Locations

The Flamenco National Reserve was created in 1990, it has a total surface of 182,82 acres and it is divides in seven sectors located within the commune of San Pedro de Atacama. Each sector has a relief, flora, fauna and different hydrograph system. The salar (saline terrain) of Tara sector- Aguas Calientes (Hot Waters) is on the east [...]

(Black Duck) Atacama’s Salt flat is a depression of 1.864,11 miles square, at 7.562,34 feet of altitude. in the center of the most barren desert of the world. To better enjoy the beauty of this area is better to hire a San Pedro of Atacama tour which can help you explore every corner at its best. Atacama’s Salt flat is the [...]

(Plateau lagoons) 55,92 miles from San Pedro de Atacama, in the North of Chile, there are located a group of interesting lagoons. We have enlisted some of the lagoons and villages for your next San Pedro de Atacama travel: -Miscanti and Miñiques These plateau lagoons are one of the 7 sectors that conform the Los Flamencos National Reserve. Altitude: 13.123,36 feet above [...]

Chaxa Lagoon is located 34, 80 miles to the south of San Pedro de Atacama. Chaxa Lagoon is a lagoon with superficial salt that gives shelter to a variety of flora adapted to the climate desert, being species like grama salty, cachiyuyo and ephedra breana. Between the present wildlife in Chaxa Lagoon they are the Andean flamenco, [...]

(Sandy ground) Chiu Chiu with a population of 322 inhabitants, has a clean layout, a well-taken care restored plaza and the most beautiful church of the Loa. Chiu Chiu is located before the confluence of the rivers Salado and Loa in an altitude of 8.284,12 feet. The Church of San Francisco, is one of Chiu Chiu’s highlights and [...]

(Great Gorge) Tocopilla is located in the narrow coastal platform of the Mountain range of the coast 115 miles to the north of Antofagasta and to 101 miles from Calama. Tocopilla is a small town that has 23,352 inhabitants. Founded as a port for Saltpeter commerce, became a Chilean territory in 1879 after the War of the Pacific against [...]

Llullaillaco National Park is located 170,88 miles away from Antofagasta, in the mountain range of the Andes of the II Region. The park has a surface of 663,90 acres, mainly mountainous, some of its elevation are: Llullaillaco volcano: is the second highest elevation in Chile (22.109,5 feet height) La Pena hills (17.257,22 feet) Aguas Calientes (16.601,05 feet) A great population of [...]

La Chimba National Reserve is located in the Mountain range of the Coast, 11,18 miles to the North of the city of Antofagasta. The reserve has a surface of 2583 hectares and it is acceded by the Route 1 until km 15 and then on a secondary road of 1,86 miles. All under the administration of CONAF, in La Chimba National [...]

The Portada de Antofagasta is placed 9,94 miles away north from Antofagasta. It is accessed through route 1 (Antofagasta-Tocopilla), until km 20 and from there by a secondary road in a section of 1,24 miles, the both passable all year. The Portada de Antofagasta is the result of the erosive differential action of the sea on the coast, which has [...]

(The one who hides the copper) Antofagasta is the mayor harbor of the north and is the capital of the second Region.  It is the fifth city of the country in population ( 285.255 inhabitants) and the principal of the desert. Placed through a long and thin strip of the littoral platform, limited by the sea and the mountain [...]