Your Travel Experience with chilepro
Salar de Atacama salt flat and highlands
The tour begins in the morning with the departure from your hotel to the highland lagoons and the Piedras Rojas. To reach the Piedras Rojas lagoon or the salt lake of Aguas Calientes, we drive our vehicle to an altitude of 3800 meters and take a walk of about an hour to admire the copper-colored rocks and the surrounding lagoons and salt lakes. surrounding lagoons and salt lakes. We then continue to the highland lagoons of Miscanti and Miñiques, where you will learn more about the flora and fauna of this region. Another highlight is a stop at the Chaxa lagoon, where you can observe flamingos. On the way back we pass Socaire and Trópico de Capricórnio, where we will stop for a short photo stop. The “Trópico de Capricórnio” or “Tropic of Capricorn” is a circle of latitude in the Atacama Desert that marks the southern limit of the tropics. Finally, we return to San Pedro de Atacama.