Chile - Atacama

Cities

  • Calama: Chuquicamata, the largest copper mine in the world
  • San Pedro de Atacama: ~1hr from Calama, Valle de la Luna

Things to do

  • Valle de La Muerte 死亡谷 月亮谷 （ Valle de La Luna）
  • The three Marias Valley of the Moon
  • Moon Valley
  • Astronomical tour
  • Piedras Rojas
  • Altiplanic Lagoons
  • Salar de Atacama: the largest saline deposit in Chile and is formed by a depression with no water outlet that receives the San Pedro River and multiple ravines through which water filters from the mountain range.
  • Full Day Tour to Geyser del Tatio, Vado Putana and Machuca (North of SPA)
  • 欧洲南方天文台 The European Southern Observatory 帕纳尔台站免费参观预约

Mining

  • Copper exports alone stands for more than one third of government income.
  • Most mining in Chile is concentrated to the Norte Grande region spanning most of the Atacama Desert.

Tour Companies

WHIPALA EXPEDITION https://whipalaexpedition.cl/

Cordillera Domeyko

The world's lowest humidity mountain range.

Named after Ignacy Domeyko: a Polish geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile.