CHILE – Two Chile salt flats and a 5 lunch at 4300m altitude
The Atacama Desert in Chile is a great destination for a variety of natural wonders. I have written before about the Atacama Desert and in this last post I will write about the Chile salt flats and which two you should visit when you are in the Atacama desert. A 5 star lunch organized by Alto Atacama Desert Lodge & Spa at 4300 meter altitude is more than luxury and made me dream away! Read on and learn about the beautiful Chile salt flats.
San Pedro de Atacama Salt Flat
From all the Chile salt flats the Salar de Atacama is the largest one. The location is just over 50 kilometers out of San Pedro de Atacama at an altitude of 2300 meters above sea level. It’s a great trip for one of the first days as it is not that high up the mountains. Be careful in the area and do not go directly up to 4500-5500 meters the first two days to avoid altitude sickness. Bring on every excursion also enough water to drink as the air is very dry.
On the way to the Salar de Atacama make a stop at a small village called Toconao. You find here a nice church where you can see the use of the cactus wood in the construction. Interesting to note is that the bell tower is separated on the other side of the street from the main church. With over 250 years of history a place worth a stop.
Continue from here to the Salar de Atacama which is fully surrounded by the Andes mountains. When I visited Láscar volcano, one of the volcano’s around the salt flat, had even smoke coming out of it (see one of th[……]
