CODPA VALLEY LODGE-SALAR DE SURIRE-CODPA VALLEY LODGE

Full day excursion to Salar de Surire, We get on the high plateaux and cross several villages before getting astonished by the white beauty of Salar de Surire. Lunch and thermal bath at Pollequere hot springs. We circle the salt lake and drive down back to Codpa Valley lodge for a good rest. (B,L,D)

CODPA-PUTRE-ARICA (OUT)

We visit  Ofragia’s petroglyphs. Then we take the road to the prealltiplanic villages. We visit, Timar, Tignamar and Saxamar. Short trekking to Chitune baths. Box lunch. We follow the drive to  Belen, Chaquipiña and Zapahuira. Short excursion to Putre, an important village at the base of Taapaca volcano. Drive down to Arica and transfer to the hotel or the airport (only flights after 19hours). End of services (B,L)

CODPA-PUTRE

We visit  Ofragia’s petroglyphs. Then we take the road to the prealltiplanic villages. We visit, Timar, Tignamar and Saxamar. Short trekking to “Quebrada escondida”. Box lunch. We follow the drive to  Belen, Chaquipiña and Zapahuira. Short excursion to Putre, an important village at the base of Tarapacá volcano,  Bath in Jurasi hot springs. Hotel. (B,L,D)

PUTRE-LAGO CHUNGARA-SALAR DE SURIRE-CODPA

Full day excursion on the high plateaus., We get on the “altiplano” and visit Lauca National Park and lake . Then, we cross several villages before getting astonished by the white beauty of Salar de Surire. Lunch and thermal bath at Pollequere hot springs. We circle the salt lake and drive down to Codpa Valley lodge for a good rest. (B,L,D)

CODPA VALLEY LODGE-CALETA VITOR -ARICA

We let Codpa valley to drive to Arica. Visit and lunch at Caleta Vitor, a nice oasis at the sea shore. Transfer to Arica airport or hotel. End of services. (CB,L)

CODPA VALLEY LODGE

Trekking in Codpa valley (2h00). We discover the people local way of living. Nice churches and agriculture sites in the deep canyon are part of the landscape. We visit a “lagan”, place where local wine is made (if possible).back to the lodge. (B,L,D)

CODPA-PUTRE

We visit  Ofragia’s petroglyphs. Then we take the road to the prealltiplanic villages. We visit, Timar, Tignamar and Saxamar. Short trekking to “Quebrada Escondida”. Box lunch. We follow the drive to  Belen, Chaquipiña and Zapahuira. Short excursion to Putre, an important village at the base of Tarapacá volcano, Bath in Jurasi hotsprings. Hotel. (B,L,D)

PUTRELAKE CHUNGARASALAR DE SURIRECODPA

Full day excursion on the high plateaus., We get on the “altiplano” and visit Lauca National Park and lake . Then, we cross several villages before getting astonished by the white beauty of Salar de Surire. Lunch and thermal bath at Pollequere hot springs. We circle the salt lake and drive down to Codpa Valley lodge.(B,L,D)

CODPA VALLEY LODGE-CALETA VITOR -ARICA

We let Codpa valley to drive to Arica. Visit and lunch at Caleta Vitor, a nice oasis at the sea shore. Transfer to Arica airport or hotel. End of services. (CB,L)

SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA

Full day excursion to Salar de Atacama, laguna Cejar and Altiplanic lagoons. Back to San Pedro. Astronomical tour by night. (B,L,D)

SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA

Trekking to the Salty mountain range. Excursión to the Rainbow valley to have a look at its colourfull mountains. Back to San Pedro. BBQ at the Oasis. (B,L,D)

SAN PEDRO DE  ATACAMA-GEYSERS DEL TATIO.CALAMA-PICA

Departure from San Pedro de Atacama at dawn to reach Tatio Geysers del Tatio. We watch  the Geysers and drive down to Calama visiting on the way, Caspana, Lasana and ChiuChiu villages. Logistical stop in Calama.

End of services in Calama for those who take the short program  “only San Pedro”

Begining of services in Calama  for those who take the short program “only High plateaux”

Leaving Calama, we drive north. We do a stop to Cerro Pintados geoglyphs before to arrive to Pica Oasis where we spend the night. Bath in the natural swimming pool. Hotel. (CB,L,D)

PICA-SALAR DE HUASCO-LIRIMA- COLCHANE

We take the high plateaux’s route. First stop at Huasco Salt lake. Then, we visit Lirima village and have luch and bath in Aguas Calientes hot springs. In the afternoon we take a mountain road over a pass at 5000m of altitud  between Alto Chaviri and Churuyo. Finally we reach Colchane border village (3800m) where we spend the night in a guest house.

COLCHANE-SALAR DE SURIRE-LAGO CHUNGARA-PUTRE

We cross Isluga Nacional parc to reach the incredible Surire Salt lake. Where we have lunch and a bath in the hot springs  In the afternoon, we get into Lauca Nacional parc, bordering Guallatire active volcano (6060m). We reach lake Chungara and have a great view on Parinacota (6342m) and Pomerape (6282m) volcanoes. We visit Parinacota village and drive down to Putre where we spend the night. Hotel (CB,L,D)

PUTRE-CODPA

We start the day with a great bath in Jurasi hot springs. Then we follow a secundary  road that crosses a dozen of forgotten villages such as Belen or Ticnamar. Small trekking in the hidden canyon before we reach Codpa  at sunset. We visit Ofragia petroglyphs and spend the night in Codpa Valley lodge oasis. Hotel. (CB,L,D)

CODPA-CALETA VITOR-ARICA (OUT)

