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Day 1 Santiago Upon arrival at Santiago airport, a transfer takes you to your hotel. e then embark on a city tour to catch a glimpse of Chile s metropolitan capital, visiting Santa ucia Hill, the uenas Artes National useum, the central market, the Pla a de Armas, the presidential palace a oneda , the San Francisco Church and the district astarria.
Day Santiago Calama San Pedro De Atacama After breakfast, a transfer takes us back to the airport in order to board a northbound flight to Calama in the Atacama Desert. Upon arrival, we make our way directly to the oasis town of San Pedro de Atacama. During leisure time in the afternoon, you have the opportunity to explore San Pedro. (B)
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Discover the driest desert in the world The Atacama desert Enjoy the lake district with its lakes and volcanoes E perience Patagonian life and the beautiful landscape of Torre del Paine Nationalpark
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Day 3 Atacama Salt Flats Moon Valley After breakfast, we visit the Atacama Salt Flats and Cha a agoon. On our way, we stop in the indigenous village of Toconao, where we visit the pla a and church. e then reach the Salar de Atacama, Chile s largest salt flat. In the afternoon we visit the Moon Valley. This surreal place, one of the most spectacular in the Atacama Desert, owes its name to the unique geological formations that resemble a lunar landscape. e e plore this beautiful landscape and visit the strange creatures that nature has created from salt and clay.
Day 4 Traditions And Customs Of The Indigenous Atacame o People Today we visit the municipality of Ayllu de Coyo, where we get to know two Atacame o families and let them guide us along their traditional paths. In the afternoon a unique e perience awaits us The traditional caravan of the Atacame o people. This walk with llamas allows us to relive this centuriesold way of transport in the desert, while our guide tells us a lot about this symbolic Andean animal. ,
Day 5 San Pedro De Atacama This day is at leisure, allowing you to rela or visit other attractions in the area. e recommend a visit to the geysers of El Tatio. (B)
Day 6 San Pedro De Atacama Calama Puerto Varas After breakfast, a transfer takes us back to Calama Airport, from where we fly via Santiago to Puerto Montt in the Chilean lake PRIVATE ITINERARY region. From here, we continue our journey toFROM Puerto Varas. (B) PER PERSON
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Day National Park Vicente Pere Rosales & German Immigrants In The ake Region After breakfast, we enjoy a scenic ride along lanquihue ake to Vicente P re Rosales National Park. Here we visit the famous rapids of Petrohu river, one of the wildest in Chile. e then continue to nearby All Saints ake, Todos os Santos located at the foot of Osorno Volcano. After a walk along the lava beach, we move on to the small village of as Cascadas. Here we meet a erman
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