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Six days – Five nights road trip between Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, across the high Andes Altiplano and its huge salt flats.
Approximate driving distance: 1,700 km.
The road trip can be started in Chile (Calama airport) or Argentina (Salta or Jujuy airports), whatever the chosen direction, the wealth and splendor, in addition to the impressive views, are not altered at all.
6 day/5 nights | Argentina/Bolivia/Chile | 1,700 km
At a glance
A journey of adventure and knowledge into the depths of the Andean world, from which nobody returns with the same concept of beauty.
An inhospitable, silent, imposing environment, incredibly beautiful.
It crosses the Humahuaca gorge, the “Altiplano”, valleys, deserts, salt flats, historical towns, villages and hamlets, lands of volcanoes, oases, geysers and high mountain lagoons.
The rock formations and the landscape of the Altiplano are indescribable, incredibly magnificent.
Although conditions are rustic and temperatures can be harsh, everything is great and quiet.
The road trip can be started in Chile (Calama airport) or Argentina (Salta or Jujuy airports), whichever is the chosen direction, the richness and splendors, as well as the breathtaking views, are not altered at all.
Salta- Purmamarca
TWe will drive through the Quebrada de Humahuaca, an emblematic place in the history of South America.
Be amazed by the simple adobe and cardón buildings of Purmamarca, protected by the slope of the imposing Seven color Hill)
Accommodation and dinner
Driving distance: 200 km, about 3 hours.
Purmamarca – Yavi
The many colorful expressions of the Andean cultural heritage will enchant you.
After know a local family house, will visit a striated almost unknown hill with multiple colors, always changing according to the incidence of the sun.
Enjoy the surrounding beauty of the mountain, as the road climbs through the narrow gorge towards the heights of the plateau, above 3,500 meters above sea level.
In the evening we will reach an oasis with a hamlet in the middle of the aridity of the heights.
Accommodation in a beautiful boutique hotel at 3500 meters above sea level.
Driving distance: 300 km, about 7 hours.
Salar de Uyuni
After crossing the border Argentina/Bolivia, we will venture into the rugged altiplano (Flat altitude lands) in southwestern Bolivia.
In the afternoon, we will reach the Uyuni Salt flat, the largest salt lake in the world, a region of breathtaking natural beauty.
This immense, high-altitude salt plain is considered one of the most extraordinary places in all of Bolivia.
Believe us, you never forget the incredible sunset will enjoy this dayBolivian plateau.
Accommodation in a Hotel built entirely of salt on the shores of the majestic Salar de Uyuni.
Driving distance: 400 km, about 8 hours.
Salar de Uyuni - Silioli Desert
We continue to travel south of the Gran Salar, the terrain becomes higher and more wild as the Altiplano meets the Andes: an arid and desert landscape dotted with pink-brown and ochre-brown snow-covered mountains, active volcanoes and lakes, secluded and serene.
The multi-colored lakes in the Altiplano of Bolivia, known as the Sud Lipez region, are home to thousands of flamingos of three varieties.
Enjoy the unparalleled visual spectacle in a nature reserve in the vastness of the mountains and the desert with an incredible variety of wild animals that inhabit it in the middle of an inhospitable climate.
Imagine the experience of spending the night at more than 4,500 meters of altitude in a very comfortable and unique high mountain refuge in the world.
Distance distance: 250 km, about 8/9 hours.
Silioli Desert - San Pedro de Atacama
Enjoy incomparable landscapes in the Siloli desert, painted in a beautiful range of colors.
Along the way, you will see active volcanoes, hot springs, and colorful lakes populated by flamingos that showing the surreal landscapes.
The rocks, the geysers, the active volcanic wells, the Dalí rocks ... form a set of impressive surreal landscapes.
The Border: Bolivia /Chile is just a conventional issue, the desert continues in the North of Chile with the name "Atacama Desert". It flaunts an amazing landscape of rough hills as well as gorges that are intermixed by a striking white salt frying pan as well as bordered by volcanoes.
It is a professional photographer's desire location.
Accommodation and dinner in San Pedro de Atacama
Driving distance: 250Km, about 8 hours.
San Pedro de Atacama - Tatio Geisers - Calam
At dawn we will travel about 100 km towards the Altiplano at 4200 meters above sea level, where the Geysers offer a unique natural spectacle in the world.
You will feel privileged to be there, since it is not easy to get it. From here we will transfer you to Calama airport through the desert or you can continue with another road trip stage.
Driving distance: 250Km, about 6 hours.