We get dowm to the Pacific coast at Caleta Vitor, a nice beach hidden between 1000m high cliffs. Then we arrive to Arica for a great lunch at the sea shore. In the afternoon we visit Azapa valley, its museum and Arica’s historical Morro. Transfer to the hotel or the airport. End of services (hotel not included). (CB,L)

CODPA-PUTRE

We visit  Ofragia’s petroglyphs. Then we take the road to the prealltiplanic villages. We visit, Timar, Tignamar and Saxamar. Short trekking to “Quebrada escondida”. Box lunch. We follow the drive to  Belen, Chaquipiña and Zapahuira. Short excursion to Putre, an important village at the base of Tarapacá volcano,  Bath in Jurasi hot springs. Hotel. (B,L,D)

PUTRE-LAGO CHUNGARA-SALAR DE SURIRE-COLCHANE

Full day excursion on the high plateaus., We get on the “altiplano” and visit Lauca National Park and lake . Then, we cross several villages before getting astonished by the white beauty of Salar de Surire. Lunch and thermal bath at Pollequere hot springs. We cross Isluga National Parc to reach Colchane border village  (3800m) where we spend the night in a guest house. (C,L,D)

COLCHANE-LIRIMA-SALAR DE HUASCO-PICA

We take a mountain road over a pass  at 5000m of altitud between Churuyo and Alto Chaviri. Then, we get to Lirima vilage and Aguas Calientes hot springs where we can have lunch and a nice bath. In the afternoon, we follow the road to Huasco Salt lake and finnally to Pica Oasis where we spend the night. Relax in the natural swiming pool. Hotel. (CB,L,D)

PICA-CALAMA-SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA

We visit La Tirana village, Humberstone  ghost city and Cerro Pintados geoglyphs. Then we take the road to Calama, Logistical stop. Lunch on the way.

End of services in Calama for those who take the short program “only High plateaux”

Begining of services in Calama  for those who take the short program “only San Pedro”

Transfer to  San Pedro de Atacama. Excursión to tyhe Moon valley at sunset. Arrival to San Pedro de Atacama. Lodging in an ecological House in San Pedro Oasis. (D)

SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA

Full day excursion to Salar de Atacama, laguna Cejar and Altiplanic lagoons. Back to San Pedro. Astronomical tour by night. (B,L,D)

SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA

Trekking to the Salty mountain range. Excursion to the Rainbow valley to have a look at its colourfull mountains. Back to San Pedro. BBQ at the Oasis. (B,L,D)

SAN PEDRO DE  ATACAMA-GEYSERS DEL TATIO.CALAMA

Departure from San Pedro de Atacama at dawn to reach Tatio Geysers del Tatio. We watch  the Geysers and drive down to Calama visiting on the way, Caspana, Lasana and ChiuChiu villages. Logistical stop in Calama and drive

CODPA VALLEY LODGE

Trekking in Codpa valley (2h00). We discover the people local way of living. Nice churches and agriculture sites in the deep canyon are part of the landscape. Lunch. Mountain bike  to  Ofragia’s petroglyphs. Back to the lodge. (CB,L,D)

CODPA– TIGNAMAR- PUTRE

We visit Timar prehispanic area. Transfer to Tignamar. Trekking (3h) around Tignamar. Then we continue our road to Belen, Caquipiña and Putre.. (CB,L,D)

PUTRE-TERMAS DE JURASI-LAGO CHUNGARA

We have a bath at Jurasi hot springs before to drive around Volcan Taapaca  in order to visit Cascachape and Japocota canyons. We arrive to Lauca national park and set our camp close to lake Chungara. (CB,L,D)

LAGO CHUNGARA – SALAR DE SURIRE

In the morning, we do a nice trekking in Lauca National park. According to passengers wishes we can climb mount  Guane Guane (5050m) to enjoy the best view on Parinacota, Pomerape volcanoes. Transfer to lake Chungara. Then, we cross several villages before getting astonished by the white beauty of Salar de Surire. Camp and thermal bath at Pollequere hot springs. (CB,L,D)

SALAR DE SURIRE-CERRO ROJO -CODPA

We let Codpa valley to drive to Arica. Visit and lunc at Caleta Vitor, a nice oasis at the shore of the ocean. Transfer to Arica airport or hotel. End of services. (CB,L)

CODPA VALLEY LODGE -ARICA

We let Codpa valley to drive to Arica. Visit and lunc at Caleta Vitor, a nice oasis at the shore of the ocean. Transfer to Arica airport or hotel. End of services. (CB,L)

CALETA CHICA-CALETA CAMARONES-ARICA (Tuesday)

We follow the navigation under 1000m high cliffs that plundge into the ocean. We arrive to caleta Camarones where the vehicule awaits to transfer us to Arica airport (only flights after 19h) or hotel. (CB,L)

CODPA – CHITITA – CODPA

Full day mountain biking into Codpa Valley. We visit villages like Guayacagua, Chitita, and Palca. Back to Codpa (1850m). Lodge. (CB,L,D)

CODPA – TIMAR

Full day mountain biking to reach Timar  village (approx 22km). Camp close to the village (CB,L,D)

TIMAR – TIGNAMAR

Full day mountain biking to reach (approx. 40 km) Tignamar. (3100m) Camp close to the village (CB,L,D)

TIGNAMAR – BELEN

We ride from Tignamar to Saxamar (approx. 16 km) (3100m). Lunch and ride to Belen (16kms). Camp close to the village (CB,L,D)

BELEN – CHAPIQUIÑA – ZAPAHUIRA

We ride from Belen (3240m) to Zapahuira (36kms). Camp into Zapahuira valley. (CB,L,D)

ZAPAHUIRA- LAGO CHUNGARA – ARICA

We take a private transfer and  visit Lauca National park and Lake Chungara (4500m). Drive back to Arica. Transfer t the hotel or the airport. End of services. (CB,L,D)