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Atacama

The driest desert on earth: salt flats, geysers, and the clearest skies imaginable.

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The Atacama Desert is Earth's driest place: a moonscape of salt flats, volcanic peaks, and flamingo-dotted lagoons where rainfall may not come for decades. The town of San Pedro de Atacama anchors the experience, with world-class stargazing, geyser fields at 4,300m, and the otherworldly Valle de la Luna.

We also arrange Tierra Atacama and days at the Cejar lagoon and Piedras Rojas, arriving via Calama (CJC).

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Atacama, The driest desert on earth: salt flats, geysers, and the clearest skies imaginable.
Plate IAtacama. Courtesy of Awasi Atacama
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The Stay

Desert lodges under the clearest sky on earth.

Awasi Atacama

All-inclusive private guide experience

  • Private guide per room
  • Adobe cottages
  • All-inclusive excursions

Explora Atacama

Lodge at the edge of the salt flat

  • 40+ guided excursions
  • Desert spa
  • Horse rides

Alto Atacama

Terraced lodge in a desert canyon

  • Catarpe Valley setting
  • Multiple pools
  • Astronomical observatory
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The Palate

Desert provisions and Chilean wine under the stars.

  • 01Pisco sour at sunset overlooking the salt flat
  • 02Chilean barbecue in the desert under a billion stars
  • 03San Pedro village lunch, llama empanadas and cactus salad
  • 04Wine tasting, high-altitude Chilean vintages
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The Stillness

Silence at the scale of geological time.

  • 01El Tatio geysers at dawn: steam plumes at 4,300m
  • 02Valle de la Luna sunset, the desert turns crimson and gold
  • 03Stargazing session: the Milky Way's core, visible to the naked eye
  • 04Salar de Atacama, flamingos on a salt mirror
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