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10 Days / 9 Nights
Salta y Jujuy - Atacama - Uyuni
USD 2495
We will find the possibility of traveling between salt flats, the main ones in South America. We will combine this trip with unique accommodation experiences in luxurious and unusual places to experience nature in all its splendor.
Upon arrival at the airport, a driver will pick you up and will transfer you to your accommodation.
From south to north, the Quebrada de Humahuaca begins in Volcán, where the mountains abruptly abandon their greenery and give way to ochre and brown mountain ranges. Following the course of the Río Grande, we arrive at the town of Tumbaya, home to its beautiful church built in 1796. Taking a detour along National Route No. 52, we enter Purmamarca, a town of legends and singers, which has a church dedicated to Saint Rose of Lima dating back to 1648.
The town of Purmamarca was built at the foot of the internationally renowned “Hill of Seven Colors.” The journey continues through Tilcara. Further north, after passing through Huacalera and the Tropic of Capricorn, we reach Uquía, whose church holds one of the most important collections of the famous “Arquebusier Angels,” emblematic examples of Cusco painting.
The city of Humahuaca, the very heart of the Quebrada, awaits visitors with an abundance of natural, historical, and cultural attractions.
We start the day with our journey to the first ”Salt Flat”, the great Salinas Grandes. We will arrive here crossing the Cuesta de Lipan, A winding mountain road that separates Purmamarca from the Salinas Grandes and ascends at its highest point to 4170 meters above sea level. It is convenient to stop at some viewpoints to observe the tortuous path of the route and how it ascends and descends. Once we arrive we will go to our Luxury Pristine Camp.
Enjoy the day!
Do some activities with the guides in the Camp, like hiking, see the stars at night, navigate this amazing place!
Start the day early in the morning to return with our local guide-driver and cross to Chile. After some hours of journey we will arrive in San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. Its spectacular surrounding landscape includes desert, salt flats, volcanoes, geysers and hot springs. Valle de la Luna in Los Flamencos National Reserve is a moon-like depression with unusual rock formations, a massive sand dune, and pink-spotted mountains.
On this day you will visit the impressive Atacama Salt Flats, Jerez Valley, Chaxa Lagoon and Toconao, a town built from volcanic rock.
On this tour we visit the Atacama Salt Flats, where the Los Flamencos Natural Reserve is located, a surprisingly large and arid landscape stretching 100 km from north to south. You can also marvel at the amazing Chaxa Lagoon, a spectacularly beautiful setting, which is split into various clear water lagoons, inhabited by both Andean and James flamingos. We then head to Toconao, a traditionally colonial-style village, famous for the bell tower of the San Lucas church, which has been declared as a National Monument. Agriculture and crafts are the principal source of income for its inhabitants who offer proudly crafted gifts made from volcanic rock.
We will travel towards the High Andean plains early in the morning and after an almost 2-hour ride we will reach one of the most important geothermal fields in the world, the “Tatio Geysers”. We will learn about different geothermal manifestations and see the geysers located at the highest altitude in the world, 4,320 meters (14,173 feet) above sea level. Surrounded by spurts of water and vapor, we will enjoy the beauty of the Andes in its natural scenery. We will then visit “Pozón Rústico”, where you will delight in the thermal waters the mountain range provides for us. Taking the road back to San Pedro de Atacama, you will see the beautiful landscape, as well as native plants and wildlife, such as the Andean Feather Grass, the “Tolares” (shrublands), and the Vicuñas. We will also observe different bird species at the Putana bog, such as the Giant Coot, the Andean Goose, and the Crested Duck.
We will continue our journey accompanied at all times by the majestic Andes Mountains, until finally coming to a stop at the Machuca village, an ancient place of llama herders and extraction of llareta (a compact plant) and sulfur. This town with houses built with adobe, straw and cactus wood is nowadays focused on tourism, offering local products such as Andean handicrafts, male llama meat, sopaipillas (fried bread) and empanadas (filled turnovers). Every year, on July 25, the village celebrates Saint James, its patron, which is also the name of the church that dates from the XVIII and is a symbol of the High Andes in this region.
Departure from San Pedro de Atacama and we will be transferred to Hito Cajón Border Crossing.
Pick up from Hito Cajon border and departure to the first attraction the Green Lagoon, a small iconic lagoon that tends to have a very green emerald color due to the microorganisms that compose it; it is natural boundary between Bolivia and Chile from there you can see the Licancabur volcano, very close to these you will reach the Polques Hot Springs, which are also a product of the volcanic activity of the region, high in medicinal minerals. The next attraction is the particular Red Lagoon, unique for its abundance of algae and plankton, which give it its color and have it populated with flamingos, including the James flamingo that was thought to be extinct. Picnic lunch on route.
Continuing with the journey, you visit the Stone Tree, a natural sculpture sculpted by wind erosion over thousands of years. As the last attraction of the day, you will visit the Siloli Desert, one of the driest deserts in the world characterized by having rock formations in the middle of the changing dunes and the gateway to the Eduardo Avaroa Reserve, the most visited national park in Bolivia.
Transfer to the rustic lodge.
Breakfast and departure to the Small Lagoons or Andean Jewels, a set of lagoons characterized by each being particular to the other in its color, smell and chemical compounds that make them so particular within this biodiversity. After that you visit the Ollague Volcano Viewpoint to contemplate a dark stone and very particular volcanic rocks in a totally desert landscape.
Lunch picnic on route.
Continuing with the journey you visit the awesome Rock Valley, stones with more than 8 meters high forming a natural sculpture in the middle of the imposing high plateau, next visit the Authentic Towns of Lipez: San Cristobal, known for be a mine center village from the colony age; Culpina K, iconic region of the cultivation of the golden grain of royal quinoa. The last visit in the day is the Train Cemetery, an abandoned railway complex from the 19th century.
Transfer to the Salt Hotel in Colchani.
Breakfast and departure to the Colchani village, a small local center of salt factories where handcrafted processes are possible to observe.
Drive into the Uyuni Salt Flats, the largest and highest in the world. It resembles an impressive, overwhelming and solitary white ocean in which below the surface is largely saturated by water creating the eyes of salt, interesting underground water exits; visit the salt polygons, geometric shapes on the surface and the salt mounds, signs of the daily mineral extraction. Picnic lunch in the middle of the salt flats.
Continuing onward, visit to the largest island in this ecosystem, Incahuasi, populated with giant cacti species that measure up to 40 feet in height, providing impressive contrast and panorama of the place.
Transfer to the airport in Uyuni city.
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