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Desert Delights
We arrived in the desert town of San Pedro de Atacama (altitude 2,436m) after another early start and unpleasant airport experience. Here we are back in wasteland again! This time we are in luxury, staying at a relatively new hotel called Alto Atacama, 3km north of San Pedro in Pukara de Quitor which is home to a pre-Inca fortress. The hotel is …
Carnival in Atacama
We spent the Carnival Holidays in Atacama. We have been planning to visit this place for a long long time and finally the manage to get there. We flew from Sao Paulo to Santiago, spent the afternoon there where we ate a giant crab named Centolla. Next morning we flew from Santiago to Calama and the hotel picked us up and drove to San Pedro. San …
Cycling in the Atacama Desert
... overland trip.
I took a tour to the Valley of the Moon, which was superb. I realised, however, that I should be experiencing this on a bike, not from a tour bus, so I revisted the next day on two wheels. That gave me more time to explore, climb the big dune and enjoy stunning vistas and the Atacama sunset from up high.
There was some great moutain biking in the region. I managed to get out to a few local archaeological sites, remote churches ...
Loving Chile!
... and food in this place!! Off to bed yet again in my cozy warm San Pedro room. Ahhh... Another sleep in, breaky and lazy wandering day. Skype and ice cream. Life just keeps getting harder. Today, our 400 pm day trip was to go to a few lagoons, swim and sunset watching. I know, how do I deal with doing this stuff day in and day out. Takes practice I tell ya. First stopped at Laguna Piedra, which has a 40%25 salt concentration, in the middle of the flats, surrounded ...
Fun, fun, fun in the driest place on Earth
... br> First day I took it easy because I didn't sleep well the previous night due to that day's events...and also because we were at altitude and I was feeling it slightly.Bought some yummy 'altitude sickness sweets' and duly polished those off...all in the name of my health, of course. Went to the town's museum which detailed the history of the people here...interesting as it is such an inhospitable environment. There was this hilariously obnoxious American man who spoke in ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Swimming pool
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Business Services
- Wheelchair accessibility