Trip Code: NOR 022 / Style: Adventure5 DAY ATACAMA EXPLORER

Valid Through December 2011

USD 1,715 / 1 people
USD 1,330 p.p. / 2 people

USD 1,235 p.p. / 3 people

USD 1,180 p.p. / 4 people
Single supplement: USD 216 p.p.

2. GENERAL INFORMATION

Regular Departures

Every day on request.

Starting / Finishing Points

The trip starts at noon either in Calama Airport or San Pedro de Atacama.

The trip finishes in the afternoon either in Calama Airport or San Pedro de Atacama.

Included
- All ground transport as indicated in the itinerary.
- 4 hotel nights in 3 stars hotel in San Pedro de Atacama.
- Daily shared excursions as specified in the itinerary.
- 1 English speaking guide on excursions.
- Entrance fees to museum, national parks and indigenous communities visited..

- Meals:

day 1: L

day 2: B, L

day 3: B, L

day 4: B, BL

day 5: B

B: breakfast, BL: box lunch, L: Lunch

Excluded
- Flight tickets.

- Insurance (it is mandatory you purchase appropriate insurance for this trip).

- Voluntary tipping to guides and staff.

- Items of personal nature.

Group Size & Guiding Staff

Regular Departures
20 maximum plus staff.

Accommodation

Our first option will be Hotel Poblado Quimal. Check this hotel, click here.

Weather
Summer
Farther north, in Atacama, the weather vary, and follows a desert hot-day / cold-night pattern. On a sunny day, daytime temperatures can be very pleasant, ranging between 15°C - 20°C (low 60s and low 70s F). Nighttime temperatures will most likely be in the 0°C - 5°C (23s and 40s F)

Winter
In Atacama the weather varies following the mentioned desert warm-day / cold-night pattern. On a sunny day, daytime temperatures can be pleasant, ranging again between 13°C -20°C (low 60s and low 70s F). Nighttime temperatures will most likely be in the -10°C - 0°C (23s and 40s F)
Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth! So any time of the year you come don’t expect rain at all – if it rains when you are there you might consider it almost a miracle!

Physical Demands
This trip does not demand physical activity other than walking normally over rather flat terrain. Nevertheless as you will be touring in high altitudes –being the maximum point reached on the fourth day at Miñiques Lagoon at 4,300 meters / 14,108 feet, oxygen deprivation (altitude sickness) will affect everyone to some extent.  Guides will have oxygen tanks every day at disposition if someone feels sick during the tours.

Itinerary Modifications
We reserve the right to change the order of the days in any itinerary under the sole discretion of the trip guide and based on operational considerations. The trip guide can also modify, change or eliminate part of the itinerary based on safety/weather considerations

Altitudes

Maximum altitudes reached each tour day:

Day 1: San Pedro de Atacama: 2.400 meters / 7,900 feet

Day 2: San Pedro de Atacama.

Day 3: Tatio Geysers: 4,200 meters / 13,780 feet