7-day Tour In San Pedro De Atacama, Salta, Cafayate & The Calchaqui Valley
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6x Breakfast
6x Breakfast
Accommodation included: 7 nights
Accommodation included: 7 nights
6 nights of accommodation (3...
6 nights of accommodation (3 in San Pedro de Atacama, 2 in Salta, 1 in Cafayate)
Tours mentioned in the itinerary
Tours mentioned in the itinerary
Transfers mentioned in the itinerary
Transfers mentioned in the itinerary
Ticket air-conditioned Bus to Salta...
Ticket air-conditioned Bus to Salta (11/12hs duration)
Bilingual guides (English / Spanish)
Bilingual guides (English / Spanish)
Not included:
International and/or Domestic Flights
International and/or Domestic Flights
Gratuities
Gratuities
Unmentioned food and drink
Unmentioned food and drink
Hotel pick-up and drop-off in...
Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Moon Valley afternoon tour in San Pedro de Atacama
National Park Entrance Fees (Moon...
National Park Entrance Fees (Moon Valley CLP 3000, Tatio Geysers CLP 10.000)
Entry/Admission - Valle De La...
Entry/Admission - Valle De La Luna
Entry/Admission - Geyser del Tatio
Entry/Admission - Geyser del Tatio
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Itinerary
Day 1: Welcome to San Pedro de Atacama
Stop At: Airport El Loa Calama (CJC), Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
Upon arrival at El Loa Airport, located in Calama, you will have the transfer to your hotel (shared service).
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: San Pedro de Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region
Welcome to San Pedro de Atacama, the gateway to the orange-tinted sands of the notoriously driest desert in the world. In this village situated on a plateau between the mountains (at 2500 m.a.s.l.), adobe houses painted white, small restaurants in dirt streets adorned with lanterns, and snow-capped peaks watch over the village in the distance. Upon arrival, you will transfer to your hotel.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in San Pedro de Atacama
Day 2: San Pedro de Atacama: Moon Valley afternoon tour
Stop At: San Pedro de Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region
After a long journey and good rest, enjoy your first morning at leisure in San Pedro de Atacama and get ready for your afternoon visit.
Sugerences: Stroll through the handicraft market to see the exquisite ceramic pieces, a speciality of the Atacameรฑos.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Valle De La Luna, San Pedro de Atacama Chile
In the afternoon (at about 3:00 PM), you will visit a National Reserve located in one of the worldโs driest and most hostile zones of the world: The Atacama Desert (shared service). The world-famous Moon Valley houses a set of landscapes of incomparable beauty that resembles a fragment of the lunar landscape, to which it owes its name.
Once inside the reserve (entrance fee not included), visit the Salt Mountain Range and admire the landscape from different spots, to then immerse into the deepness of the Earth while visiting the salt caves. You will as well understand the delicacy of the clay while visiting โLas Tres Mariasโ, craved by nature and female guardians of this cosmic landscape. For the perfect closure, admire the dusk on the Kari Lookout or the Great Dune, majestic body of sand from where you will be able to see the Andes, Domeyko and the Salt Mountain Range.
**Note: This tour starts and ends at our local operatorโs office in the downtown area of San Pedro de Atacama
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in San Pedro de Atacama
Day 3: San Pedro de Atacama: Tatio Geiser and Machuca morning tour
Stop At: Geyser del Tatio, 174a Caracoles, San Pedro de Atacama 1410000 Chile
After an early morning pick-up at your hotel (shared service), experience one of the most astonishing phenomena produced by nature! Visit the beautiful geothermal field, a manifestation of the inner heat of the Earth and take the most amazing photographs walking across the trails. At dawn, with temperatures below zero, an impressive show may be appreciated, generated by the violent steam flows that rise up to 10 Mts. Soon after that, you will enjoy a picnic-style breakfast. You will also have the opportunity to swim in the Tatio spring waters, a natural thermal water pool rich in minerals! On your scenic drive back to San Pedro, you will also make a short stop at Machuca village and Putana River bofedal (wetlands).
**We recommend that you have your swimsuit on under the clothes and take a towel.
**Due to the altitude, it is not advisable to eat anything until you reach the Geysers.
Duration: 8 hours
Pass By: San Pedro de Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region
You will be dropped off at noon at San Pedro de Atacama downtown and you will have the rest of the day at leisure to have lunch, relax and if you like joining an afternoon excursion.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in San Pedro de Atacama
Day 4: From San Pedro de Atacama - travel to Argentina, Salta
Stop At: Terminal de Buses San Pedro de Atacama, Tumisa, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
Early in the morning, weโll take you to the bus station to board a public bus to Salta, Argentina.
