Far from being a desolate, arid wilderness, the Atacama desert is overflowing with life. Its ancient cultures offer a warm welcome to modern travelers, and fertile oases sustain an astonishing diversity of life here in the world’s driest desert.
On the high Andean plateau, you’ll find small villages at up to 4,000 meters above sea level where timeless traditions linger in extreme and wonderfully photogenic settings.
Visit San Pedro de Atacama and explore its unique landscapes, quite unlike anywhere else on earth. Vast salt flats, active geysers and intense blue lagoons are just a few of the extraordinary features of this region.
Journey to the stars and learn more about the constellations in one of the many famed astronomical observatories in the northern half of Chile.
If you’re a fan of water sports or simply enjoy soaking up the sun, don’t miss the northern coastal region, with its exquisite sandy beaches, crystal clear waters and exquisite seafood.
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An ideal place to make excursions in contact with nature. It has incredible landscapes and a beautiful flora, composed of tolares, bofedales and endemic fauna that stands out for its camelids and variety of birds, among these, you can find the parinas, duck jergon and giant taguas. This reserve is made up of the Lauca National Park, the Las Vicuñas National Reserve and the Salar de Surire Natural Monument.
It is a special destination for adventure tourism, where you can do trekking, mountaineering, climbing and photographic safaris. It also has various cultural attractions associated with the Aymara culture that is reflected in the architecture of its villages and traditional festivals. They emphasize their churches and the religious customs that give account of an interesting cultural syncretism developed after the Hispanic colonization.
If you go in summer, go prepared for the rains, since the “Bolivian winter” is strong. In winter there are very low temperatures and it is possible that there is snow.
It is also characterized by a great wealth of flora and fauna, places of great cultural and historical interest, and places of great natural beauty. In this park live more than 130 different species of birds, in addition to the vicuñas, vizcachas and condors characteristics. One of its main attractions is the wonderful Chungará Lake, one of the highest in the world, which is located at the foot of the Payachatas twin volcanoes.
Come and meet a magical postcard from the north of our country.
The Isluga Volcano National Park is located at altitudes of approximately 4,000 masl. This means that it is a very high place which normally affects the discomfort of visitors with dizziness, nausea and vomiting caused by the puna.
The Tarapacá Region belonged to the Inca Empire, then it was in Peruvian hands for more than 500 yeaofrs until the Pacific War. It was inhabited thousands of years ago by different indigenous cultures, the most important being the Chinchorro culture.
The Isluga Volcano National Park mixes the mystical landscape that rises from the foothills to the Andean highlands with a set of ancestral practices. It is located near the town Colchane and was declared a national park in 1967.
It is located at 4,000 meters above sea level, so the flora is scarce and the cáctus, altiplano and bofedales bush begin to appear. On the way you can see vicuñas, alpacas, ducks and flamingos due to its shallow waters.
In the tour you can also enjoy the Chumisa hot springs with waters that exceed 40 ºC, steam and mud baths. There are also Puchuldiza geysers whose jets of water freeze during the winter.
For lovers of trekking, there are trails to visit the villages of Isluga whose churches are national monuments.
The Isluga Volcano National Park is undoubtedly one of the best landscapes that we can find in the I Region of our country for its reliefs of heights, one of the wonders in Chile.
