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Discover the best top things to do in Atacama Region, Chile including San Pedro de Atacama: Half day Altiplanics Lagoons and Salar de Atacama, La Serena: Full day Tour to Elqui Valley , La Serena and Coquimbo Private City Tour Including Lunch and Archeological Museum, Elqui Valley and Vicuña Private Tour Including Lunch, San Pedro de Atacama: Full day Altiplanic lagoons, include lunch., Valle del Arcoíris, Piedras Rojas Tour, Small-Group Tour to Altiplanic lagoons, Atacama saltflat & Flamingo reserve, Valle de Elqui Fullday Tour, Half day Observatory Mamalluca - City of Vicuña.
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1. San Pedro de Atacama: Half day Altiplanics Lagoons and Salar de Atacama
Overall Ratings
2.5 based on 2 reviews
Enjoy a day trip to the Atacama Salt Flats. Visit Toconao and the Altiplanic Lagoons to admire the incredible landscapes and enjoy a day away from the hustle and bustle. Your tour includes hotel pickup and drop-off.
Inclusions: Local guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Transportation by car or minibus
Exclusions: Tickets, Gratuities, Lunch, Food and drinks
Reviewed By L8738FOsofiac
We took this tour last year. The guide doesn’t speak English at all, and keep repeating the same information over and over. They also don’t let you move and ask you to be next to them all the time. Amazing place but awful guide
2. La Serena: Full day Tour to Elqui Valley
Overall Ratings
4.83333 based on 6 reviews
Discover the mystical Elqui Valley on this full-day guided tour from La Serena. Small group. Get a glimpse of new-age lifestyles at Cochiguaz. Enjoy a pisco tasting at a production plant. Visit Vicuña, the Nobel laureate Gabriel Mistral's hometown.
Inclusions: Hotel pickup and drop-off, Lunch, Guide for the whole tour
Exclusions: Gratuities
Reviewed By L8738FOsofiac
We took this tour last year. The guide doesn’t speak English at all, and keep repeating the same information over and over. They also don’t let you move and ask you to be next to them all the time. Amazing place but awful guide
3. La Serena and Coquimbo Private City Tour Including Lunch and Archeological Museum
Overall Ratings
4.8 based on 5 reviews
7 hours tour. Explore the city of La Serena, Chile's second oldest city, full of history and colonial architectural elements that adorn their facades and streets, like churches, important buildings and The lighthouse of La Serena. Visit the city of Coquimbo, famous port surrounded with stories and traditions of the sea. Be part of the history of the fourth Region through this tour, which runs from Incas and Diaguitas civilization to pirates and corsairs.
Inclusions: Lunch, Professional guide, Hotel / port pickup and drop-off, Private tour
Exclusions: Gratuities
Reviewed By RalphArtPhoto
We booked this tour and were picked up at our Hostel el Punto at 8:30 am. The guide Filipe spoke fluently English and was very inspiring and enthusiastic telling a lot about the Elqui Valley, guiding us around very professionally. We had enough photo-stops and he offered me even to sit on the front seat to enable me to take better pictures while driving. The highlights like a visit to the dam and the Pisco area were brilliant as well as the provided lunch. One tip: although La Serena can be cold and windy in November, once you are in the mountains it is very hot up there, so take care of that by choosing smart clothings.
4. Elqui Valley and Vicuña Private Tour Including Lunch
Overall Ratings
4.61538 based on 13 reviews
This 6 HOURS tour will take you through the great Elqui Valley (Valle del Elqui) where you can find places with paths between vineyards and fruit trees, barren hills covered with vines and pisco factories (liquor extracted from grapes). We will visit the city of Vicuña where you can find its main square and the museum of the poet Gabriela Mistral. Also you can visit the salesroom of Papaya, the typical fruit of the area. Then we will enjoy lunch in a restaurant where food is cooked with sunlight!
