Pacific Coast + Pedernales + Andes Brava

Excursion description

The recommendation to make the best use of your time is to start this program upon arrival at the airport the day before the start of the excursions, this at the Atacama Desert Airport, in the Atacama Region. A flight that arrives during PM is recommended to go directly to the cabin on the Bahía Inglesa beach where you will stay the first night.

On day 1 of the program we will visit Los Dedos Paleontological Park, to see an open museum that shows countless animal fossils, mollusks, etc. that lived millions of years ago (many of them already extinct), in addition to geological strata that show 8 million years ago how that coastal area was formed, and then heading north along the coast until reaching the “Orbicular Granite” Nature Sanctuary, knowing the amazing orbicular rocks whose extraordinary presence accounts for rare plutonic rocks, producing rocks of unparalleled beauty, and then continuing towards Las Lizas Petroglyphs and their ancient records of marine beings, including large tunas and whales, to finish tasting the local coastal cuisine of the fishermen of the Pan de Azúcar National Park.

Later, after recharging our energies, we will say goodbye to the northern coast to head towards the Domeyko Mountain Range until we reach Diego de Almagro where we will stay to continue the next day inland until we reach the heart of the Andes Mountains, enjoying the overwhelming beauty of the Piedra Parada Salt Flat, the Jilguero and Bayo Lagoons, until reaching the Bravas Lagoons, places not only with an overwhelming beauty of landscape, but also "virgin", still free from mass tourism, which the inhabitants appreciate of the area, especially the 3 species of flamingos that inhabit our Andes and that on this trip are possible to observe in their daily routine.

After a restorative lunch in a natural habitat, we will spend the afternoon in the heart of the Pedernales Salt Flat where there are saline lagoons of intense turquoise and emerald color, where we can take an unforgettable swim where it is possible to float without any effort. After that unforgettable experience, we will go directly to the Nevado Tres Cruces National Park until we reach Santa Rosa Lagoon, where we will stay in a private refuge for the next day, after soaking up the place by touring the park and doing high-altitude trekking, continue until Laguna Verde, soul of the local Andes surrounded by the Atacama giants, the highest volcanoes on the planet among which the Ojos del Salado stands out, the highest of all, and then return directly to the airport for the return flight, or or to the Bahía Inglesa beach to spend the last night (this night is not included in the program, but it is recommended to include it to enjoy the return in a more relaxed way)