Astronomical Tour in San Pedro de Atacama: Experience Celestial Wonders with Expert Guides

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Embark on an astronomical tour in San Pedro de Atacama and witness celestial wonders with expert guides. Explore the cosmos, observe constellations, and capture stunning photos of the stars.

Duration: 3 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Observatorio Etno-Astronomico Licanantay - Enjoy the best Ancestral Astronomical Tour in San Pedro de Atacama, join us to rediscover our ancient cosmos by learning to identify our unique dark constellations and their relevance to our culture, a trip to the past with our enchanting Astrophysicist and Archaeastronomist. Enjoy the best Deep Sky…

What's Included

In-vehicle air conditioning
Photographs
Telescope
Snacks

Additional Information

Don’t hesitate to add more Tours once this one has been secured! We offer a variety of tours in San Pedro de Atacama.
Experiences of ancient cultures and their understanding of the cosmos integrates seamlessly with contemporary technology and telescopes. We are situated in the earliest established settlement of the Atacama people, blessed with clear,…

Location

Observatorio Etno-Astronomico Licanantay

Circunvalacion #41, Close to Valle de la Luna

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Suezzzzzzzzzz

Mar 6, 2024

Very good tour company - We had an audio tour at the meteor museum but unfortunately it was a very cloudy night and it was late by the time the clouds cleared enough for the star gazing. As we had been travelling all day we opted to defer the star gazing until another night. Unfortunately the next time we tried it was also very cloudy but the operator refunded the cost of the tour. I would definitely recommend this tour operator as they were very helpful.

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Navigate42414151973

Mar 5, 2024

Brilliant - The sky was full of stars, it was amazing. Excellent explanation. The snacks provided were excellent, very good food quality.

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Anaforattini

May 14, 2024

Sky with a thousand and one stars - A breathtaking sky! A thousand and one stelae, constellations, milky way... You can't take your eye off the sky. It's very beautiful. Furthermore, on the tour they provide resources for you to see with instruments - powerful telescopes - to see up close.

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Kara_s

Jan 25, 2024

Good tour but longer than required - Star guide was very knowledgeable and helpful at pointing out the stars. There was plenty opportunities to see through the telescopes and take some pictures. The pick up/collection was very disorganised and confusing. The tour should have the snacks during the star gazing as waiting until the end made the tour go on much longer than required especially so late at night

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Katherine_m

Feb 27, 2024

Explore other star tours first - Before arriving to San Pedro de Atacama, I was thoroughly excited about stargazing its night skies. Unfortunately, this tour didn’t live up to that expectation. The tour operator originally gave me a 30 minute window for hotel pickup, but it ended up being an hour of waiting for pick up. The tour operator only provided information about the delay once they had been contacted by my hostel. The tour is held in someone’s backyard. Even though there is a fence surrounding the backyard, it is right beside a road. Throughout the tour, multiple cars were driving by. Seeing their highlights certainly interfered with the “dark night” experience. We spent about more than half the tour listening to the guide speak, both in Spanish and English, about stars, constellations, and planets and then, pointing them out with his laser. There are two telescopes and we looked at about six stars and planets in total. The rest of the tour was spent taking individual and group photographs. There was a reception at the end of the tour, which actually was very lovely, where they offered drinks and snacks in a garden lit with lights and played music. The tour was advertised for 3 hours and I arrived back to my hostel around 2 and half hours later.

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Helenaw441

Feb 7, 2024

Absolutely fine - It was a nice tour but it was way too expensive for what you get. I appreciate anyone that can speak multiple languages but the guide’s English wasn’t quite good enough to understand the detail of what we were looking at. Looking through the telescopes was good & there was a nice atmosphere after stargazing for pisco sours and snacks. We haven’t yet received the pictures that were taken.

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T2506apkennethc

Jan 29, 2024

Late start, twice as long as needed, and not even close to spectacular. Star gazing is better in so many other places. - First, the bus came one hour after it was supposed to. Then, the tour was supposed to be for English speakers but a few people in the group spoke only Spanish so the guide had to repeat everything in both English and Spanish making an already late tour take twice as long. Last, the scenery wasn't anything special. I'd have thought it would be like an amazing show but the sky wasn't even as amazing as what I see on a clear night in Vermont. The guide was knowledgeable and the things I complain of above were not her fault.

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Glaciellena2020

Feb 28, 2024

CANCELLATION WITHOUT REFUND - The tour was canceled two days ago and I still haven't received a refund!!! Trouble finding other options so close to the date and making the amount available without having received it.

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Anyel2000

Feb 20, 2024

Terrible guides - The worst experience, beyond not being able to see the stars due to the weather, the two unprofessional guides... we started by seeing the moon and later Jupiter, the telescopes were out of calibration, they offered to take photos of the moon from our phones and everyone We stood in line when it was my turn, one of the guides started flirting with two tourists, having a long line to get photos of the moon, they just didn't care. They did not provide the corresponding snack and we had to wait 20-30 minutes for the transfer to take us back to the town, the guides at this place are totally ineffective.

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Jill_p

Feb 17, 2024

Disappointing - Cancelled one hour before the start time due to bad weather which I can understand, but would have thought they could have predicted this and given us more to make alternative arrangements for our evening.

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