Youโll cross the Andes Range through the โPaso de Jamaโ, one of the highest international passes in the world, and ride 200 km away (125 miles). The scenic route we take will be 12 hours in which youโll enjoy stunning Altiplano scenery.
It is important to point out that today you are leaving Chile and crossing an international border. Please, keep your passport handy!
Duration: 12 hours
Pass By: Salta, Salta, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina
Welcome to Salta La Linda! Upon arrival you will be driven to your hotel in private service.
Today, you will arrive late. But upon your return from Cafayate you will have time to enjoy the afternoon to explore the city. Salta is the selected jumping-off point for travelers seeking to explore the North of Argentina. From here, you can visit the most outstanding natural monuments of the area: the Humahuaca Gorge, or the Seven Colours Hill in Jujuy, a bordering province which is also famous worldwide.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in Salta
Day 5: Today it starts the adventure towards the Calchaqui Valleys
Stop At: Valles Calchaquies, Salta, Argentina
Itโs time to prepare your two-day bag and hit the road again to get to the jaw-dropping Calchaqui Valleys. Why do you have to take a Calchaqui Valley tour? Enthralling landscapes and the cultural diversity of its inhabitants are two good reasons! Little pre-Columbian villages spread all over the valley, with amazing gorges backdropped by multi-colored mountains.
Duration: 12 hours
Pass By: Quebrada del Escoipe, Ruta 33, Salta Argentina
You will leave Salta on a 12 hour excursion beginning with the Laures and Escoipe gorges. Weโll pick you up at your hotel and leave behind the Lerma Valley to visit Laures and Escoipe, the first two gorges of the day.
Pass By: los Cardones National Park, RN40, Payogasta, Salta, Argentina
The landscapes will still remain green, but colors will definitely change when we approach the Cuesta del Obispo, the windiest and most spectacular road of this area. Weโll climb up to 11000 feet highโGet prepared to see the world from above! This is the connective road to get to the high valleys, where the Calchaqui Valley wine region sits too.
Pass By: Cachi, Cachi, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina
Weโll see enormous cactus while passing through Los Cardones National Park on our way to Cachi, a famous village, where Spanish and native tradition combines to form the most beautiful architecture.
Pass By: Molinos, Salta, Argentina
In the afternoon, weโll hit the road again to continue exploring the valleys and get to the town of Molinos and Angastaco.
Pass By: Quebrada de Las Flechas - Angastaco, ruta 40 Km 1116 bajando de Cachi a Cafayate,Salta, Argentiina, Angastaco Argentina
The trip will continue visiting Las Flechas Gorge, a special rocky formation which creates a labyrinth of sharp high peaks. After going down its mysterious passages, weโll get to Cafayate where weโll spend the night.
Pass By: Cafayate, Cafayate, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina
Cafayate is one of the most popular destinations of the Calchaqui Valley wine region. Cafayate wine is renowned in Argentina, especially because of the star product of the region: the Torrontes Wine. Enjoy the end of the day in this picturesque town sipping on a sunset drink in the main square, or a Malbec ice cream from a traditional Gelato Shop. Since there are many surrounding wineries, we thought that a visit to one or two of them could be interesting for youโฆso weโve already scheduled it! According to weather and timetables, you will be able to take this memorable tour on your arrival day or the day after.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in Cafayate
Day 6: Calchaqui Valley Tour - The Devil Gorge
Stop At: Calchaqui Valleys, Salta Argentina
On the second day of this Calchaqui Valley adventure youโll leave Cafayate and be immersed directly into the forbidding universe of Las Conchas Gorge, where the erosion has carved mysterious red shapes into the rocks.
Duration: 12 hours
Pass By: Quebrada del Rio de las Conchas, Ruta Nacional 68, Cafayate Argentina
Get prepared to visit this Natural Reserve for about 5 hours, to enjoy the views of its colorful hills while you go down its red-tinted promontories and discover the most particular rocky highlights: the Frog, the Obelisk and the Castles.
The highlight of the day will be the Amphitheater and the famous Devilโs Throat. The amphitheater is a natural semicircular formation (65 feet), and is home to intimate concerts performed by local artists. Get inside and check the amazing acoustics by singing your favorite tune! Nearby, the Devilโs Throat will await, right at the end of Las Conchas Gorge. Going down this particular rocky formation, youโll feel right in the belly of a giant!
