Para utilizar las funcionalidades completas de este sitio es necesario tener JavaScript habilitado. Aquí están las instrucciones para habilitar JavaScript en tu navegador web.

Atacama

Desert & Altiplano, Chile

Explorations in
Atacama

Activity
Clear all Apply
Difficulty
Clear all Apply
Areas
Clear all Apply

Camino del agua

Cuenca del salar
Camino del agua
Hike icon Hike
Easy icon Easy
missing duration icon Half-day

We will travel into the interior of the desert where nature and history blend. We will walk inside an incredible and gigantic canyon, an arm eroded by the water of the San Pedro River that flows within it. We will arrive at a sector with a great quantity of petroglyphs, as the place was a refuge for caravans. For most of the hike, we will be walking through water. *It is recommended to bring two pairs of shoes.

More details >
Camino del agua
Camino del agua
Hike icon
Hike
Easy icon
Easy
Half-day icon
Half-day
  • Exploration Path

    We will travel into the interior of the desert where nature and history blend. We will walk inside an incredible and gigantic canyon, an arm eroded by the water of the San Pedro River that flows within it. We will arrive at a sector with a great quantity of petroglyphs, as the place was a refuge for caravans. For most of the hike, we will be walking through water.
    *It is recommended to bring two pairs of shoes.

Gatchi

Cuenca del salar
Gatchi
Hike icon Hike
Easy icon Easy
missing duration icon Half-day

We will begin our exploration in the Vilama sector, where we can see ancient grazing refuges. We will continue walking along the top of a ravine, appreciating the transition of vegetation and geology between the first and second ecological floors, as well as other refuges of the ancient caravans. Always bordering the river, we will have panoramic views until we descend to the feet of the Vilama river.

More details >
Gatchi
Gatchi
Hike icon
Hike
Easy icon
Easy
Half-day icon
Half-day
  • Exploration Path

    We will begin our exploration in the Vilama sector, where we can see ancient grazing refuges. We will continue walking along the top of a ravine, appreciating the transition of vegetation and geology between the first and second ecological floors, as well as other refuges of the ancient caravans. Always bordering the river, we will have panoramic views until we descend to the feet of the Vilama river.

    elevation gain icon
    233 m 764 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -76,5 m -251 ft
    max altitude icon
    2932 m 9617 ft
    min altitude icon
    2773 m 2515 ft

    Elevation Profile

Quebrada de Chulacao

Cuenca del salar
Quebrada de Chulacao
Hike icon Hike
Easy icon Easy
missing duration icon Half-day

At the foot of the Salt mountains, we come to the Catarpe Valley, which receives the San Pedro river that feeds the oasis and the salt marsh. In the valley, we will begin our hike in the Quebrada Chulaco, a great canyon with high walls, with curves and serpentine shapes formed by moldable minerals and water erosion. Upon leaving the canyon we will hike up to a viewpoint with 360° views of the desert and its mountain ranges. We return along the same trail.

More details >
Quebrada de Chulacao
Quebrada de Chulacao
Hike icon
Hike
Easy icon
Easy
Half-day icon
Half-day
  • Exploration Path

    At the foot of the Salt mountains, we come to the Catarpe Valley, which receives the San Pedro river that feeds the oasis and the salt marsh. In the valley, we will begin our hike in the Quebrada Chulaco, a great canyon with high walls, with curves and serpentine shapes formed by moldable minerals and water erosion. Upon leaving the canyon we will hike up to a viewpoint with 360° views of the desert and its mountain ranges. We return along the same trail.

    elevation gain icon
    156 m 512 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -156 m -512 ft
    max altitude icon
    2582 m 8469 ft
    min altitude icon
    2515 m 8249 ft

    Elevation Profile

Ronque

Quebradas Intermedias
Ronque
Hike icon Hike
Moderate icon Moderate
missing duration icon Full-day

The hike begins in the upper part of Quebrada Jorquencal, a sector with large cacti and archaeological ruins. From there we descend to the Puritama hot springs. We will enjoy lunch there, before continuing our hike along the Puritama River, in a beautiful canyon of native vegetation home to dozens of birds. Our hike ends in the town of Guatín, where the Puritama and Purifica Rivers converge and give life to the Vilama River.

