Tropic of Capricorn & Inca road
1 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
After the visit to the Socaire church, we walked a little distance away to the control point where our bus was waiting. On the way our guide showed us the Rica Rica plant which is used to make tea andЧитать далее
Toconao
1 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
The last stop of the day was at Toconao village. Here we stopped at the main square with the old bell tower from the colonial time (built in 1750) still standing in the square. The door of the bellЧитать далее
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Height mentioned is in meters ,I think? This is the IST time I am seeing the Church having such a poor maintenance,may be due to lac of funds?
The Craze for TravellingWhere do see the height mentioned? The renovation was going on when we went there.
Back to San Pedro de Atacama
1 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
From the main square, we walked over to the canyon with the freshwater just behind the village. Our bus was waiting there to take us back to San Pedro de Atacama.
We were back in Atacama at about 6Читать далее
Death Valley
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We woke up at 7 am and got ready for the 7:30 am pickup. The plan for the day was to go to the Rainbow Valley and the Hierbas Buenas petroglyphs in the morning and the Moon Valley in the evening on 2Читать далее
Route to the Rainbow Valley
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
The road to the Rainbow Valley was very scenic. The valley is situated North of San Pedro de Atacama and about 60 kms away by road. We even saw herds of Vicuñas grazing in the early morning sun. TheЧитать далее
Route into the Rainbow Valley
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
The route into the Rainbow Valley was through a deep canyon with a river flowing through it. It was an amazing combination of nature's beauty and man made route through it. It was a very cool feelingЧитать далее
Reaching Rainbow Valley
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Around 9:45 am, we reached the Rainbow Valley. The dramatic landscape continued into the valley. Now we could see some formations with interesting colors.
Valle del Arcoiris
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
The Rainbow Valley had amazing formations and colors in the hills.
Mineral deposits have left vibrant reds, browns, purples, greens and yellows on the rocks in this area over the course of thousandsЧитать далее
Into the Rainbow Valley
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We got off the bus and started on a short trek through the Rainbow Valley. There were stunning combinations of colors in the hills around. The formations too were one weirder than the other.
Rainbow Valley formations
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Deeper in the valley, the formations had even more stunning colors and formations. It was like walking on a totally different planet.
To the deep canyon
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
After walking through the main starting area of the Rainbow Valley, we took the bus again and drove to one of the side roads deep inside the valley about a km away. Even on the way the formations andЧитать далее
Into the deep narrow canyon
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
At the end of one of the side roads in the Rainbow Valley, there is a deep eroded narrow canyon. From the entrance, the track splits into 2 paths. The one to the right is about 20 mts deep. The wallsЧитать далее
Left track of the deep canyon
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The left track went in almost 150 mts winding and twisting deeper into the canyon. It was a surreal feeling walking in with no one else around. It was very quiet and mystic inside.
In the deep canyon
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We spent about 20 minutes walking around exploring the very narrow and deep canyon.
Hierbas Buenas Petroglyphs
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
After the Rainbow Valley, we went to the Hierbas Buenas nearby. There are thousands of petroglyphs carved into stone by early Atacama dwellers, some about 11,000 years old. They are from all timeЧитать далее
More petroglyphs Hierbas Buenas
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The hills in the area are all covered by petroglyphs. There's one called the artist's mural that is covered with hundreds of indecipherable petroglyphs one over the other.
Booking Wickedcampers
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We were back in San Pedro de Atacama by 1:30 pm. We went to the Wickedcampers office to book the van for the Argentina part of the trip. After that we had about two hours before the afternoon tour toЧитать далее
Moon Valley tour begins
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
At 16:00 we started on the Valle de la Luna tour.
El Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) is located 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of San Pedro de Atacama, to the north of Chile in the Cordillera de laЧитать далее
Quartz in Salt Cave
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The start of the salt cave was like a narrow gorge about 20 mts deep curving deeper into the canyon. Here the guide showed us some of the quartz that had been compressed into almost glass likeЧитать далее
Salt formations in Salt Cave
2 декабря 2017 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Further in we came across salt flower formations on the walls. The path continued twisting deeper in the canyon.
Through the salt cave
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
At some places, we had to double down to go across the rock formations inside the cave which actually till now turned out to be a cave without a roof. It was an interesting experience walking throughЧитать далее
Into the actual salt cave
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
After walking for about 15 min in the salt cave, we were actually still walking in the canyon. The actual cave started after that. We turned on our lamps and went into the cave.
Inside the salt cave
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Inside the actual cave, it was quite dark. Some of the people in the group had been given head lamps. These were actually needed due to the pitch darkness inside. At some places, we had to crawl toЧитать далее
Exit of the salt cave
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
About 10 min into the cave, we saw light at the end and above. That was the cave exit.
Climb up at the end of salt cave
2 декабря 2017 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The salt cave exit opens up towards the top instead of a horizontal exit. At the end, there is a steep climb up to the top of the canyon. There are very interesting salt and clay formations here.