Pass By: Salta, Salta, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina
At the end of the day, weโll take you back to Salta. Enjoy the evening going to a peรฑa to mingle with locals and eat the empanada salteรฑa, a special variation of this popular Argentine dish.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in Salta
Day 7: Salta, end of your Adventure!
Pass By: Martรญn Miguel de Gรผemes International Airport, RN51 Km 5, A4400 Salta, Argentina
At the appropriate time, you will be driven in private service from hotel to the airport.
**Notes: Schedules and the order of the visited attractions are estimated and may vary due to conditions of an operational nature such as bad weather, traffic, etc.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Not included
Day 1: Welcome to San Pedro de Atacama
Stop At: Airport El Loa Calama (CJC), Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
Upon arrival at El Loa Airport, located in Calama, you will have the transfer to your hotel (shared service).
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: San Pedro de Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region
Welcome to San Pedro de Atacama, the gateway to the orange-tinted sands of the notoriously driest desert in the world. In this village situated on a plateau between the mountains (at 2500 m.a.s.l.), adobe houses painted white, small restaurants in dirt streets adorned with lanterns, and snow-capped peaks watch over the village in the distance. Upon arrival, you will transfer to your hotel.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in San Pedro de Atacama
Day 2: San Pedro de Atacama: Moon Valley afternoon tour
Stop At: San Pedro de Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region
After a long journey and good rest, enjoy your first morning at leisure in San Pedro de Atacama and get ready for your afternoon visit.
Sugerences: Stroll through the handicraft market to see the exquisite ceramic pieces, a speciality of the Atacameรฑos.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Valle De La Luna, San Pedro de Atacama Chile
In the afternoon (at about 3:00 PM), you will visit a National Reserve located in one of the worldโs driest and most hostile zones of the world: The Atacama Desert (shared service). The world-famous Moon Valley houses a set of landscapes of incomparable beauty that resembles a fragment of the lunar landscape, to which it owes its name.
Once inside the reserve (entrance fee not included), visit the Salt Mountain Range and admire the landscape from different spots, to then immerse into the deepness of the Earth while visiting the salt caves. You will as well understand the delicacy of the clay while visiting โLas Tres Mariasโ, craved by nature and female guardians of this cosmic landscape. For the perfect closure, admire the dusk on the Kari Lookout or the Great Dune, majestic body of sand from where you will be able to see the Andes, Domeyko and the Salt Mountain Range.
**Note: This tour starts and ends at our local operatorโs office in the downtown area of San Pedro de Atacama
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in San Pedro de Atacama
Day 3: San Pedro de Atacama: Tatio Geiser and Machuca morning tour
Stop At: Geyser del Tatio, 174a Caracoles, San Pedro de Atacama 1410000 Chile
After an early morning pick-up at your hotel (shared service), experience one of the most astonishing phenomena produced by nature! Visit the beautiful geothermal field, a manifestation of the inner heat of the Earth and take the most amazing photographs walking across the trails. At dawn, with temperatures below zero, an impressive show may be appreciated, generated by the violent steam flows that rise up to 10 Mts. Soon after that, you will enjoy a picnic-style breakfast. You will also have the opportunity to swim in the Tatio spring waters, a natural thermal water pool rich in minerals! On your scenic drive back to San Pedro, you will also make a short stop at Machuca village and Putana River bofedal (wetlands).
**We recommend that you have your swimsuit on under the clothes and take a towel.
**Due to the altitude, it is not advisable to eat anything until you reach the Geysers.
Duration: 8 hours
Pass By: San Pedro de Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region
You will be dropped off at noon at San Pedro de Atacama downtown and you will have the rest of the day at leisure to have lunch, relax and if you like joining an afternoon excursion.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in San Pedro de Atacama
Day 4: From San Pedro de Atacama - travel to Argentina, Salta
Stop At: Terminal de Buses San Pedro de Atacama, Tumisa, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
Early in the morning, weโll take you to the bus station to board a public bus to Salta, Argentina.
Youโll cross the Andes Range through the โPaso de Jamaโ, one of the highest international passes in the world, and ride 200 km away (125 miles). The scenic route we take will be 12 hours in which youโll enjoy stunning Altiplano scenery.
It is important to point out that today you are leaving Chile and crossing an international border. Please, keep your passport handy!
Duration: 12 hours
Pass By: Salta, Salta, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina
Welcome to Salta La Linda! Upon arrival you will be driven to your hotel in private service.
