3-Day Atacama Desert Tour from Santiago
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Tour Overview
Highlights
Visit San Pedro de Atacama.
- Explore the otherworldly Moon Valley and witness a stunning desert sunset.
- Visit the Tatio Geysers at dawn, one of the highest geothermal fields in the world.
- Discover the vast Atacama Salt Lake and observe flamingos in their natural habitat.
- Experience the colorful Rainbow Valley with its unique mineral-rich landscapes.
- Enjoy desert hot springs and a scenic drive through the Atacama Desert.
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Itinerary
Fly from Santiago (airport code SCL) to Calama (airport code CJC). Upon arrival, take a private vehicle about 1.5 hours to San Pedro de Atacama, known as the oasis of the Atacama Desert. Along the way, enjoy the desert scenery of the world's driest region. San Pedro de Atacama features distinctive adobe architecture and offers many restaurants, hotels, and craft shops. In the afternoon, visit the Valley of the Moon (Valle De La Luna) located southwest of Atacama, passing through Death Valley (Mirador Valle de Muerte) and the three rock formations called Tres Maria. At the Valley of the Moon, enjoy afternoon tea while watching the sunset over the Andes mountains as the moon rises. Check into the hotel. It is recommended to rest early for the next day's activities. Please book flights arriving before 11:30 AM.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
San Pedro de Atacama is the heart of Atacama Desert tourism, offering access to surreal landscapes like salt flats, geysers, and valleys that feel otherworldly.
Valle de la Luna
Valle de la Luna is a surreal desert landscape with moon-like terrain, sand dunes, and salt formations, best seen at sunset.
Valle de la Luna(Passing By)
Valle de la Luna is a surreal desert landscape with moon-like terrain, sand dunes, and salt formations, best seen at sunset.
Tres Marias(Passing By)
Striking rock formations near San Pedro de Atacama, shaped by wind erosion into natural sculptures resembling three figures.
After breakfast, visit Rainbow Valley, located about 90 km from San Pedro de Atacama near the Yerbas Buenas petroglyphs. The valley features a variety of colors from red, beige, green, white, yellow, combined with white salt and blue sky, due to different concentrations of clay, salt, and minerals. The area also has interesting rock formations due to erosion. In the afternoon, visit the third-largest salt flat in the world, Salar de Atacama, located 62 km south of San Pedro de Atacama. Pass through the small desert town of Toconao and Jerez Valley. The salt flat sits at 2,300 meters above sea level, covered with salt crystals that shine in the sunlight. Then visit the Flamingo Reserve, where flamingos can be seen flying or walking in the lake. Stay overnight in San Pedro de Atacama.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
San Pedro de Atacama is the heart of Atacama Desert tourism, offering access to surreal landscapes like salt flats, geysers, and valleys that feel otherworldly.
Rainbow Valley
A colorful valley in the Atacama Desert, where mineral deposits create vibrant layers of red, yellow, and green rock formations.
Salar de Atacama and Laguna Chaxa
The Salar de Atacama is Chile's largest salt flat, where the shallow Laguna Chaxa hosts vibrant flamingo flocks against a stark white landscape.
Jerez Valley
A serene valley near San Pedro de Atacama, featuring dramatic canyons and unique desert flora.
Depart from Atacama at 5:00 AM to drive approximately 2.5 hours to Tatio (El Tatio) to watch the geothermal geysers. There are dozens of geysers with steam rising several meters due to temperature differences. The water is near boiling point and can be used to boil eggs and heat milk for breakfast on site. After sunrise, the geyser activity calms down. For those interested, there is an opportunity to enjoy hot springs (bring swimsuit and towel). Around midday, return to Atacama and take a private vehicle to Calama airport for the flight back to Santiago. Please book flights departing after 5:00 PM or stay an extra night.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
San Pedro de Atacama is the heart of Atacama Desert tourism, offering access to surreal landscapes like salt flats, geysers, and valleys that feel otherworldly.
El Tatio Geysers
El Tatio Geysers is the largest geyser field in the Southern Hemisphere, famous for its dramatic steam eruptions at dawn.
