The Moon and Death Valleys

Highlights:

• The Atacama Desert
• The Moon and Death Valleys

Description:

Depart from your Hotel in San Pedro of Atacama and head to the Cordillera de la Sal (Salt Mountain Range), very rich in minerals.  Arrive at Valle de la Muerte (Death Valley), a mountainous and sandy site with a particular geographical beauty.  Its salt formations look like sculptures and works of art.

Continue on to Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley), a small depression of saline ground, containing a number of small, sharp-crested hills where once there used to be a lake. This unique place is famous for its natural mineral sculptures, one of them the Las Tres Marías formed by wind erosion. It truly resembles a lunar setting.  There also are caves and mineral deposits of a stone very similar to quartz.  End your tour by admiring the sunset from the La Gran Duna (The Great Dune) with its majestic display of colors.