
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