Includes:
Regular service (SIC) with bilingual guide. Minimum 2 passengers.
Transport with air conditioned included.
Entrance included according program.
Welcome dinner.
Day 2: Box Lunch included
Day 3 & 4: Lunch menu included
Water included during the excursion.
Participant Hotels:
Hotel Spark
Hotel Refugio Aymara
****International Airfare Not Included. Available Upon Request****
Itinerary
| Reception at Iquique’s Airport and transfer to Hotel. We will immediately begin with our
Bay Tour, where it is possible to see an interesting variety of sea birds like Pelicans,
Terns, Cormorants, Seagulls and others. Big Sea Lions resting on the rocks reside the
port. From the sea you’ll have an impressive view of the cliffs of Coastal Mountain Range
sinking directly into the Pacific Ocean. Talking about the history of the City yo u will learn
about the importance of Iquique in our history and how this port –that was Peruvian- was
taken by Chilean Forces during the War of the Saltpeter (Or War of the Pacific). In the
afternoon we will have a walking tour around Baquedano Street, mos t of the Historical
Buildings are in this street that is National Monument in all its extension.
By night, we will offer a welcome dinner with an Andean show with a selection of traditional
dances from the Religious celebrations like La Tirana or San Lore nzo de Tarapaca. Back
to the Hotel. Lodging |
| Day excursion to Pisagua port. In the way we will visit the Geoglyph of the Atacama Giant;
with an extension of almost 90 meters is the biggest anthropomorphic figure.
Pisagua was one of the most important ports to export Saltpeter during the first half of the
20th Century. In days of the Military Government was used like a Political Prison, and in
now days is a small fishermen port with only 200 inhabitants. Some old Buildings still
remain. Box lunch included.
After eating, will take a fishermen boat tour towards “Punta Pichalo”, this place is an
exceptional place to observe a big colony of Sea Lions and the Rare Fur Sea Lions.
Return to the Hotel in Iquique |
| In the morning we will visit the Ruins of the Saltpeter mines of Humberstone and Santa
Laura, declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 2005, a special place to know about the
hard life of the miners and their families in the driest desert of t he world 100 years ago.
Lunch at Pozo Almonte, mining town in the middle of the desert. After, we will take a road
up to the Andes, the landscape will change slowly during the accent and the vegetation
and animals of the highlands will appear. Taking a de tour by an unpaved road will takes us
directly to a wide basin surrounded by volcanoes and with shallow little salty lagoons. The
Huasco Salt flat is a Ramsar site (Intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework
for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of
wetlands and their resources).
Dinner and lodging in a comfortable shelter located at 3800 meters of altitude and
administrated by an Aymara family. |
| After breakfast we will walk on the shore of the Salt flat to appreciate some of the most
representative birds of the Andean High plateau. Flamingoes (3 species), Andean Rhea,
Andean Gull, Andean geese and many others. Lamas, Alpacas and maybe a lonely
Andean Fox could be seen around.
After this silent experience we will descend in our vehicle towards the oasis of Pica, an
excellent place to enjoy a delicious natural juice made with the local fruits, like Mango,
Guava, Passion Fruit, etc. Crossing the desert and on the s lopes of the Coastal Mountain
Range we will find a large amount of Geoglyphs. Pintados is the biggest concentration of
them in Chile. Our Lunch will be in a local restaurant next to ruins of another mining ghost
town called Victoria. Transfer to the airpor t on time to take your flight to the next
destination. |
Disclaimer:
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