Today, you will arrive late. But upon your return from Cafayate you will have time to enjoy the afternoon to explore the city. Salta is the selected jumping-off point for travelers seeking to explore the North of Argentina. From here, you can visit the most outstanding natural monuments of the area: the Humahuaca Gorge, or the Seven Colours Hill in Jujuy, a bordering province which is also famous worldwide.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in Salta
Day 5: Today it starts the adventure towards the Calchaqui Valleys
Stop At: Valles Calchaquies, Salta, Argentina
Itโs time to prepare your two-day bag and hit the road again to get to the jaw-dropping Calchaqui Valleys. Why do you have to take a Calchaqui Valley tour? Enthralling landscapes and the cultural diversity of its inhabitants are two good reasons! Little pre-Columbian villages spread all over the valley, with amazing gorges backdropped by multi-colored mountains.
Duration: 12 hours
Pass By: Quebrada del Escoipe, Ruta 33, Salta Argentina
You will leave Salta on a 12 hour excursion beginning with the Laures and Escoipe gorges. Weโll pick you up at your hotel and leave behind the Lerma Valley to visit Laures and Escoipe, the first two gorges of the day.
Pass By: los Cardones National Park, RN40, Payogasta, Salta, Argentina
The landscapes will still remain green, but colors will definitely change when we approach the Cuesta del Obispo, the windiest and most spectacular road of this area. Weโll climb up to 11000 feet highโGet prepared to see the world from above! This is the connective road to get to the high valleys, where the Calchaqui Valley wine region sits too.
Pass By: Cachi, Cachi, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina
Weโll see enormous cactus while passing through Los Cardones National Park on our way to Cachi, a famous village, where Spanish and native tradition combines to form the most beautiful architecture.
Pass By: Molinos, Salta, Argentina
In the afternoon, weโll hit the road again to continue exploring the valleys and get to the town of Molinos and Angastaco.
Pass By: Quebrada de Las Flechas - Angastaco, ruta 40 Km 1116 bajando de Cachi a Cafayate,Salta, Argentiina, Angastaco Argentina
The trip will continue visiting Las Flechas Gorge, a special rocky formation which creates a labyrinth of sharp high peaks. After going down its mysterious passages, weโll get to Cafayate where weโll spend the night.
Pass By: Cafayate, Cafayate, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina
Cafayate is one of the most popular destinations of the Calchaqui Valley wine region. Cafayate wine is renowned in Argentina, especially because of the star product of the region: the Torrontes Wine. Enjoy the end of the day in this picturesque town sipping on a sunset drink in the main square, or a Malbec ice cream from a traditional Gelato Shop. Since there are many surrounding wineries, we thought that a visit to one or two of them could be interesting for youโฆso weโve already scheduled it! According to weather and timetables, you will be able to take this memorable tour on your arrival day or the day after.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in Cafayate
Day 6: Calchaqui Valley Tour - The Devil Gorge
Stop At: Calchaqui Valleys, Salta Argentina
On the second day of this Calchaqui Valley adventure youโll leave Cafayate and be immersed directly into the forbidding universe of Las Conchas Gorge, where the erosion has carved mysterious red shapes into the rocks.
Duration: 12 hours
Pass By: Quebrada del Rio de las Conchas, Ruta Nacional 68, Cafayate Argentina
Get prepared to visit this Natural Reserve for about 5 hours, to enjoy the views of its colorful hills while you go down its red-tinted promontories and discover the most particular rocky highlights: the Frog, the Obelisk and the Castles.
The highlight of the day will be the Amphitheater and the famous Devilโs Throat. The amphitheater is a natural semicircular formation (65 feet), and is home to intimate concerts performed by local artists. Get inside and check the amazing acoustics by singing your favorite tune! Nearby, the Devilโs Throat will await, right at the end of Las Conchas Gorge. Going down this particular rocky formation, youโll feel right in the belly of a giant!
Pass By: Salta, Salta, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina
At the end of the day, weโll take you back to Salta. Enjoy the evening going to a peรฑa to mingle with locals and eat the empanada salteรฑa, a special variation of this popular Argentine dish.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a hotel of your chosen category in Salta
Day 7: Salta, end of your Adventure!
Pass By: Martรญn Miguel de Gรผemes International Airport, RN51 Km 5, A4400 Salta, Argentina
At the appropriate time, you will be driven in private service from hotel to the airport.
**Notes: Schedules and the order of the visited attractions are estimated and may vary due to conditions of an operational nature such as bad weather, traffic, etc.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Not included
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