Top of the canyon at end of salt cave
2017年12月2日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The climb out of the cave was a steep climb to the top of the canyon. It was quite windy there. Top was about 20-25 mts above the cave exit.
Climb down from canyon top
2017年12月2日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
There is a path at the top of the salt cave canyon all the way to the front and then down near the entrance. There were some very beautiful clay and salt formations here.
Tres Marias
2017年12月2日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
After the salt cave, we went to the end of the Moon Valley to the rock formations called the Tres Marias. The head of one of the Marias has broken over time due to a tourist trying to climb it. Theもっと詳しく
The amphitheater
2017年12月2日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
After Tres Marias, we were dropped off at the amphitheater formation. From here we walked to the lunar landscape. At the base of the amphitheater is the monk formation as well.
Lunar landscape Moon Valley
2017年12月2日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
From the amphitheater, we walked to the lunar landscape. This area is the reason for the valley to be called moon valley. On one side were huge sand dunes and the other side a depression with clayもっと詳しく
Duna Mayor
2017年12月2日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
The next stop on the tour was the Duna Mayor. It is a huge sand dune next to the lunar landscape. There is a path around the dune where one can climb to the top of the dune. The play of the shadows ofもっと詳しく
Views from Duna Mayor
2017年12月2日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
From the top of the Duna Mayor, the views were fantastic. On one side, we could see the depression forming the lunar landscape. In the middle was the road cutting across the moon valley and on theもっと詳しく
Sunset over the Moon Valley
2017年12月2日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
After the Duna Mayor, the tour proceeded to the Moon Valley viewpoint to see the sunset. We reached the spot by around 7:45 pm. The sun was still a bit above the horizon but the moon on the oppositeもっと詳しく
Off to Salar de Tara
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
We were up by 7:30 am and ready by 8 am for our pick up for the Salar de Tara tour.
Located at 4,300m, and 100 km from San Pedro de Atacama, this is a high-altitude Altiplano lake with a surface areaもっと詳しく
Salar de Tara
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Our first stop in the Salar de Tara was at Monjes de la Pacana (Pacana Monks). Its a stone formation in the middle of the desert that looks like monks in their habits. Nearby is the obelisk formation.もっと詳しく
Off to the Cathedral formation
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
From the first stop, we drove deeper into the Salar de Tara. The drive was on flat desert plains. The land was quite soft in some places and could have been dangerous for inexperienced drivers thatもっと詳しく
The Cathedral formation
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
After driving for about 1 hour, we reached the cathedral formation quite near the Salar de Tara Laguna. Its a mesa formation with a flat top. We drove a few metres further to the viewpoint of theもっと詳しく
Salar de Tara viewpoint
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
The views of the Salar de Tara from the viewpoint were stunning. There were stone formations on one side in yellow color, in red on the other side and tge salt lake in the depression in front. Thisもっと詳しく
Down to the valley
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
From the viewpoint, we drove down into the valley along a dirt road. There were strange stome formations on the way.
Multi color organic fossil stones
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Below in the valkey, we reached some very strange rock formations with white and yellow colors. They didn't taste like salt nor did we smell sulphur so we were puzzled at what could be the origin ofもっと詳しく
Organic fossil rocks
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
We spent about 10 min at these interesting formations before driving further to some more formations in the valley.
Catedrales de Cenizas (Ash Cathedrals)
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
We then proceeded a bit further to the base of the viewpoint from where we had seen the Salar de Tara. Here too, we saw the yellow remains of organic fossil from the same lake that covered thisもっと詳しく
Aguas Calientes lake
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
From the cathedral formations, we drove over to the Aguas Calientes lake. It is also a salt lake with a lot of flamingos. At one corner of the lake, there is a lot of plant and algae growth due to aもっと詳しく
Obsidian stones
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
The way back to the entrance of the national park, passes through a flat desert landscape with lots of stones and pebbles strewn around. Our guide told us that one could find obsidian stones spread inもっと詳しく
Andean Fox
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Jist outside of the national park, an Andean fox came right next to our van. We stopped to take some pictures of it. From here, there was a fantastic panoramic view of the Salar de Tara behind us.
Salar de Pujsa
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
On the way back to San Pedro de Atacama, we stopped for a short while at Salar de Pujsa. The saline lake that forms the part of the salar looked jet blue in the afternoon sun. From here, we drove backもっと詳しく
Lunch at San Pedro de Atacama
2017年12月3日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
We reached back in San Pedro de Atacama by about 4 pm. The lunch was included in our tour today so the guide took us to a nice restaurant in the town. The food was nice and we enjoyed conversing withもっと詳しく
Geysers del Tatio
2017年12月4日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
We had 2 tours planned for today. The first half of the day was for the Geyser del Tatio and in the afternoon was the Tour to Escondidas lakes.
Our pickup was at the hostel at about 4:30 am. We wereもっと詳しく
Hot pools at El Tatio
2017年12月4日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
The whole surface was interspersed with hot pools and fumeroles bellowing out steam from below the surface. There were mud pots and hot springs everywhere. The rising steam with no breeze to blow it,もっと詳しく
The main geyser
2017年12月4日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
There are two main areas here, and you can see the water start to bubble out of the frozen surface of the earth as the sun’s rays warm it. There is a large geyser that shoots water some 4-5 metersもっと詳しく