Locations

Valle del Elqui

The Elqui Valley (Valle del Elqui) is a tourist zone with attractive landscapes and fertile land known by the excellence of its clear skies, rapid rivers, steep peaks and pintoresque villages. The Elqui Valley is also the favorite destination for national and international visitors in Chile for those who enjoy astronomy. Several sites as the the Mamalluca hill Observatory [...]

Las Chinchillas National Reserve

Las Chinchillas National Reserve (Reserva Nacional Las Chinchillas) is located in the Province of Choapa and has a surface of 10944 acres. The Reserve’s mountain range has an average altitude of 2788 feet and it’s characterized by small gores that take a northeast direction in the western area and a north direction in the eastern area. The main activities that [...]

Illapel

(Gold arrow) Illapel is located on a plain along the side of the Illapel river, 37.2 miles northeast from Los Vilos and 158.4 miles south from Ovalle. It has a population of 28.968 inhabitants. Illapel had its peak during the XIX century, due to the mining, cattle and agriculture exploitation that was exported through Los Vilos utilizing the railroad built in 1888 [...]

La Serena

The city of La Serena has a population of 147.815 and an altitude of 164 feet. La Serena is the second oldest city in Chile, is located 293.2 miles north from Santiago of Chile and 7.4 miles from Coquimbo. La Serena is an international and national tourist center of the North of Chile, which makes La Serena hotels offer one [...]

Pichasca Natural Monument

The Pichasca National Monument is located in the commune of the Hurtado River in the IV Region at the top of the small town of San Pedro Viejo, situated 34.7 northeast of Ovalle in a hill over the north of Hurtado River (río Hurtado).Was an ancient inca settlement and also an important archeological and paleonthological site, where the [...]

Mamalluca Hill Observatory

The Municipal Mamalluca Hill Observatory it’s located in the IV Region of Coquimbo, at 3.7 miles northeast of Vicuña and is one of the destinations of our Elqui Valley and the astronomy tour service. Placed under the skies of the center-northern area of Chile internationally known as the most pure and clearest skies on the planet. Thanks to the [...]

Puerto Viejo

Puerto Viejo (Old Port) is a fishing cove with some restaurants and a lot of small strong tents (summer houses) in front of an impressive calmed beach. The stretch is 64 miles from Bahía Inglesa and 67,1 miles from Caldera, half normally paved and the other half with salt.. The town is inhabited by 107 people. Until Caldera was [...]

Pan de Azucar National Park, Chile.

Pan the Azucar National Park is located 18,6 miles northwest from Chañaral, in the Third Region. It was created in 1985 and has a total surface of 43.769 hectares. Pan de Azucar National Park has coast plain, prairies and coast mountains and interior. The horizon line is abrupt and the highs varies between 0 and 800 meters, characterized by the coast [...]

Maricunga Salt Flat

(Ten Lineages) Maricunga salt flat is located 111.8 miles northeast from Copiapó and belongs to a set of salt flats and lagoons located between the Andean foothills (Domeyco’s mountain range) and high mountain range (Claudio Gay’s mountain chain). Maricunga’s salt flat and Santa Rosa Lagoon (Laguna Santa Rosa) belongs to the north area of Nevado Tres Cruces National Park. Extended [...]

Nevado Tres Cruces National Park

Nevado Tres Cruces National Park is a protected wild area with a surface of 59.081 hectares. Within the park two zones can be identified: Zone 1.Santa Rosa Lagoon, Maricunga Salt flat and Lamas River course, of 46.944,50 hectares. Zone 2.the other one Negro Francisco Lagoon and the Astaburuaga River mouth of 12.136,50 hectares. Both parts of Nevado Tres Cruces National Park are [...]