The Chilean oasis village of San Pedro de Atacama is located in the highlands of the Atacama Desert. San Pedro de Atacama is a village that has existed since before the Inca era when it was occupied by the Atacama people who developed an advanced civilization there, producing ceramics and distinctive basketry.

Deserted landscapes around San Pedro de Atacama

Today the number of tourists in the streets of San Pedro de Atacama far exceeds the number of locals. San Pedro is very popular with tourists from Europe. The village is the starting point for expeditions to the Andes, the Atacama Salar, the geysers of El Tatio, the village of Tocoano and the Moon Valley.

Departing from San Pedro de Atacama

San Pedro de Atacama and its surroundings offer the visitor a very varied range of places that have a high tourist interest. Everyone will find what suits their tastes. However, there are main and secondary roads well defined on all the road maps of the area, used daily for economic activities, both tourist and mining.

Among the many possible routes and visits from San Pedro de Atacama, one of them can take you to one of the jewels of our planet: the Sud Lipez desert in Bolivia.

Warning: the roads are in poor condition and very poorly signposted, plus the altitude is over 4,000 m. At certain times of the year, due to the rains, the rivers overflow, temporarily preventing you from using these paths. However, it’s the most impressive and sought-after tourist route by tourists on the Bolivian Altiplano to discover landscapes with incredible colors, strange rock formations, thousands of flamencos and above all, the visit to the largest salt flat in the world: Salar de Uyuni.

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