Atacama
Desert & Altiplano, Chile
Quebradas Intermedias
Ruta del Agua
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- Hike
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- Moderate
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- 9,8 km / 6,1 mi
- Full-day
- 5 h
Exploration Path
We begin walking at the Puritama Natural Reserve with views to the Andes Mountain Range and the salt field’s basin. We cross many creeks, habitat of the Andean cat, until we reach the hot springs. There, we have lunch and enjoy the pools. In the afternoon, we will walk across the creek towards Guatín.
As if sliced off from the desert’s mantle, the ravines in this zone were created over millions of years by the forces of water and wind. Plunging into the abyss, they are sculptures that only time could shape.
Elevation Profile
- Elevation Gain
- 78 m 255 ft
- Elevation Loss
- -628 m -2060 ft
- Max. Altitude
- 3.819 m 12.526 ft
- Min. Altitude
- 3.269 m 10.722 ft

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