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The
Atacama oases, in the middle of the driest desert in the
world, have an altitudinal peculiarity: they
are situated at 2,500 meters above sea level, making the Atacama not only the driest, but also the highest desert on earth. For
this reason, the year-round climate is pleasant and the transparency of light, unique. The outlandish geography
of volcanoes, salt flats and high altitude wetlands, has an unparalleled appeal.
But the oasis of San Pedro is simply an introduction. It is the last area where human life is possible; where a visitor can still be harbored. Once you leave San Pedro towards the altiplanos and the volcanoes, you can truly perceive remoteness, where one experiences an entirely different world, an untamed place far from civilization as we know it.
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The
program at explora en Atacama, based at Hotel
de Larache in the oasis of San Pedro, puts visitors
in the middle of a fantasy where exploration, the leaving
and returning, acquires a shape of its own.
The altiplano is more a metaphor than a geographical entity.
More than a physical exploration, the trip through the
altiplano is a spiritual exploration inside oneself in
a unearthly world. The altiplano shows that behind the
complexity of life there exists a simplicity that leads
us to reconsider our place within the grand scheme of
things. And that is what makes the trip to Atacama one
of the most magnificent experiences that one can ever realize.
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