4 days: ARICA – PUTRE – NATIONAL PARK LAUCA – SALT LAKE OF SURIRE – CODPA – ARICA (night in Codpa) ( noche en Codpa )

The tour starts at 10:30 a.m. with a visit to the Terminal Agropecuario (agrarian market) of Arica where you can experience a typical market atmosphere. Then we enter the Azapa-Valley, view the Geoglyph La Tropilla and visit the archeological Museum San Miguel de Azapa. On our way to the Lluta-Valley you have the opportunity to enjoy the panoramic view over both valleys. After a lunch break in the ecological community Ecotruly, our tour leads us to the Cactus Candelabro and the magnetic zone as well as to a pre-Inca fortress in Copaquilla. We conclude the trip with an one-hour walking-tour to Socoroma, a traditional village in the Precordillera at 3000 m altitude, where we take a rest with coffee and cookies before continuing our trip to Putre. Arrival at Putre at approximately 6:30 p.m. Dinner and accomodation.

Our second day starts at about 8:30 a.m. Either we have breakfast in Putre or in Bofedal de las Cuevas where we do a 40-minutes walk. During this walk you have the chance to see wild animals like Vicuñas and Vizcachas and get to know bofedales, the basis of the altiplanic ecosystem (viewpoint Bofedal de Parinacota). Furthermore you have the chance to admire a variety of birds like Pitios del Norte, Guallatas and Taguas for example. Around noon we arrive at the crystalline Lake Chungara (4510 m above sea level) and the lagoons of Cotacotani where we offer an optional 3-hour walking-tour for you to observe both Andean flora and fauna. After visiting the village of Parinacota with its typical 17th century church and a picnic – lunch, we enjoy a relaxing bath in the Jurasi hot springs before returning to Putre at about 6:00 p.m. Dinner and accommodation.

We start our tour in Putre at about 8:00 a.m. and after a breakfast in Bofedal de las Cuevas at 4310 m altitude we visit Ancuta and Guallatire, two villages located at the foot of the active volcano Guallatire in the altiplano (4000 m altitude). At about noon we arrive at the salt lake Salar de Surire and visit Chilcaya where we give you the opportunity to take pictures of the flora and fauna during an one-hour walking-trip around this natural monument. Afterwards we head for the hot springs of Polloquere at 4270 m altitude where we have a picnic and enjoy a relaxing bath. Departure towards Parcohailla observing different ecological sceneries until we’ll arrive at the Pampa de Oxaya, a geological formation which unifies the foreland with the desert. Dinner and accommodation in Codpa.

Breakfast in Codpa and departure towards Arica where we have lunch in a restaurant at the Pacific shore. Transfer to the airport.

Our tour package includes:

Accommodation

• 2 nights in hotel/hostel in Putre
• 1 night in hotel/hostel in Codpa

Food

• 3 x breakfast in Putre and Codpa
• 4 x lunch (Ecotruly, picnic in Parinacota and Polloquere, Arica)
• 3 x dinner in restaurant with wine included in Putre and Codpa
• Beverages: table water, juices, soft drinks
• Snacks: fruits, coffee, tea, cookies

Guide

• Spanish speaking guide/driver with experience

Transportation

• Minibus (van) with oxygen equipment

Others

• entrance fees for the Museum San Miguel de Azapa and the hot springs of Jurasi
• walks in Socoroma, Bofedal de las Cuevas, at the Cotacotani Lagoons and Salar the Surire

Minimum of passengers: 01
Maximum of passengers: 06

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