you have to do is look.

DURATION · TERRITORY · FORMAT

Seven days, between the city and the desert

Two days in Santiago to get into the rhythm and four in San Pedro de Atacama, where the landscape sets the agenda: sunrise at the geysers, late afternoon in the lagoons and night under the stars.

DAY 1
Santiago de Chile — Welcome

Santiago welcomes the traveler between the mountain range and the Pacific, with the cosmopolitan energy of neighborhoods like Las Condes y Vitacura living alongside the historical charm of the city center and the cultural life of Bellavista. From here, the city is also the gateway to the wine-growing valleys of the Central Valley.

Cumbres Lastarria Hotel.

DAY 2
Santiago — City Tour and Viña Casas del Bosque

A city tour covers the historical heart of the city: the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Plaza de Armas, Surrounded by neoclassical buildings and local life. Continue through the Cívico Neighborhood, with the Palacio de La Moneda, And it goes all the way to Lastarria, a neighborhood of cafes, galleries and independent boutiques. Cerro San Cristóbal The tour concludes with a complete view of the city and the mountain range. In the afternoon, a visit to Viña Casas del Bosque opens the wine chapter of the trip, with a dinner at the Restaurant Boca Nariz, In Lastarria: a curated selection of more than 300 Chilean labels and a gastronomic proposal designed to accompany them.

Cumbres Lastarria Hotel.

DAYS 3 – 6
San Pedro de Atacama — Desert, geysers and lagoons

A flight to Calama opens the entrance to the most arid desert on the planet. From the Calama airport, an hour and a half away, you reach San Pedro de Atacama: vast landscapes, stunning salars, gurgling geysers and some of the clearest skies in the world.

The Valley of the Moon It receives visitors in the afternoon, between the Great Dune, the rock amphitheater and the formations known as Las Tres Marías, up to the viewpoint. Stone of the Coyote. A cocktail accompanies the sunset over the Andes, with the possibility of seeing vicuñas, Andean foxes and Andean shearwaters along the way. Canal of the River Vilama It proposes a guided hike of medium difficulty, to 3,000 meters high, Among the cardones that rise against rocky formations sculpted by the wind—a journey as geological as it is archaeological, through lands of ancestral presence.

The Geysers of Tatio they receive it at dawn, in the most extensive geothermal field in the southern hemisphere, with more than 80 active geysers. The day continues in the wetlands of Putana and Machuca, with the Putana volcano in the background and the possibility of seeing flamingos, and ends in the Lagunas Cejar, Ojos del Salar y Tebinquiche: turquoise waters of high salinity where the body floats effortlessly, and surfaces that reflect the Andean volcanoes like mirrors.

The night ends with a Guided star-gazing, At three stations — Andean cosmology, astrophotography and telescopes — under one of the clearest skies on the planet.
Drive to the Sico border crossing, the Piedras Rojas and the Salar de Aguas Calientes They open the final day in the desert, with lunch in front of the Altiplano Lagunas. Miscanti and Miñiques, Among volcanoes and high-flying raptors. A stop at the Tropical Capricorn closes the tour before returning to San Pedro.

Hotel Desértica.

DAY 7
Atacama — Santiago de Chile

A return flight to Santiago closes the desert section. Late free time for the last purchases and to choose where to have lunch, before the transfer to the airport.