Geysers, salt flats and Martian landscapes at 2,400 m. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival in Santiago → San Pedro; Valley of the Moon; El Tatio geysers; Salar de Atacama & altiplano lagoons.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Arrival in Santiago → San Pedro
07:00 — Arrival in Santiago
10:00 — Connection → Calama (2h)
13:00 — Shuttle Calama → San Pedro de Atacama (1h30) — Calama → San Pedro
15:00 — Hotel check-in — San Pedro de Atacama
Walk to dinner — San Pedro de Atacama → San Pedro
20:00 — Dinner — San Pedro
Day 2 — Valley of the Moon
10:00 — Acclimatisation & a stroll around the village — San Pedro
13:00 — Lunch — San Pedro
Drive to the Valley of the Moon — San Pedro → Valle de la Luna
16:30 — Valley of the Moon (Valle de la Luna) — Valle de la Luna
Drive back to San Pedro — Valle de la Luna → San Pedro
20:00 — Dinner — San Pedro
Day 3 — El Tatio geysers
04:30 — El Tatio geysers excursion — El Tatio
08:00 — Hot picnic lunch — El Tatio
Drive to Machuca — El Tatio → Machuca
10:30 — Machuca village — Machuca
13:00 — Back to San Pedro — El Tatio → San Pedro
20:00 — Dinner — San Pedro
Day 4 — Salar de Atacama & altiplano lagoons
09:00 — Salar de Atacama — Salar de Atacama
13:00 — Lunch — Salar de Atacama
Drive to the lagoons — Salar de Atacama → Miscanti
15:00 — Miscanti and Miñiques lagoons — Miscanti
Drive back to San Pedro — Miscanti → San Pedro
20:00 — Dinner — San Pedro
Day 5 — Rainbow Valley & stargazing
09:00 — Rainbow Valley & Yerbas Buenas petroglyphs — Valle Arcoíris
13:30 — Picnic lunch — Valle Arcoíris
Drive back to San Pedro — Valle Arcoíris → San Pedro
21:00 — Stargazing — San Pedro
19:00 — Dinner — San Pedro
Day 6 — San Pedro → Calama → Santiago → departure
09:00 — Shuttle San Pedro → Calama — San Pedro → Calama