(10 Days and 9 Nights)

Day 01: Airport Calama – San Pedro de Atacama.

Arrival at the bus station, transfer to San Pedro de Atacama, accommodation at the Guesthouse.

Day 02: Salar de Atacama Toconao – Death Valley.

Departure Toconao the way, the road goes straight across the plain with stunning views Licancabur volcano, on the route will see species of trees indigenous to the area such as mesquite and chañar in the 38 km to the town of Toconao, brief visit to the main square and church, known for its construction in volcanic stone (Liparita), view of the quarry and Jere Valley view. We then deep into the Salar de Atacama, located in the national reserve flamingos at an altitude of 2,305 m, saline surface with over 400 sq km. It is the largest salt deposit in Chile, formed in a depression without water outlet that receives the river San Pedro and multiple streams for which water is filtered altiplano. The formation of gaps eat Chaxa has generated a proliferation of bird species especially flamingos. Return to Town of San Pedro de Atacama.

16:30 Departure to the Valley of Death and Moon, both valleys are part of the national reserve flamingos, located in the mountains of salt, a few kilometers from San Pedro de Atacama. Walk: a narrow throat or path with high hills, shotgun, a few meters we find the Death Valley, a place with beautiful shapes and colors where you can walk through the dunes between the hills and cuts of mountains produced by erosion water and wind. Then visit the Valley of the Moon, Lunch declared a nature sanctuary, it is formed by a depression with saline soils and surrounded by small hills with beautiful shapes and colors where you can walk and see a geological spectacle with sculptural forms, like those of the lunar surface. Visit the salt statues “Las Tres Marias” Salt Mine. Climb up the big dune at sunset to admire in all its splendor this beautiful panorama. Return to San Pedro de Atacama.

Day 03: San Pedro de Atacama – HitoCajón – Salar Uyuni.

Departure from San Pedro de Atacama at 08:00 hrs. In Mini Bus to the border of Bolivia, through the immigration of Chile and Bolivia, once on the border of Bolivia at an altitude of 4,400 m change to a jeep 4WD vehicle with a capacity of 06 pax is performed. This first day the group continued to visit the Bolivian altiplano to places like Laguna Verde and Laguna Blanca; at the foot of the volcano Licancabur, continuing Daly desert, where a real surreal landscape, thermal pools, geysers Sol de Mañana is admired; intermittent sources of water welling up to a temperature of 90 ° C and fumaroles, cracks through which lava comes out; to end the day Laguna Colorada, main center of nesting more than 30,000 flamingos 3 species. These places are at an average altitude of 4,500 m, with possibility to see the flora and fauna, flamingos, vicuñas and other animals, the night in the hotel Desert Eye Partridge (hotels Tayka heated), in private rooms singles , twin and double.

Day 04: Eye of Partridge – San Pedro de Quemes.

Breakfast and journey through the desert until Siloli Ramaditas Laguna, Laguna Honda, Laguna Chiarcota, Laguna Hedionda, Laguna Cañapa, where you can observe more closely the local fauna. Continue to the viewpoint of Ollagüe volcano. Travel across the Salar de Chiguana and Army Stone to San Pedro de Quemez. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel Tayka de Piedra San Pedro de Quemez.

Day 05: San Pedro de Quemes – Salar de Uyuni.

After breakfast we will appreciate walking, the hotel setting: the pens with flames, that will steal the attention of our camera, the chullpares of the first inhabitants, the Burnt Village, with its stone uprisings that have inspired the construction of the Hotel. He was burned at the War with Chile, in 1879, it is an unknown page official history. In the car we drive to the nearby Pueblo Refugio, which was built when they fled the burning village in a hiding among large volcanic rocks.

Leaving behind that piece of history and its remains, we head to Galaxy Cave, a shrine of cacti and petrified stromatolite and a cemetery of chullpas (ancestral burials). The cave has a strange underwater geological formation Times Michín Lake (300,000 years ago) and Lake Tauca (40,000 years).

For Mala Mala Bay reingresaremos the Salar, this time to visit the Fish Island back in the center of the salar. After lunch we will walk alone to the top of the island from which we will once again sea salt correctly also observe stromatolites (calcareous mineral deposits that bear witness to the activity of the first unicellular inhabitants of the planet ). And from there to the Salt mounds, where we stop to take pictures of farewell, with soft evening light.

Our destination is the town of Uyuni. It will be hard to forget a trip to the end of the world.

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Day 06: Uyuni – Potosi.

Heading towards the Pescadoa Island’s piercing the immense Salar de Uyuni, this desert of salt that causes an unreal feeling of freedom.

JIRIRA is an indigenous village 24km. the Fish Island in the prehispanic era was one of the most important at the foot of Tunupa Volcano (5400 m) shrines, one can see lakes, flamingos, raising camelids. The program includes visits to archaeological sites like mummies Tunupa Volcano. It Tunupa Volcano to ascend to a height of 4600 meters this mountain is yellow, coarse, is relatively faciel promotion. At the foot of the volcano is Jirira in a stained old towns in ruins area. Some of the sites contain traces of ancient cultures like the chullpas (antesesores of Tihuanacotas) ceramic artifacts, gold and copper. Since the average slope of Volcán Tunupa appreciate the Gran Salar de Uyuni, the islands and from the top of the volcano also appreciate the Salar copying A with a breathtaking view.

