Top San Pedro de Atacama In the Air

Take a tour of the world’s driest desert, Atacama, and visit a number of natural landmarks on a full-day tour. See the resident flamingo population, explore the small desert village of Toconao, and visit the altiplanic lagoons for a well-rounded look at the flora and fauna of the region. Round-trip hotel transfers from San Pedro de Atacama and lunch are included.

The cosmos vision and traditions from the ancient people seamlessly combined with technology, computerized telescopes, augmented reality tablets & current catalog with the best deep sky objects. We are located in the first settlement where the Atacama people emerged, with privileged clear night skies and a noise and light free experience. Magical moments that will be immortalized with Professional Astrophotography under the southern night sky.

Moon Valley and Death Valley are two of the most popular day trip destinations from San Pedro de Atacama, and this day trip lets you experience them both with one easy booking. Hike through the out-of-this-world landscape in the Valley of the Moon, get the chance to sandboard in Death Valley, and then watch the sunset over the desert from a lookout point in the Salt Mountains.

We will make observation of the deep sky through high-end, computerized and manual telescopes with which we will make an equatorial and azumuthal sweep of the objects visible during the night in Atacama, depending on the time of the year we can observe: planets, open clusters and closed, galaxies and stars. Where we can distinguish its shape and colors with great ease. Add to the explanatory scientific talk of our astronomy guides Patricio and Nathan who seek to dynamically and didactically deliver the scientific information of the universe. We can also relate the visible constellations of the southern hemisphere with the help of a laser pointer. If you like to know about the Andean archeology-astronomy of Latin America, you should ask for an explanation from Patricio, who is the speaker in the explanatory talk about how our American ancestors related the cosmos to the geographical and cultural zone.

We will leave from San Pedro towards the Valley of the Moon at 4:00 pm, we will make our first stop in the salt caverns, which are formed by the erosion of water on salt. Later we will make a trekking through the interior of the valley, visiting different places like; The three Marias, the amphitheater and the great sand dune to finally wait for the sunset at the Kari Viewpoint, after sunset we will return to the municipal parking lot located one block from the Plaza de Armas

Guiastours is formed and created to satisfy the foreign tourist, born from the need of the passenger to provide them with a service of excellence in tourism, being their professional trainers in the area of tourism. Our work philosophy is oriented to the total quality of the service and delivery of knowledge to make your stay an unforgettable trip, with a guaranteed international prestige. Our teamwork with personalized service for both individual and group trips is of excellence, to offer a serious and responsible service for those who visit us. We have a team of tourism professionals, a staff of guides in different languages and a fleet of modern vehicles. Chile is a country that offers a variety of destinations that deserve to be visited, where we offer all the routes, we also have an excellent hotel infrastructure, excellent restaurants, along with the friendliness of the Chilean people.