Day 01 Calama - San Pedro de Atacama
Reception and transfer to San Pedro de Atacama, from the airport to Calama.
4:30pm Our trip will take us to see the capricious forms of salt and clay, as you will see in the “Three Marias” area.There you will be visiting the geological shapes located in one of the world's driest and most inhospitable zones, the Atacama Desert. You will appreciate the great molding power of the earth's natural forces, be amazed by nature's intricate work over thousands of years, contemplate and photograph incomparable sculptures. Enjoy an exciting experience in the salt caves, surprising shapes in the middle of the salt mountain range. The highlight of your desert adventure will be watching the Atacamenian sunset, opening you senses to the wonderful landscapes and colors of the Andes mountains, with the Licancabur Volcano as the millenary witness of another day ending in the desert.
Lodging in San Pedro de Atacama.

Day 02 San Pedro de Atacama
Breakfast. At 09:00am we will depart to visit the most representative archeological places that show the development of the Atacamenian culture. Discover the origin of this culture, visit the archeological monument called “Aldea de Tulor”, 2,800 years old. Relive, accompanied by native Atacamenian guides, the beginning of sedentary life of the first inhabitants of the Atacama Desert. We finish our trip through history visiting the Tambo de Catarpe, administrative center built by the Incas to collect taxes and spread the traditions of the Empire of the Sun in Atacama. Back to the Hotel 1:00pm.
Excursion to the Atacama Salt Lake, departure 4:00pm. Toconao is a small picturesque village, part of the Andean culture, where you will appreciate beautiful handicrafts made of volcanic stone, cactus wood and llama wool. Then, accompanied by our skilled guides, travel through the vast Atacama Salt Lake, one of the world's largest. Discover how life survives in the salty environment. Observe the beautiful and surprising flamingos, one of the best-adapted birds to the typically harsh environment and climate. Discover the micro-organic life that thrives in salt concentrations even higher than that found in seawater, life that allows many insects, reptiles and birds to subsist, which make this harsh plateau an extraordinary habitat full of surprises.
Back to the Hotel.
Lodging in San Pedro de Atacama.

Day 03 San Pedro de Atacama
Departure 04:00am. Very early in the morning we will travel 100 kilometers from San Pedro of Atacama up into the Andes mountain range. Breakfast upon arrival. There you will experience one of the most astonishing phenomenon produced by nature, see contrasting colors produced by the steam columns in the highest geothermal field in the world. After greeting the father sun, we will continue on to a luscious valley to visit a lovely village located at 3,200 meters, Caspana. Lunch is included. When we leave the village, the extent of the desert is impressive, we confront the driest desert in the world. In the midst of this lonely landscape we encounter the Inca Coya Lagoon, a few kilometers before the town of Chiu Chiu. Back to your hotel.
Lodging in San Pedro de Atacama.

Day 04 San Pedro de Atacama - Uyuni
Breakfast. Today we will have an unforgettable trip through 12.000 km² of fantastic landscapes of salt.
Once we cross the borderline we will enjoy a very rare scenery dominated by the Licancabur Volcano and at its feet one of the jewels of the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve -the Green Lagoon- which is the first point of our expedition in 4x4. The strange beauty of this laggon is really like no other in the world. In the way out of the Green Lagoon we enter a wide landscape: the Valley of the Desert Ladies.
Loadging at the Girasoles Hotel.

Day 05 Uyuni
After enjoying our breakfast, we continue our exploration going to the Incahuasi Island which is located at the center of the Uyuni Salt Flat. It is hard to find words for describing the amazing beauty of this place. At the top of the Island we will find an extraordinary point with a 360 degrees overview on the Salt Flat. We will enter the salt flats through Colchani, where we will see how the salt is processed manually. After a 30 min. journey through the vast surface of the white desert we will visit the "salt hotel", the eyes of water and afterward we will drive west to continue our journey toward Tunupa Volcano. We will reach it through Jirira and have a walk around it by the shores of the salt desert and to spend the night at the unique Salt Moon Hotel.

Day 06 Uyuni - Altiplanic Lagoon - Red Lagoon
After enjoying our breakfast, We continue driving and arrive in the Red Lagoon, another jewel of the Avaroa Reserve. This lagoon is an important home place for different species of flamingoes. The red color of the lagoon is produced by active algae which react with the sun radiation and wind. The pink color of the feet and feathers of the flamingos is also produced by the same algae. These fabulous deserts own a great variety of colors as red, orange, ochre, brass, browns and beige. As we keep driving the group will meet the Stone Three and the wild Vicuña, with its fine and high figure. We will continue our way towards Ojo de Perdiz, the Mummies of Coquesa and the Mirador Tunupa, where we will drive near its crater for an amazing view of the salt flats in their entire splendor. In the late afternoon we’ll be able to see the sunset from a vantage point that shows sensual shapes and colors at dusk. The night will be spending at the Salt Hotel of Tayka’s Hotel Network with private bathrooms, hot water and heating.

Day 07 Red Lagoon - San Pedro de Atacama
After enjoying our breakfast, the Dames of the desert with rocks that have resisted the wind per millennia. and almost as an excess for the senses, when leaving this desertic valley, we will find the Green Lagoon, at the base of the Licancabur Volcano. We will arrive at the Green Lagoon at lunch time, to see the waters turning from an emerald color to a more opaque green. From here we will operate the crossing of the Chilean border finally reaching San Pedro de Atacama.
Loadging at the Hotel in San Pedro de Atacama.

Day 08 San Pedro de Atacama
Breakfatst. Transfer from the hotel to the airport.
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