ISLAND FISH located in the middle of Salar 150 km away from Llica, as a true Oasis, is a complex of low-lying islands covered with algal formations, fossils and stromatolites, between them and the Casa del Inca are the largest importance because of its size (10 acres approx.) is mainly characterized by its population of thousands columanres giant cactus, centennial eda exceeding 12 meters in height, this landscape added to salt horizon make this place one of the best sites for lovers of photography. Arriving in the city of Potosí.

Day 07: Potosi – La Paz.

Breakfast at Hotel to be free and explore this neat colonial imprecionanate, Potosí, the sixteenth century the largest, discover the great colonial architectural heritage of Potosi, the highest city in the world, was larger than London or Paris. Streets paved with stones, fine wood carved balconies, at the main entrances of the mansions shields families worked in granite shown, churches and temples worked by natives Example: Church of San Lorenzo, Mestizo Baroque style is probably one of the best sites for photography in Bolivia, altarpieces altars are forged in gold, make Potosí a city museum, wonder which offers different attractions.

We have time because at 20:30 we will take the tourist bus bed to take us on a journey of six hours to the city of La Paz arriving aprox.a 02:00 am. Pick and overnight at the hotel in La Paz.

Day 08: La Paz Copacabana / Sun Island – La Paz.

Departure at hrs. 8:00 am The guide will be at the Hotel on hrs. 7:30 a.m. to make contact with passengers, the bus tour is expected and part Copacabana, 3 hour and a half, the first stop is in the Strait of Tiquina where all lower mobility to cross the lake in boats motor, once it reaches the other side of the lake back to mobility to continue watching trip along the lake views.

It reaches approximately Copacabana hrs. 12:00, where we started to make a brief visit to the church and town of Copacabana.

Then we headed to the port to get on shared boat (with others) motor to Isla del Sol. Box lunch on the way.

La Isla del Sol is where the birth of the Inca empire came here visit pre-Columbian ruins like the steps of Yumani, the fountain of youth and Pillkoqaina also will see the Cordillera Real or of the Andes. After this visit we return to Copacabana, we approximately hrs. 5:00 p.m., and we started back to the city of La Paz by local bus, you get to stop local buses (Graveyard), a taxi to transport passengers to their hotel was taken.

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Day 09: La Paz – Putre / Lauca / -Putre National Park.

Reception at the border or border control Chungara 09:00 hrs. approx. Breakfast at Lake Chungara viewpoint later, walk in Lagunas Cotacotani about 3 hours (optional). We will picnic – lunch in the village of Parinacota, crossing the town. . Continue later toward the Bofedal Caves where we will walk 40 min. On the way we will see wild vicuñas, vizcachas and know wetlands, ecosystem based on the altiplano, to later go to Termas de Jurasi where we take baths in this place. Arrival to Putre, dinner and overnight.

Day 10: Putre – Arica.

Breakfast at the hotel at 08:30 hrs. Departure from the lodging in Putre at 09:00 am bound for the People of Socoroma, Hispanic origin was on the road linking Arica with the silver mines of Potosi. Stresses its great church, the terrace cultivation are around, highlighting corn, tunas and oregano. In this town do not live more than 40 people, although the carnival celebrations in February, May crosses, and fiesta of San Francisco (October), revive people with much coming from Arica Area to participate.

From Socoroma comezaremos down to visit the Pukara Copaquilla, candelabra cactus area to get to lunch at an ecological community in the Valley of Lluta, Ecotruly. After lunch, we cross from valley to valley Lluta Azapa, a much greener place, visit the Museum San Miguel de Azapa, visit Geoglifos The Tropilla, arrived in Arica at 17: 00hrs approx.

The tour includes:

Accommodation:
 2 night hotel / hostel in Putre (if available).
 1 night in the Refugio de CONAF in Surire.
 1 night in hotel / hostel in Colchane.
 3 nights Tayka Hotels in Bolivia.

Food:
 8 x breakfast in Putre, Parinacota, Surire (CONAF), Colchane, Hotels in Bolivia.
 8 x lunch (Ecotruly, picnic in Parinacota and Polloquere, Salar de Uyuni.
 7 x dinner in restaurant in Putre, Parinacota, Surire (CONAF), Colchane, Hotels in Bolivia.
 drinks and mineral water.
 Fruit, coffee, biscuits.

Guide:
 guide / driver with experience in Spanish language.

Vehicle:
 Minibus (van) with oxygen equipment.
 Vehicle 4×4 to travel Bolivia (Toyota Land Cruiser).

Miscellaneous:
 Tickets for the Museum San Miguel de Azapa, Jurasi hot springs and Polloquere.
 Walking Socoroma, Bofedal de las Cuevas, in Cotacotani Lakes and Surire Salar de Uyuni.