The Altiplano is an intramountainous plateau located normally above 4000 meters above sea level, which due to its geomorphological conditions is home to microscopic ancient life in its dozens of salt flats and brackish lagoons, as well as specific native flora and fauna and countless geysers and natural hot springs. In Rutas del Altiplano we offer different expeditions through the Chilean and Bolivian Altiplano, plan an experience of a lifetime!
Well, Uyuni Salt Flat, the biggest in the world... is a must to visit it. When you
are in the Incahuasi Island, in the middle of the Salt Flat, you feel like you are
surrounded by a white ocean or in a mirror surface.
If you come here during December or March, you can find water over the salt flat,
making a mirror effect, being difficult to find the horizon between the sky and the
water. In January and February we stop this tour because the rain and water is too
much, then cars can't cross it.
The rest of the year, when the water is gone, we can find the most typical salt flat
surface, with the new halite rock. Leaving aside the geology, this area was
populated thousands years ago by the Tiwanaku people (coming from the Titikaka
lake), and just some centuries ago by the Incas, then in some places we can still
find some archeological sites.
This 4 days tour begins in Calama and we come back by the Avaroa National Andean
Reserve, visiting the beautiful Colorada Lagoon, and ending in San Pedro de Atacama.
Well, Uyuni Salt Flat, the biggest in the world, is a must to visit it. When you are
in the Incahuasi Island, in the middle of the Salt Flat, you feel like you are
sourrounded by a white ocean or in a mirror surface.
If you come here during december or march, you can find water over the salt flat,
making a mirror effect, being difficult to find the horizon between the sky and the
water. On january and february we stop this tour because the rain and water is too
much, then cars can't cross it. The rest of the year, when the water is gone, we can
find the most typical salt flat surface, with the new halite rock.
Leaving aside the geology, this area was populated thousands years ago by the
Tiwanaku people (coming from the titikaka lake), and just some centuries ago by the
Incas, then in some places we can still find some archeological sites.
This 5 days expedition begins in Calama at 2200 meters, and the first days we sleep
lower than 4000 meters, we stay 2 days around the salt flat and then we come back to
San Pedro through the Eduardo Avaroa Andean National Reserve.
On this trip we begin in San Pedro de Atacama and stay during 4 days sightseeing
around in order to acclimatize to the altitude of the next days.
After this acclimatization time, during the expedition we will cover a large part of
the Chilean Altiplano, we will get to know part of the Lickanantai, Tiwanaku and
Inca cultures, pre-Hispanic towns and villages immersed in a landscape abundant in
volcanoes, salt flats, hot springs, geysers and native flora and fauna.
If you are looking for wildlife, natural landscapes, lonely places, natural hot
springs and spots without people, this trip is just for you!
On this trip we begin in Calama or Iquique, we cross the Atacama desert and explore
during 8 days the most beautiful part of the Altiplano.
During the expedition we will cover a large part of the Chilean Altiplano, we will
get to know part of the Tiwanaku and Inca cultures, pre-Hispanic towns and villages
immersed in a landscape abundant in volcanoes, salt flats, hot springs, geysers and
native flora and fauna.
If you are looking for wildlife, natural landscapes, lonely places, natural hot
springs and spots without people, this trip is just for you!