More details >
Ronque
Ronque
Hike icon
Hike
Moderate icon
Moderate
Full-day icon
Full-day
  • Exploration Path

    The hike begins in the upper part of Quebrada Jorquencal, a sector with large cacti and archaeological ruins. From there we descend to the Puritama hot springs. We will enjoy lunch there, before continuing our hike along the Puritama River, in a beautiful canyon of native vegetation home to dozens of birds. Our hike ends in the town of Guatín, where the Puritama and Purifica Rivers converge and give life to the Vilama River.

    elevation gain icon
    161 m 528 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -545 m -1788 ft
    max altitude icon
    3732 m 12241 ft
    min altitude icon
    3269 m 10722 ft

    Elevation Profile

Agua vieja

Quebradas Intermedias
Agua vieja
Hike icon Hike
Moderate icon Moderate
missing duration icon Full-day

A hike to get lost in the absolute desert and amid the great walls and canyons of the Domeyko range. We depart by van to a little-explored sector of the Domeyko range, from which we will begin our hike in the middle of a solitary plain overlooking the Andes and the Salt mountains, before going into canyons with unique shapes and colors. We will descend some challenging steps product of the erosion caused by ancient seasonal rivers, and where we will have to use our hands. *Exploration not recommended for people with vertigo or fear of heights.

More details >
Agua vieja
Agua vieja
Hike icon
Hike
Moderate icon
Moderate
Full-day icon
Full-day
  • Exploration Path

    A hike to get lost in the absolute desert and amid the great walls and canyons of the Domeyko range. We depart by van to a little-explored sector of the Domeyko range, from which we will begin our hike in the middle of a solitary plain overlooking the Andes and the Salt mountains, before going into canyons with unique shapes and colors. We will descend some challenging steps product of the erosion caused by ancient seasonal rivers, and where we will have to use our hands. *Exploration not recommended for people with vertigo or fear of heights.

    elevation gain icon
    121 m 397 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -665 m -2181 ft
    max altitude icon
    3260 m 10693 ft
    min altitude icon
    2715 m 8905 ft

    Elevation Profile

Domeyko

Quebradas Intermedias
Domeyko
Hike icon Hike
Moderate icon Moderate
missing duration icon Half-day

This hike takes place in the Domeyko range, amid great canyons and colors created by the different minerals that make up this mountain range. After getting lost among huge clay walls, we will descend some challenging steps product of the erosion caused by ancient seasonal rivers, and where we will have to use our hands. *Exploration not recommended for people with vertigo or fear of heights.

More details >
Domeyko
Domeyko
Hike icon
Hike
Moderate icon
Moderate
Half-day icon
Half-day
  • Exploration Path

    This hike takes place in the Domeyko range, amid great canyons and colors created by the different minerals that make up this mountain range. After getting lost among huge clay walls, we will descend some challenging steps product of the erosion caused by ancient seasonal rivers, and where we will have to use our hands.
    *Exploration not recommended for people with vertigo or fear of heights.

    elevation gain icon
    73 m 239 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -292 m -958 ft
    max altitude icon
    2934 m 9624 ft
    min altitude icon
    2715 m 8905 ft

    Elevation Profile

Tambores

Quebradas Intermedias
Tambores
Hike icon Hike
Easy icon Easy
missing duration icon Half-day

This hike explores the center of the Puritama Conservation Reserve, an area characterized by its great variety of cacti. Along the way we will have a view of the beautiful Quebrada Jorquenal from above, a canyon full of contrasts, vegetation, life and archaeological remains. We descend along a rocky terrain until reaching the Puritama hot springs.

More details >
Tambores
Tambores
Hike icon
Hike
Easy icon
Easy
Half-day icon
Half-day
  • Exploration Path

    This hike explores the center of the Puritama Conservation Reserve, an area characterized by its great variety of cacti. Along the way we will have a view of the beautiful Quebrada Jorquenal from above, a canyon full of contrasts, vegetation, life and archaeological remains. We descend along a rocky terrain until reaching the Puritama hot springs.

    elevation gain icon
    118 m 387 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -233 m -764 ft
    max altitude icon
    3732 m 12241 ft
    min altitude icon
    3537 m 11601 ft

    Elevation Profile

Caravaneros

Cuenca del salar
Caravaneros
Hike icon Hike
Easy icon Easy
missing duration icon Half-day

This hike is a journey through the history of the old caravans and their interaction with the desert. We will cross from the Vilama sector toward the Catarpe Valley along old desert trails until reaching the great canyons in Quebrada Chulaco. This hike gives us broad 360° views that will allow us to understand the desert's different areas and formations.

More details >
Caravaneros
Caravaneros
Hike icon
Hike
Easy icon
Easy
Half-day icon
Half-day
  • Exploration Path

    This hike is a journey through the history of the old caravans and their interaction with the desert. We will cross from the Vilama sector toward the Catarpe Valley along old desert trails until reaching the great canyons in Quebrada Chulaco. This hike gives us broad 360° views that will allow us to understand the desert's different areas and formations.

    elevation gain icon
    159 m 522 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -183 m -600 ft
    max altitude icon
    1617 m 5304 ft
    min altitude icon
    2515 m 8249 ft

    Elevation Profile

Peñaliri

Quebradas Intermedias
Peñaliri
Hike icon Hike
Moderate icon Moderate
missing duration icon Full-day

We take a van to Machuca, an Andean Plateau village. We begin exploring a wetland and then walk along a creek to the Grande River...

More details >
Peñaliri
Peñaliri
Hike icon
Hike
Moderate icon
Moderate
Full-day icon
Full-day
  • Exploration Path

    We take a van to Machuca, an Andean Plateau village. We begin exploring a wetland and then walk along a creek to the Grande River. In this exploration we can see fauna and typical Andean farming terraces. We have lunch at Peñaliri, an abandoned village.

    *Temporarily unavailable. Consult other exploration options with your Explora guide at the destination.

    elevation gain icon
    273 m 895 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -1056 m -3464 ft
    max altitude icon
    4.012 m 13.159 ft
    min altitude icon
    3.218 m 10.555 ft

    Elevation Profile

Kezar

Quebradas Intermedias
Kezar
Hike icon Hike
Easy icon Easy
missing duration icon Half-day

We start our exploration at the Puritama River creek. We descend to walk along the creek following the river bed between large rock walls...

More details >
Kezar
Kezar
Hike icon
Hike
Easy icon
Easy
Half-day icon
Half-day
  • Exploration Path

    We start our exploration at the Puritama River creek. We descend to walk along the creek following the river bed between large rock walls, shrubs and cacti over an irregular terrain. At the end, we arrive at the Puritama Hot Springs to enjoy the amazing properties of these thermal waters.

    elevation gain icon
    231 m 758 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -60 m -198 ft
    max altitude icon
    3.538 m 11.605 ft
    min altitude icon
    3.365 m 11.037 ft

    Elevation Profile

Rio Blanco

Altiplano
Rio Blanco
Hike icon Hike
Advanced icon Advanced
missing duration icon Full-day

We take a van to the Tatio Geysers, where we first walk up and then down a creek to reach an unknown warm water river, the Blanco River...

More details >
Rio Blanco
Rio Blanco
Hike icon
Hike
Advanced icon
Advanced
Full-day icon
Full-day
  • Exploration Path

    We take a van to the Tatio Geysers, where we first walk up and then down a creek to reach an unknown warm water river, the Blanco River. We walk along the river’s bed near geysers and mineral formations unique to this geological landscape.

    elevation gain icon
    31 m 101 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -421 m -1381 ft
    max altitude icon
    4.408 m 14.458 ft
    min altitude icon
    4.226 m 13.861 ft

    Elevation Profile

Incahuasi

Quebradas Intermedias
Incahuasi
Hike icon Hike
Advanced icon Advanced
missing duration icon Full-day

We start walking in an old farmhouse at the foot of the volcanoes of the Andes mountain range. We will enter the Jorquencal gorge...

More details >
Incahuasi
Incahuasi
Hike icon
Hike
Advanced icon
Advanced
Full-day icon
Full-day
  • Exploration Path

    We start walking in an old farmhouse at the foot of the volcanoes of the Andes mountain range. We will enter the Jorquencal gorge where we will explore the varied vegetation, history and study of the Andean cat in the Puritama reserve. After crossing a varied landscape we will arrive at the Puritama hot springs, to rest there. Return by van to Explora.

    elevation gain icon
    181 m 594 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -832 m -2729 ft
    max altitude icon
    4.195 m 13.760 ft
    min altitude icon
    3.537 m 11.601 ft

    Elevation Profile

Wanaku

Quebradas Intermedias
Wanaku
Hike icon Hike
Moderate icon Moderate
missing duration icon Full-day

We take a van to the Domeyko Mountain Range, where we walk through trails that were formerly used as transit and bartering routes...

More details >
Wanaku
Wanaku
Hike icon
Hike
Moderate icon
Moderate
Full-day icon
Full-day
  • Exploration Path

    We take a van to the Domeyko Mountain Range, where we walk through trails that were formerly used as transit and bartering routes and where we can still see remains of the Atacameño culture. We continue to the Rainbow Valley, a place with huge multicolored walls that explain the geological shaping of the Atacama region.

    elevation gain icon
    410 m 1345 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -336 m -1102 ft
    max altitude icon
    3.292 m 10.798 ft
    min altitude icon
    3.198 m 10.489 ft

    Elevation Profile

Cornisas

Cuenca del salar
Cornisas
Hike icon Hike
Moderate icon Moderate
missing duration icon Half-day

We take a van to the Catarpe Valley, where we will walk along the edges of the Salt Mountain Range, with views to the oasis...

More details >
Cornisas
Cornisas
Hike icon
Hike
Moderate icon
Moderate
Half-day icon
Half-day
  • Exploration Path

    We take a van to the Catarpe Valley, where we will walk along the edges of the Salt Mountain Range, with views to the oasis, the salt field and the mountain ranges that define the geography of this destination. We then cross different dunes of the Mars Valley and return by van.

    elevation gain icon
    224 m 735 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -279 m -915 ft
    max altitude icon
    2.710 m 8.889 ft
    min altitude icon
    2.514 m 8.246 ft

    Elevation Profile

Huayra

Cuenca del salar
Huayra
Hike icon Hike
Easy icon Easy
missing duration icon Half-day

We take a van to the Mars Valley in the Salt Mountain Range, where we begin a walk with views to the different mountain ranges...

More details >
Huayra
Huayra
Hike icon
Hike
Easy icon
Easy
Half-day icon
Half-day
  • Exploration Path

    We take a van to the Mars Valley in the Salt Mountain Range, where we begin a walk with views to the different mountain ranges in the region and felling the wind of the area. We descend through sand dunes and continue walking across the valley, where the van will be waiting to take us back.

     
    *Temporarily unavailable. Consult other exploration options with your Explora guide at the destination.

    elevation gain icon
    145 m 476 ft
    elevation loss icon
    -249 m -817 ft
    max altitude icon
    2.710 m 8.889 ft
    min altitude icon
    2.614 m 8.574 ft

    Elevation Profile