San Pedro: Valle de la Luna & Arcoíris

Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon), locatedin the Atacama desert, is part of the Reserva Nacional los Flamencos and was declared a Nature Sanctuary in 1982 for its natural environment and strange lunar landscape. The Atacama desert is also considered one of the driest places on earth, as some areas have not received a single drop of rain in hundreds of years.🌑 🏜

The Valle del Arcoiris (Rainbow Valley) is located in a Rio Grande Basin, close to Yerbas Buenas Petroglyphs . It owes its name to the variety of colors that can be seen in the hills of the valley; earth colors, red, beige, green, white, yellow, combined with white salt and blue sky. The colors show the richness and different concentrations of clay, salts and minerals. 🌈⛰️Read more