Desert Highlands Tour: Scenic Landscapes and Wildlife

This tour takes us to see many of the landscapes of the desert highlands. It is a tour with very beautiful landscapes that look like paintings. The tour goes from 2000 meters high to 4500 meters so the landscapes and vegetation change. A tour full of mountains, flamingos, vicuñas and very beautiful places.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Laguna Chaxa - We are going to see a beautiful landscape in the Chaxa lagoon, within the second largest salt flat in the world.
  • Reserva Nacional de Flamencos - We will visit three types of flamingos, within the Atacama salt flat, admission is included in the price
  • Tropico de Capricornio - The Tropic of Capricorn is also an old caravan…
What's Included
  • Park tickets
Location
Laguna Chaxa
Reserna Nacional los Flamencos
Cancellation Policy

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

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Giselele7869rx
Dec 17, 2024
Amazing Places - It was amazing!!!! Wonderful places where we could take several photos. Our guide, sir. Rafael was very generous, explained everything about the locations always with kindness and care. Unforgettable.
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H2966yccamilam
Dec 6, 2024
Excellent! - We did the tours for the Moon Valley, puritama baths, full day red stones and the geysers, and it really was way over the top. David from the beginning was very attentive to us and gave us enough information that we decided to stay with the agency, besides that among the quotes we made was the cheapest. The guides were 10/10, highlighting Alberto, who gave us information of each place, very close and friendly. Grateful for everyone in general, for the food and care provided ❤️
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Josetomasf2020
Dec 5, 2024
Very good service - Super friendly, helpful guides and good disposition for every query one made to them.punctuality and good times on each excursion. Alberto and Bethlehem guides a 10 out of 10
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Andyf430
Nov 22, 2024
Beautiful But Severe - This lagoon is set amongst some of the largest salt flats in the world. The landscape is white, rough and arid, with nothing apparently growing there. The big attraction here, apart from the moon-like white cratered ground, is the flamingoes which feed in large numbers in the lagoon. From the entry site (tickets, toilets, car park) there is a longer walk through the landscape (about 30-40 minutes) or a shorter straight path (about 15-20 minutes) to where the flamingoes can be seen quite close up. Amazing place.
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Kathleen_r
Nov 5, 2024
Scenes from another planet with a great group and guide - We had a great day out of San Pedro on this tour. It was a long day but worth the 10 hours. We saw so many different desert landscapes. The red rocks at one of the lakes were a little difficult for us to negotiate, and the walk was long, but we made it and the guide, Hann, and other people from our tour were understanding when we were a little slower. The flamingos were amazing to see in “person.” We really enjoyed visiting with the other people on our bus. The only problem we had was with communication from the tour organizer about the start time. Our ticket, which we had printed out at home, said 7 AM so we assumed our pick up would be anytime after seven. The trip organizer changed the time but communicated it pretty late on the evening before and we did not realize that the time had changed until 5:30 in the morning when we found out that pick ups were starting at 6 am not 7 due to holiday travelers making everything slower in San Pedro . This holiday could have been predicted since it was November 2. We were pretty stressed by the time we got on the van and the other travelers had every right to be annoyed with our lateness. They were nice about it when they found out what our ticket said. Anyway, all was forgotten by the end of the long day. We especially enjoyed trying to communicate with some of the Spanish speakers over lunch. It was a very nice group of people. We would suggest that Viator emphasize that communication will be by WhatsApp and that travelers should make sure to be checking WhatsApp regularly.
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Joanne_r
Oct 27, 2024
Great tour - Great tour seeing lots of sights. It is a long day (7am to 5pm) but you get to see lots. Would’ve liked a little longer at Laguna Chaxa but a great tour to do in San Pedro de Atacama and nice that the tour included all of the entrance fees for ease.
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Dayaredr2023
Sep 21, 2024
"Red" long stones(an extensive tour they must live) - Top-rated tour I ever took with the agency. It was the one with red stones!. Family atmosphere, good vibe, the "Valentine" Guide the best of the 5 tours, he made and I create all that mystical atmosphere and too interesting. Always attentive to any symptoms for the heights, the whole tour was enjoyed thanks to what they allowed it over the limited time that usually have the stops of each place... So it was a great experience. Beautiful places, interesting stories. I only had one drawback with the order or rather the information of the first day about the times at which you are passing by to look for your accommodation. But the second day they've already worked everything out.
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P7336kjgabrielag
Sep 19, 2024
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - I highlight the good organization, good driver and impeccable vehicle, excellent Guide knowledgeable of your territory, very good breakfast and lunch.
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561mateuss
Sep 6, 2024
Very positive experience with the Alvoro air shock - Wonderful place. I took the tour with Alvoro Chocobar who was the driver and Guide. I sincerely went with little expectations because I don’t like when the driver does double roles, but this time I was surprised. Alvoro was a great driver, great Guide, presented the group with many curiosities (he used a microphone when in the car). He has been very careful with tourists and has a vast knowledge of Atacama. I'd like more guides like him. Note 10. It was my second visit to the park and this time the aggregate knowledge was very great.
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Michelleds4299ub
Jul 29, 2024
Destinations are ✨🤩 spectacular Super recommended! We did the tour to the Valley of the Moon, Red Stones and Ace - Destinations are ✨🤩 spectacular Super recommended! We did the tour to the Valley of the Moon, Red Stones and Astro tour, everything was perfect with the Molantur Agency 100% recommended
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