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Vicuñas on the way
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
From the highest point on the road, the track goes downhill all the way into a valley about 4100 mts above sea level. Across the valley is the elevation again towards the Suri Plaza which is at about 4500 mts.
On the way, we saw many Vicuñas grazing in the highlands along the road. These are camelids that have never been domesticated and roam around in the wild. They are golden in color with a white belly. They are more sleeker and agile than the rest of the camelids.Læs mere
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Through the valley
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
The path descended into the valley at about 4100 mts and across the Allane quebrada (canyon). All the while, we could see the colored mountains of the Suri Plaza. This place is really wild with hardly anyone living around here. There were quite many heards of vicuñas. The canyon has the Allane river flowing through, so one can see some greenery down in the valley.Læs mere
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Quebrada Allane
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
The track winds its way down into the quebrada Allane where ome can have some lovely views into the canyon. Similarly, on the other side, the path climbs up in twists and turns before evening out around the village of Colpita. After Coplita it is a flat high altitude plain again. We decided to go all the way to the village of Iquilla.
Just beyond Colpita, we saw huge herds of Llamas and Alpacas grazing in the lush boefdals (marshlands). We decided to stop and take some pictures.Læs mere
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Colpita
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We stopped just beyond Colpita where there were herds of alpacas and llamas. We came out of the vehicle and started sneaking near the herds trying to hide behind bushes and rocks. We managed to get quite close with some alpacas just about 2-3 mts away from us.Læs mere
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Llamas and Alpacas up close
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We could get some good pictures of the llamas and the alpacas from very close before they detected us and moved away. After a while, we continued our journey towards Iquilla.
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Iquilla and further
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
It was about 2:30 pm now. We were hoping to find some food at Iquilla, but it turned out to be an abandoned village of 4 huts. We decided to go further up towards Suri Plaza. On the way, we saw a local graveyard most probably for all the tiny villages in the vacinity. Here too, the graves were more like tombstones made of mud or tiles.Læs mere
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Up towards Suri Plaza
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
The road climbed steeply after Iquilla towards Suri Plaza. On the way, there were some boefdals where we saw some birds. The colored mountains we getting quite close now. We could see the red colored Iquilla volcano.Læs mere
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Suri Plaza
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Suriplaza is a very special place located 70 km north of Putre. It is the name given to a small flat area lying at about 4500m and framed by four volcanos whose elevation range between 5234m and 5497m. The place‛s name suggests that it might be the habitat for suris (birds also known as rheas and nandas). On the other hand, hiking to ridges between volcanos is as close as one may get to a dream trip to different planets.
Volcanos have bright colors and the views are stunning. Iquilla, Chuquiananta, Cosapilla, and Copatanca. The red volcano at the south-west corner (Iquilla), the dark volcano at the north-west corner (Chuquiananta), the white one (Copatanca) and (Cosapilla) the white/yellowish volcanoes on the east side (south and north corners, respectively).

We reached there at about 3:40 pm. The place literally took our breath away. It was high and windy but sunny at the same time. The sun was very sharp and piercing. There were volcanoes of all hues and colors all around us. It was mesmerizing. We just stood in the middle with no one else anywhere in the plateau, enjoying every moment and every direction. It was an amazing experience.Læs mere
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Suri Plaza up close
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Here's the 4 colorful volcanoes that surround the Suri Plaza making it look like an alien landscape. It was so peaceful and beautiful. We were so lucky to be there and to have seen this raw beauty with our own eyes. Nothing, no pictures, no videos, no 3d movies or 4k IMAX can do justice to what we saw with eyes.Læs mere
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Llaretas in Suri Plaza
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Towards the North end of the Suri Plaza, there are North facing slopes that had a lot of llaretas. It was an addition to the already stark beauty of the place. It gave some of the slope a beautiful green tinge.Læs mere
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Boefdals North of Suri Plaza
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
The road climbed a bit towards the North end of the Suri Plaza, before crossing over the mountain ridge and then descended into slightly lower valleys. The altitude was still above 4200 mts but the valleys were lush green due to the boefdals there.Læs mere
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Water refill time
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
There are streams flowing through the boefdals. Since we were out of water by now, we decided to refill our bottles with the fresh clear water of the mountain stream passing through one of the boefdal. As we continued further, we descended a bit more. There were massive herds of llamas, aplacas and guanacos in the valleys.Læs mere
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Camelids in the boefdals
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
The North of Suri Plaza is very rich in plant and animal life. There were kms of boefdals which in turn attracted a hige number of camelids like llamas, alpacas and guanacos.
