GuardTrailsDay 5 of 26 · San Pedro de Atacama · Chile's Secret Horizons
Day 5 — Geysers del Tatio
A road day to your new base in San Pedro de Atacama, with a long drive (3 h 05).
Stage 4 · San Pedro de Atacama · Chile
days 5–6 2 nights 3 h 05 on the road128 kmclimate cold
Interest of the place — relaxation 10. Based on: remarkable site in a thermal baths setting.
- programme
- 5 h
- road
- 3 h 05
- usable window
- 11 h
- Sunrise walk among the bubbling geysers3 h
- Wildlife watching at Machuca wetland2 h
To add if time allows: Sunset over the salt flats of Laguna Tebinquiche (2 h)
Bad-weather option — something else that day — Soaking in the Puritama hot springs
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On the way
Stops beside the road, chosen for their small detour — we say they are on the way, we do not promise to go through them.
Pueblo de Chiu Chiu
Visit the historic San Francisco de Chiu Chiu church, one of the oldest in Chile.
45 min there · detour +2 km · View on Google Maps
© photographed on 1 February 2016 by Diego Delso — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Caspana
Observe the traditional terraced agricultural fields and stone architecture of this remote Andean village.
45 min there · no detour · View on Google Maps
© photographed on 17 November 2007 by Robin Fernandes — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
