SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA
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San Pedro de Atacama is a city located on a high arid plateau in the Andes Mountains of northeastern Chile. Its spectacular surrounding landscape includes desert, salt flats, volcanoes, geysers, and hot springs.
Valle de la Luna in Los Flamencos National Reserve is a depression similar to the lunar surface with unusual rock formations, a huge sand dune and mountains with pink spots.
San Pedro de Atacama is the gateway to one of the largest and driest deserts in the world : the Atacama desert . Much of the communal territory corresponds to Salar de Atacama .
In recent decades, San Pedro de Atacama has become one of the main tourist centers in Chile, being the starting point for various tours of the Atacameño highlands.
In its surroundings there are important attractions such as Tatio geysers , the Valley of the moon and the Los Flamencos National Reserve , in addition to archaeological ruins and other historical monuments such as the pucará de Quitor .
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Data of interest:
How to get to Calama ?: 2 hours flight from Santiago, with frequency of 6 daily flights from Santiago to Calama.
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Distance Calama - San Pedro : 60 miles / 97 km (1 ½ hours by car).
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Recommended minimum stay: Program of 4 Days / 3 Nights
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Not to be missed: Valley of the Moon - Valley of Death - Salar de Atacama - Tatio Geysers and Machuca Town - Salar de Tara - Puritama Hot Springs - Pukará de Quitor - Tulor Village - Miscanti and Meñique Lagoons - Rainbow Valley - The Candelabra Cactus in the Quebrada de Cardones - Valle de Catarpe and Cornisas - Town of Toconao - Laguna Cejar among many others
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Best time to travel: March to December. It is not recommended to travel in the highland winter period, this phenomenon occurs with greater intensity in the months of January and February.
Recommended hotels:
5 *, Explore Atacama, Alto Atacama, Tierra Atacama, Awasi Atacama Relais & Chateaux.
4 *, Cumbres San Pedro, Noi Casa Atacama, Casa Don Tomas, Hotel Diego de Almaro San Pedro, Terrantai, Kimal, Tulor, Poblado de Kimal, Hotel Altiplánico San Pedro, Hotel Desert
3 *, Hotel Don Raul, Hotel Iorana Tolache.
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