Atacama Express: 2-Day tour visiting Tatio Geysers & the Moon Valley

2-Day tour getting to know San Pedro de Atacama, a small town in the driest desert of the world! Little adobe houses and cozy restaurants are the base to explore one of Chile’s most spectacular sceneries: The Moon Valley, Salt Mountain Range, El Tatio Geysers (geothermal field), sand dunes, thermal waters and a totally clear sky full of stars.

This 2-Day tour is ideal for active people that don´t want to waste any second of their trip! 

Itinerary

Day 1: Calama/ San Pedro De Atacama - Moon Valley

Stop At: Airport El Loa Calama (CJC), Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
At the appropriate time, you will be picked up from Calama airport and will be driven to your hotel in San Pedro de Atacama (shared service).

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Reserva Nacional de Flamencos, San Pedro de Atacama Chile
In the afternoon, you will depart to explore one of the world’s driest and most hostile zones of the world: the Atacama Desert. Located inside the Flamencos National Reserve, the Valle de la Luna houses a set of landscapes of incomparable beauty that resembles a fragment of the lunar landscape, to which it owes its name.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Valle De La Luna, San Pedro de Atacama Chile
There, you will get to visit the Salt Mountain Range, will admire the landscape from different spots and will also visit the salt caves and the “Tres Marias”, sculptures carved by nature. For the perfect closure, you will admire the dusk on the Great Dune, from where you will be able to see the Andes, the Domeyko mountain range and Salt mountain range. This tour will start and end at our operator’s office located in the downtown area.

Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
You’ll have the rest of the evening free to do as you wish.
Duration: 3 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in San Pedro de Atacama

Day 2: San Pedro De Atacama - Half-Day Tatio Geysers with Machuca /Calama

Stop At: Geyser del Tatio, 174a Caracoles, San Pedro de Atacama 1410000 Chile
After an early morning pick-up, you’ll head out to visit the beautiful geothermal field (4,320masl), where you’ll experience one of the most astonishing phenomena produced by nature. There, you will get to take the most amazing pictures as you walk through the paths along its field. Soon after that, you will enjoy a picnic-style breakfast. On this tour, you will also have the opportunity to swim in the public pools of The Tatio spring waters, so it’s important that you don’t forget to bring your swimwear and towel. On your scenic drive back, you will also make a short stop at Machuca village and Rio Putana bofedal (wetlands). You will return to San Pedro around 12.30 p.m.

Duration: 7 hours

Stop At: Airport El Loa Calama (CJC), Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
At the appropriate time, you will be driven to Calama airport (shared service).

IMPORTANT: Arrival flights to Calama Airport must arrive at 11.20 a.m. or EARLIER in order to have time to tour the Moon valley in the afternoon. Departure flights MUST depart at 5 p.m. or LATER so that you can tour the geysers in the morning. If your final destination is an international one, your flight should depart at 6 p.m. or later.
Note: Drop-off of all tours will be in the downtown area
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.