San Pedro de Atacama: 4-Day Magic Desert Adventure

San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

4 days (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

This 4-day tour of the Atacama Desert takes the planning and guesswork out of exploring the region’s highlights. Your guide accompanies you to the otherworldly landscape and salt caves at Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley), vibrantly colored red rock formations Chaxa Lagoon, and off-the-beaten-track sites that you might miss on your own. All transportation is included with daily hotel pickup and drop-off, so you can choose your own accommodation and meals to suit your tastes.

4-day Atacama Desert tour from San Pedro de Atacama
Visit key sites such as Chaxa Lagoon, Salar de Atacama, and more
Make your way to regional highlights with included transit
Choose your own hotel and keep your evenings free with daytime sightseeing

What's Included

Local guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off (only from centrally located hotels in San pedro de Atacama to Geyser del Tatio, Piedras Rojas and transfer out)
Transport by air-conditioned minivan

Food and drinks, unless specified
Gratuities
Admission Fee - Piedras Rojas

CLP5,500.00 per person
Admission Fee - Valle De La Luna

CLP4,000.00 per person
Admission Fee - Salar de Atacama

CLP17,000.00 per person
Admission Fee - Geyser del Tatio

CLP10,000.00 per person

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Arranged start time

Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.

01/02/2021 - 08/29/2027
Monday - Sunday : 4:00 AM - 11:00 PM

Itinerary

Avenida Aeropuerto

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Valle De La Luna

4 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Piedras Rojas

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Salar de Atacama

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Geyser del Tatio

3 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Parque El Loa (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Please send your Flight details (nr of flight, time of arrival and date) to program the pick up transfer to your hotel.
Is important you send us the full passport information of each traveller at least 1 week before start the service.
Please send your hotel information, in you are in a Hotel outside the pick up zone we will give you the meeting point in the suplier office, centrally located.
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers

No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Not recommended for children under 7 years
Not recommended for people over 75
The entraces are not included for any service. Those are the referential prices: • Valle de la luna park clp $ 4.000 per person • Lagunas Altiplanicas and Salar de Atacama clp$ 5.500 per person. • Laguna Cejar : clp$ 17.000 per person. • Geyser del Tatio park: clp$ 10.000 per person. Those must be payed by each passenger when they arrive to the park and only with cash and chilean pesos.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

3.8

based on 12 reviews

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False advertisement and VERY poor operation.

weidong_p, Aug 2023

It is advertised as a 4-day tour. We expected a full 3-day adventure plus the last day to be transferred to the airport. In reality, this is what we got: Day 1 Morning: Nothing arranged. Day 1 PM: Scheduled to be picked up at 1:30 pm for Cejar Lagoon but the tour guide showed up 1 hour and 15 minutes late Day 2: Full day activity Day 3 Morning: Ruta de los Salares but we were not given pick-up time in advance. So, when the tour guide showed up we were still in bed. Day 3 afternoon: Nothing arranged. So in reality, we got 1 full day and 2 half-day activities instead of 3 days of activities. The way they communicated gave me the impression they wanted to avoid communicating with us as much as possible. No Whatsapp account (at least they did not give it to us when I asked for it). When dialing the listed phone number, an outgoing message in Spanish would be played and then hung up. No chance to speak to anyone or leave a message. I had my hotel front desk people help me dial all of their listed numbers and got the same.

Once in a life time experience in Atacama

Shai_D, May 2023

In 4 days we were exposed to many adventures and different sceneries. The pick ups were from our hotel drop off in the town centre. The tour guides were excellent. Lots of knowledge to share on the animals, rock formation, fauna. They went beyond to give the group a good time. The breakfast was always welcome and lunch in the middle of the desert was a once in a life time experience. Highly recommend

Do not book -- did not show up for tours, wasted money, and terrible communication

Amanda_L, Jan 2023

Absolutely worst tour company I've ever booked. They shortened the tour from 3 days to 2 days due to New Years (only informed us weeks after booking) and then didn't show up for 90% of the tour. Out of everything listed, we only saw the Tatio Geysers. After that, they never showed up and didn't respond to any questions about pick-up. They told us to book tickets the day before to the Valley of the Moon, which cost $55, and then never came to bring us on the tour. They apologized for the 'mistake', and then reconfirmed our 6am pick-up for the next day -- which they again did not show up for. Speaking to locals, they also told us bringing us to the Geysers (which has 4320m elevation) as the first activity is an awful idea due to elevation sickness, which can knock someone out for 2-3 days. In an effort to cram everything into 2 days, they risked my family's health and safety. We did not trust they would pick us up for our flight back to Santiago, so we elected to book our own transportation instead, which cost a lot of money last minute. Francisco, who seems to manage their Viator bookings, is abrupt and unhelpful. He provided incomplete itineraries and we had to repeatedly ask for more information. Despite the previous good reviews, please do not risk your trip with this tour company. They refunded us the tour money, but no compensation for any last-minute transport or attraction tickets, not to mention flight tickets and accommodations. It was a waste of a trip to a beautiful place and I sorely regret booking with Ruta Chile tours.

Response from Host, Jan 2023

We are sorry for the problems, but New Year's Eve was very difficult due to the guides and drivers, but for that reason we do not charge you for the transfers and the tour to the tatio geysers

Atacama tour

hcarrero, Nov 2019

Great tours and site visits, beautiful landscape and scenery. Knowledgeable guides. Communication regarding hotel pick up times can be improved.

Good 4 day adventure

James_F, Dec 2018

Enjoyable adventure. Good interesting place to visit. Pickups were on time and enough was translated into English to meet requirements. Don't go by any confirmation pickup times received by e-mail, mine were completely wrong, stick with the times shown on the Viator site trip information.I stay at Quechua and would recommend it.