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A fee may be charged for any revision or alteration made to a reservation after the booking is confirmed. Name changes or corrections may be treated as a cancellation and cancellation fees will apply. A change of tour date or tour itinerary may be treated as a cancellation, and normal cancellation fees will apply. Please be noted that we do not allow departure change 48 hours before departure.
A fee may be charged for any revision or alteration made to a reservation after the booking is confirmed. Name changes or corrections may be treated as a cancellation and cancellation fees will apply. A change of tour date or tour itinerary may be treated as a cancellation, and normal cancellation fees will apply. Please be noted that we do not allow departure change 48 hours before departure.
Cancellations and Cancellation Fees
Regardless of reason, cancellations result in costly charges from our travel and hotel providers covering penalties and fees incurred by canceling confirmed and pending bookings. Therefore, cancellation penalties and or fees will apply. The time of cancellation will be determined when notice is received and confirmed by our office. Notice of cancellation must be made directly to TakeTours by email or through webmail at Contact Us .
Regardless of reason, cancellations result in costly charges from our travel and hotel providers covering penalties and fees incurred by canceling confirmed and pending bookings. Therefore, cancellation penalties and or fees will apply. The time of cancellation will be determined when notice is received and confirmed by our office. Notice of cancellation must be made directly to TakeTours by email or through webmail at Contact Us .
The cancellation and modification policies for the Hotel Luna Salada are relatively stringent
Reservations confirmed during the rainy season are non-refundable and non-changeable,
Reservations confirmed during the dry season, the hotel's actual transmitted policies on cancellations and modifications shall prevail.
Reservations confirmed during the rainy season are non-refundable and non-changeable,
Reservations confirmed during the dry season, the hotel's actual transmitted policies on cancellations and modifications shall prevail.
Cancellation penalties per person (request day and departure day are not counted, and the amount is total purchase amount)
90 days or more prior to departure - 30% of of the total purchase amount.
60-89 days or more prior to departure - 75% of of the total purchase amount.
Within 60 days prior to departure or no show - 100% of the total purchase amount.
Unused features are non-refundable. No shows forfeit entire payment.
Trips require a minimum number of participants to avoid cancellation. We reserve the right to cancel a schedule trip to fully refund affected customers although tour companies will make every effort to maintain the normal operation.
The refund amount will be credited directly to your TakeTours wallet as credits for future use. Or the refund can also be forwarded directly to your credit card with a 6% handling fee.
NOTE: We cannot grant any refunds more than 30 days after completion of the tour.
Holiday special policies: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, National Day or other long weekend holidays are the peak season. Air tickets, transportation, meals and hotel accommodation during the peak season shall not be changed in name, date and itinerary, and the fees are not refundable.
Itinerary Variations
We constantly strives to improve tour itineraries and features. If such improvements can be made, or unforeseen circumstances beyond our control make changes necessary - we reserve the right to vary itineraries and to substitute hotels. At certain peak periods duplicate departures may operate, and sometimes in reverse order in which case hotels may vary from those stated on the itinerary pages.
We constantly strives to improve tour itineraries and features. If such improvements can be made, or unforeseen circumstances beyond our control make changes necessary - we reserve the right to vary itineraries and to substitute hotels. At certain peak periods duplicate departures may operate, and sometimes in reverse order in which case hotels may vary from those stated on the itinerary pages.
Tour Cancellation:
We reserve the right to cancel or re-schedule any tour departure in accordance with operating requirements or circumstances beyond its control. If cancellation is made any time prior to departure of the tour, TakeTours only liability will be to refund to the passenger the amount it has received for the tour booking. We will try to re-book the same or similar tour. Please note that we are not liable for any cancellation penalties incurred on any other travel arrangements including air tickets purchased separately from customers.
We are not responsible for any other travel arrangements affected due to our cancellations.
We reserve the right to cancel or re-schedule any tour departure in accordance with operating requirements or circumstances beyond its control. If cancellation is made any time prior to departure of the tour, TakeTours only liability will be to refund to the passenger the amount it has received for the tour booking. We will try to re-book the same or similar tour. Please note that we are not liable for any cancellation penalties incurred on any other travel arrangements including air tickets purchased separately from customers.
We are not responsible for any other travel arrangements affected due to our cancellations.
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