Inclusions: Lunch, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Transport by private vehicle, Private tour
Exclusions: Gratuities
5. San Pedro de Atacama: Full day Altiplanic lagoons, include lunch.
Overall Ratings
1 based on 1 reviews
In this complete excursion, you will see the Salar de Talar, Miñique and Miscanti Lagoon, the Village of Socaire, Laguna Chaxa and the famous Salar de Atacama!
Inclusions: Local guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only), Lunch, Breakfast
Exclusions: Gratuities, Entrace to Altiplanic lagoons $3.000 (clp) p.p , Entrace to Atacama Salar $ 2.500 (clp) p,p.-
Reviewed By L8738FOsofiac
We took this tour last year. The guide doesn’t speak English at all, and keep repeating the same information over and over. They also don’t let you move and ask you to be next to them all the time. Amazing place but awful guide
6. Valle del Arcoíris
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4 reviews
At 3,500 meters above sea is the Rainbow Valley. The Rainbow Valley is used in the basin of the Rio Grande, about 90 kms from San Pedro de Atacama. The access road must be joined on the route to Calama. The valley, like the rest of the attractions of San Pedro de Ataca and its surroundings, is well above 3000 meters above sea level. The Rainbow Valley is located near Sanitiago de Rio Grande or Rio Grande and very close to the Petroglyphs of Yerbas Buenas, which like other attractions in the area is managed by the Atacameña Community of the place.
Inclusions: National Park fees, Breakfast, Local guide, Hotel drop-off, Hotel pickup
Exclusions: Lunch
Reviewed By michalakigalexandra
We loved everything minute of this tour! Our guide was amazing - we followed the itinerary and we had time to explore and photograph all the places we stopped. Our guide provided all the background information and answered any questions we had, including information on animals, plants and local communities. Breakfast and lunch were also very tasteful. Highly recommended!
7. Piedras Rojas Tour
Overall Ratings
5 based on 5 reviews
Un tour emocionante donde conocerás maravillosos paisajes y lagunas. Podrás ver la diversidad de atacama.
Inclusions: Breakfast, Lunch
Exclusions:
8. Small-Group Tour to Altiplanic lagoons, Atacama saltflat & Flamingo reserve
Overall Ratings
5 based on 3 reviews
San Pedro de Atacama, a laid back oasis town on the edge of the direst desert on the earth. Little adobe houses, cozy restaurant are the base to explore one of the Chile's most spectacular sceneries. With this semi-private tour, you will have the opportunity to visit one of the highlights in a more intimate way, sharing your day with other travelers but avoiding big groups.
Inclusions: Professional Bilingual Driver-Guide Assistance, Hotel Pick-up (Drop-off is at downtown area or near your hotel, to be confirmed)), Air-conditioned vehicle
Exclusions: Gratuities, (included on Small-Group), (included on Semi-Private), Chaxa and Altiplanic Lagoons Entrance Fees (included on Semi-Private)
Reviewed By tarn151
The tour of Valle De Luna was excellent! We really enjoyed the different locations visited, and the guide did a really great job explaining the geologic and social history of the areas explored. The sunset on the dune was a truly memorable part of our vacation. HIGHLY RECOMMEND! Only feedback would be to: 1) rotate English and Spanish, as the Spanish was always first and we had to wait each time for Spanish to finish. however, this is a small point, as I recognize we’re the 2nd language here, but we did have to wait at each location while the Spanish group got to go explore 2) Make it clear to bring drinks and snacks. We didn’t and were dying of hunger at the end of all the walking. Overall, definitely do the tour if you’re in Atacama and haven’t visited Valle de Luna yet!
9. Valle de Elqui Fullday Tour
Overall Ratings
4.66667 based on 3 reviews
Elqui Valley history, literature, culture, Pisco distillery and lunch included at the solar kitchens, where they cook just with the solar radiation. From 8:30 hours to 19:00 hours.
Inclusions: Lunch, Transport by air-conditioned minivan, Driver/guide, Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting points, Alcoholic Beverages
Exclusions: Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
10. Half day Observatory Mamalluca - City of Vicuña
Expand your vision of the universe with this astronomical tour at the Mamalluca observatory. Includes shared transportation.
Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, Entrance to observatory
Exclusions: Food
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