Chile's Atacama Desert
Chile's Atacama Desert
Day 1
Day 01 – Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - Flight Denver to Dallas, USA; Flight Dallas to Santiago, Chile
Overseas Adventure Travel
Chile's Atacama Desert
Christian Vera
It is time for another adventure! Returning to Chile and Argentina has been on our wish list after we had such a wonderful time...
Day 2
Day 02 - Thursday, March 12, 2015 - Arrive in Santiago, Chile, Transfer to Hotel; Walking Tour of City; Welcome Dinner
We were able to get a few hours of sleep on our overnight flight from Dallas. The time difference was only two additional hours as Santiago is on Atlantic...
Day 3
Day 03 - Friday, March 13, 2015 – LAN Chile Flight to Calama; Rainbow Valley Petroglyphs; Dinner Enroute, Overland to San Pedro
The bags had to be out at 7:15 am; the bag that we packed to stay went into storage and one bag with all of our desert supplies...
Day 4
Day 04 - Saturday, March 14, 2015 - Walking Tour of San Pedro; Travel to Toconao; Continue to Salar de Atacama; Visit the Chaxa Lagoon
Happy Pi Day! Today is the Pi Day of the century, 3.14.15. the first five digits of Pi.
We had a late morning, sleeping in...
Day 5
Day 05 - Sunday, March 15, 2015 - Optional Tatio Geysers Tour; Explore Valley of the Moon
We set our alarm for 4:50 am to go on the optional pre-dawn excursion to the Tatio Geysers. The stars were so bright; one could easily see the Southern Cross. Ricardo, Krasna, Christian,...
Day 6
Day 06 - Monday, March 16, 2015 - Overland to Calama; LanChile Flight to Santiago; Afternoon on Our Own
Even though we did not have to get on the bus until 10:15, our morning went quickly as we had not packed for our travel day the night before. Ricardo loaded...
Day 7
Day 07 - Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - Flight to Buenos Aires; Check Into Hotel; Trip Meeting; Explore Buenos Aires; Welcome Dinner
Our alarm went off at 5:45 am. We needed to have our luggage out at 6:30. The hotel had fruit, juice, cookies, and coffee as an early breakfast....
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The hotel prepared a box breakfast for us as we had to be in the lobby way before the breakfast room was open.
Last night we found out that our departure flight back to...
