Atacama Desert

Continuing north towards Antofagasta, the landscape gradually becomes more and more arid, eventually giving way to the driest place on the planet (except some Antarctic regions), the Atacama Desert. The dimensions are enormous, this desert stretching over a 1,600 kilometer long strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, covering an area of ​​more than 120,000 km2. Most of the Atacama Desert is on a plateau at about 2000 m altitude, so daytime temperatures do not exceed 30 degrees, which makes driving during the day not very unpleasant. The landscapes are in places monotonous, in places absolutely enchanting. In some regions it is so dry that not even a cactus or a fragile succulent can grow, all you see around is sand and dry stone.

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The exact route can be viewed here:
https://de.mapy.cz/zakladni?planovani-trasy&amp…Læs mere