Atacama Desert, Chile
Chile’s Tourism Board just proudly announced that Chile’s Atacama Desert was proclaimed one of the best places to travel in 2017 by the New York Times:
“The Atacama Desert was recently reviewed in The New York Times under the headline ‘New ways to explore the world´s highest desert’, highlighting it as one of the 52 getaways you can´t miss this year 2017. Prepared annually for the travel section of the New York Times, the Atacama Desert was ranked second this year, making it a highly visible and anticipated destination in the world of tourism.
The list, which Canada tops at #1, highlights the Atacama desert and its clear skies. Unique in the entire world, these crystal-clear skies allow easy gazing at the stars—besides providing a great attraction for adventure lovers. Landscapes of dunes sculpted by wind and kaleidoscopic lakes of salt amaze even more from above, in a hot air balloon tour. The excursion is offered regularly since August 2016.
Atacama Desert, Chile
The Atacama Desert is one of the destinations attracting the greatest numbers of tourists to Chile. It is considered to be one of the driest deserts on the planet and provides an authentic natural experience where you can enjoy more than 375 attractions, among them including the Atacama Salt Flat and the El Tatio Geisers.
Atacama Desert, Chile
From Death Valley you can see the most remarkable parts of the Salt Mountain Range, which has been sighted as a point of interest by not only NASA but the film industry as well. In recent years several movies and television series have been filmed there including the Motorcycle Diaries (2004), based on the travel journals of Che Guevara; and Quantum of Solace (2008), from the James Bond series.”
Atacama Desert, Chile
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4-Day San Pedro de Atacama, Geysers, and Salt Flats
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Your friendly Chile expert,
Gretchen