Volcanic activities

Final day of travel through the desert was a hot one! We left early in the morning and visited a series of mud geysers that are clustered at the deserts edge.

This mud is boiling hot and would be lethal if you fell in with temperatures in the hundreds of degrees. This is also the site of a large geothermal project that provides power to a number of towns in the region.

After seeing the geysers, we drove on to another site of volcanic activity, natural hot springs! These pools were warmed by the volcanic activity nearby. Sitting in a hot pool whilst looking out at a salt lagoon of flamingos is not something I'll forget soon.

At the end of all this we finally crossed into Chile!Læs mere