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Argentina • Chile • Bolivia

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Desert & Salt Flats for Explorers

11 days

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On this 11-day trip to Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile, visit San Pedro De Atacama, Salta, and the Humahuaca Gorge, and enjoy a tour of Uyuni's jaw-dropping Salt Flats. This trip, created for true thrill-seekers and explorers, will stick with you for many years to come.

Trip Type:Tailor-Made

Fully customized trips designed around your unique interests and needs.

Travel Theme:Explorer Trips

Go off the beaten path and dive into real, raw adventure.

Departure City:Salta

End City:San Pedro de Atacama

Age Range:12 - 80 years

Operated in:English

Physical Difficulty:Light

Travel Styles: Meditation · Indigenous culture · Hiking · Visit markets · Culture & History · Meet local people.

Things you will do

Salta

San Pedro De Atacama

Uyuni Salt Flats

Nort Argentina & Chile

Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer Salta Airport / Salta Hotel

Day 2: Full-Day Humahuaca

Meals

Breakfast

In the morning, we will pick you up at your hotel to visit Humahuaca Gorge, a Natural and Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO) since 2003.

Along the journey we will discover changing landscapes, vegetation and climate due to the altitude, passing by from tall trees in Jujuy to solitary cardones by the hillsides. Unique villages as Purmamarca with its famous Hill of Seven Colors, visible from the streets and the handcrafted market around the main square. Maimará with its natural colourful slopes of Paleta del Pintor and its suspended cemetery at the top of the hill, visible from the route.

Tilcara stands out for its local festivities (Carnival and Holy Week) and for its Pucará (fortress in height) whose ruins have been partially rebuilt for more understanding of the pre-Hispanic way of life. Further north we will cross the Capricorn Tropic line in Huacalera identified with a white monolith. Uquia shows its chapel, built in the seventeenth century with the oldest altarpiece in the region, worked in laminated gold one of the two existing in Argentina decorated with 'Los Angeles Arcabuceros' from Cusco, a testimony of colonial architecture.

Humahuaca gives its name to the Quebrada and is its largest population, with cobbled streets and iron lanterns in the corners, it is also the highest point of the route, 2,940 m.a.s.l. Main attractions: The Independence Monument, Cathedral Church and Municipal Building.

After enjoying the amazing landscapes and culture, we will return to Salta by the same route and take you back to your hotel.

Type of service: Semiprivate
Duration: 12 hours
Depature: In the morning
Distance: 520 km / 323 mi
Included: Transportation mentioned above, bilingual driver-guide (English/Spanish), a bottle of water.
Not included: Food and beverage, entrance fees to museums, ruins, national or provincial parks (if aplicable), pick up in San Lorenzo, Entrance fee to Pucará de Tilcara.
Restrictions: Tour not recommended for passengers with heart problems due to the high altitude.
Note: It is not possible to take your luggage. In case of force majeure the itineraries can be modified without previous notice.

Day 3: Full-Day Cafayate

Day 4: Transfer Salta Hotel / Salta Bus Station // Bus ticket Salta / San Pedro de Atacama

Day 5: Half-Day Moon Valley Tour

Day 6: Half-Day Tatio Geysers

Day 7: Programa Salar de Uyuni (04D/03N)

Day 8: From Villa Mar to Salt Hotel

Day 9: Day 3: Uyuni Salt Flats and town. Return to Villa Mar

Day 10: Day 4: Return to San Pedro de Atacama

Day 11: Transfer San Pedro Atacama Hotel / Calama Airport

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