Natural features

Atacama Desert and San Pedro

Chile Antofagasta

Atacama Desert and San Pedro
Photo: Pierre cb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The driest non-polar desert in the world. From San Pedro de Atacama, visit the Valle de la Luna at sunset, the El Tatio geysers at dawn, flamingos at the salt lagoons, and float in the Laguna Cejar.


It's one of the best places on earth for stargazing. Take time to adjust to the altitude.

Comments

No comments yet.

More tips nearby

All tips for Chile
Natural features

Elqui Valley

Vicuña, Coquimbo

A green valley of vineyards making pisco, beneath dry mountains, with some of the clearest skies in the world.

Historic sites

Valparaíso

Valparaíso

A colourful port city built on steep hills, a UNESCO site, with street art, old funicular lifts, and Pablo Neruda's house, La Sebastiana.

Attractions

Santiago and Cerro San Cristóbal

Santiago, Región Metropolitana de Santiago

Chile's capital, with the Andes behind. Ride the funicular up Cerro San Cristóbal for views, visit the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, La Chascon…

Tours and activities

Pucón and Villarrica Volcano

Pucón, La Araucanía

A lakeside adventure town beneath the snow-capped, active Villarrica volcano.

Natural features

Cochamó Valley

Cochamó, Los Lagos

Often called the Yosemite of South America: a valley of temperate rainforest, rivers and huge granite domes in northern Patagonia.

Historic sites

Chiloé Island churches

Castro, Los Lagos

A misty island with colourful wooden churches built by Jesuits, 16 of them UNESCO-listed, and palafitos, houses on stilts over the water in Castro.