Tourism in San Pedro de Atacama

Distance: 95 kilometers away from Calama
Main Activity: Tourism

A town at 95 kilometers from Atacama. Considered the archeological capital of Chile. It was the main center of the Atacama culture.

A colonial town with small and narrow streets.

Declared oasis and a heavily visited site especially by the foreigners for being a famous site for a spiritual development. You will still find there an important trace of the Atacaman culture of which the customs are preserved.

It is interesting to visit: The church of San Pedro. The archeological museum R.P Gustavo Le Paige S.J.

There is an extra-ordinary archeological museum that was founded by the Welch anthropologist Priest Gustave Le Paige. In this museum, hundred of mommies and pre Incan objects of incredible interest are exhibited.

It is interesting to visit the thermal water small lakes, Lizor and Putana volcanic summits. Also, the population of Caspana, Toconao, Chiu-Chiu and Lasana.

Site Attractions:

· San Pedro Church
· The Colonial Incan House
· Tulor and Catarpe Ruins
· Salar de Atacama
· Tatio Geysers
· Licancabur Volcano
· Ruins of Peine Viejo Chapel
· Valle de La Luna (Sanctuary of Nature)

Tatio Geysers - Atacama
Located 48 kilometers away from San Pedro de Atacama.

The Tatio Geysers, site of natural beauty where there are numerous springs that emerge from beneath the depths of the earth. The water and high pressure and temperature steam reach high altitude and beauty jets, at their falling down thermal water lagoons are formed.

This wonderful spectacle has its zenith between 04:30 and 7:00 early in the morning, when its streams easily reach 30 feet high.

Aldea de Tulor (village)
Located at 12 km from San Pedro de Atacama.

Considered the oldest develling vestige of the salar (it dates back from between 800 b.C and 500 a.D.) miraculously conserved by being covered by sand.
Only 10% of the village is uncovered by excavations carried out in 1982.

Hotels in San Pedro de Atacama

Casa de Don Tomas

Hotel Tulor