Third III Region of Chile

Copiapo: Capital of the III Region of Atacama
Distance: 801 kilometers away from Santiago
Main Activity: Mining and Fruit - Growing Center

The third region is characterized for being a transition between the desert and the zone of the transverse fertile valleys.

A region of strong contrasts, where you will pass from extense, barren plains to the richest agricultural valleys of Chile. A region of beatiful landscapes from the range valleys to the beaches at the ocean.

It is characterized by the flowered dessert, where, in the rainy years, an impressive multitude of flowers of all colors blooms from the dessert.

Principal Cities:

· Copiapo
· Caldera
· Charañal

Site Attractions:

· Chilean Populations:
El Salvador, Vallenar, Alto del Carmen, Freirina

· Beaches - Resorts:
Rodillo - Ramada, Huasco beach

· English Bay
· Ojos del Salado Volcano
· Pan de Azucar National Park