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Churches of Cosapilla
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We stopped over at Cosapilla to try and get some food but this village too was empty. Everything was locked. Even the church was closed. From here, the tarred road started. There was even a bus stop here for this tiny village of 10 - 25 huts.Læs mere
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Highway beyond Colpita
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Just a few kms beyond Colpita, we touched the highway A93 towards the border town of Visviri. This a straight asphalted road with no mountains around. Still, the altitude was about 4100 mts. There were Vicuñas in this region instead of the llamas & alpacas.Læs mere
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Gravel road to Putani
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Just before Visviri, near the Chilean border to Peru and Bolivia, we turned left towards Putani to go back to Putre in a sort of loop. The road was a gravel one all the way along a pipeline. We couldn't figure out what the pipeline was for since there were no valves anywhere all the way for 20 kms to Putani. On the way, we could see the Pucarani and Vichocollo volcanoes.Læs mere
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Rock formations near Putani
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Very near Putani, we saw some very interesting rock formations. In the middle of the soft rolling hills with green boefdals were these sharp hard rock formations, greenish in color due to copper.
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More rock formations
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Nearer to Putani, we saw rocks with many colors. Some even had a layer of deep red indicating iron. One of the rock had a red mark like a llama painting.
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Vicuña commotion
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
As we started going deeper again towards the high plateau, the dry land around changed to the green boefdals. Here we came across a big herd of vicuñas that started running towards the car instead of away. As the vehicle came nearer, they started running helter-skelter, then all ran across the road and gathered on the roadside.Læs mere
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Scenic beauty around Putani
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
It was around 6:15 pm when we reached Putani. It was back in the altiplano. The scenic beauty was amazing. There were mountains, boefdals, streams and lots of animals.
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Llamas and Alpacas near Ancocalani
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
From Putani we turned towards Ancocalani. There were lots of herds of llamas and alpacas. They were spread all over the valley. Some of the aplacas were very soft and fluffy like soft toys 😁
One of the llamas got very aggressive though. It went around our vehicle twice, then almost came inside from the window on Hristo's side and was about to spit when he pulled up the window and we continued further.Læs mere
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Rejsende She is totally fascinated by Haristo,wants to kiss him or bite him or examining the condition of his tooth?
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Rejsende Not much of green vegetation,just living on small bushes??
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The Craze for Travelling Ha ha ha.. It was an aggressive fellow 😊😊
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The Craze for Travelling Yes. Mainly on those small green bushes.
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Badlands and train crossings
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We continued our journey towards Coronel Alcerreca. The topology changed to that of badlands. There was not a blade of grass growing anywhere. We crossed the Lluta river on the way. On the other side, we came across the railway line serving the altiplano. We crossed the tracks a couple of time. It looked very scenic but gauging from the tracks, it didn't look like it was being used.Læs mere
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Rejsende Does not give the feeling of a river,but whatever ,from where this water is coming in this barren landscape?
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The Craze for Travelling Its mainly rain water from the highlands.
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Quebrada Allane
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
From Coronel Alcerreca, we drove towards Putre to complete the loop. We had to cross the river Lluta again where it joins the river Allane in the Allane quebrada. This crossing was quite a bit more dramatic than the previous one a few kms back. Here, we had to drive down one edge of the canyon amd then across the river and then up on the other side. The canyon is quite a deep one. We had crossed this a few hours ago on the way to Suri Plaza a few kilometers to the East. We saw quite many viscachas in the canyon. They seemed to be basking in the late evening sun and ran as soon as our vehicle came near.Læs mere
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Dramatic formations in Allane Quebrada
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Its a beautiful canyon and looked amazing at this crossing. There were quite a few interesting sandstone formations on the canyon side. We drove down into the canyon for the crossing.
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Lluta river crossing
24. november 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
At the bottom of the canyon, we crossed the river lluta. There's no bridge so the vehicles have to drive across the river. Its quite a dramatic but beautiful crossing.
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