5 nights, 1 stop — the driest desert on earth.
Atacama Desert.
Arrive in Atacama Desert, met and transferred to your accommodation. Parts of the Atacama have never recorded rain — an alien landscape of salt, volcanoes and impossibly clear skies.
Altiplano lagoons and vicuñas, with sunset over Valle de la Luna. Desert landscapes by day and world-class stargazing by night.
Desert landscapes by day and world-class stargazing by night. A full day of salt flats, lagoons and lunar valleys.
A full day of salt flats, lagoons and lunar valleys. The Tatio geysers at dawn and the flamingo salt flats.
The Tatio geysers at dawn and the flamingo salt flats.
A final morning in Atacama Desert — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
A year-round high desert — warm days, cold nights and clear skies.
Driest and clearest; the brief 'Bolivian winter' can bring summer rain.
An all-inclusive Explora lodge in San Pedro, with its own expert guides and excursions.
A design desert lodge tucked in a canyon near San Pedro, with an observatory.
A comfortable boutique hotel in San Pedro de Atacama, a relaxed desert base.
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