Farewell Atacama

For our final days in the Atacama we explore the town of San Pedro de Atacama with its quaint church (with cactus roof bearings) and the Geysers Del Tatio (in case we needed reminding that this was a volcanic area). We then headed up the awesome road to the border at Paso Jama. The Troopy achieved a new record of over 4,800m above sea level (over 16,000 feet), including the vehicle-destroying initial run out of San Pedro - a climb of over 2,200m in 40km - straight up, barely a curve, let alone a switchback. Coming down the other (Argentina) side was no less epic, but they do utilise sweeping curves.Read more