CHILE - Atacama
Chile’s dry, open desert landscape characterises the north of the country. The Atacama desert is the driest desert on earth and dates back to almost 30 million years ago when volcanic erruption and lengthy wind erosion led to the creation of the desert in its present form. Occupying 105,000km2/40,600m2 of land in Chile, the vast desert runs 1000km/600m up through Northern Chilean terrain to the border with Bolivia, Peru and Northern Argentina. Much of the desert consists of salt flats and sand, interspersed with lagoons, hot springs, dunes and rock formations. Volcanoes line the horizon as do the Andes mountains running down the continent's spine.
BEST TIME to VISIT ATACAMA
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to CHILE
From November to March
Machuca village - church
The Chilean Inca trail (El Camino del Inca en Chile) is a local and popular term for the various branches of the Qhapak Ñan (the Inca road system) in Chile and its associated Inca archaeological sites.
Geyser
Volcano
Flying flamingo
drive off road in a fantastic landscape
San Pedro de Atacama - Church
Toconao village - church
Toconao - church - get inside
Traditional houses are made of adobe
Rocky Landscape
Salar de Tara
Rock - "the Indian"
Nice to meet you - Donkeys returned to wild with the arrival of cars and trucks
Vicunas
Flamingos
Altitude 4685 meters
landscape
guanacos
Flamingo
Rocky landscape
Laguna - Flamingos
rocks
Landscape with a salar
Vicuna
Salar - Salt flats - detail
Geyser - El Tatio - early morning
Geyser - El Tatio
Geyser - El Tatio - early morning
El Tatio - Geysers
Salt Flats - Salar Aguas Calientes
Salt Flats - Salar Aguas Calientes
Salt Flats - Salar Aguas Calientes
Salt Flats - Salar Aguas Calientes
Red Rocks
Salar de Tara
Vicunas
Vicunas
Vicunas
Flamingos
red landscape