Travelogues Antofagasta Region

April 20-23, 2026 We took a bus from Santiago around noon on April 19, which arrived in Calama in the north the next day around 10 AM. The bus ride was very comfortable, and we...

After we returned the rental car in Calama, a super ugly desert worker town, we took the opportunity to visit the Chuquicamata mine. We had registered a bit late for the tour...

One of the highlights of Chile is the Atacama Desert, which we had been looking forward to for a long time.We took the night bus from La Serena to Calama, where we picked up our...

After my surfing experience in Arica, I traveled by night bus to Antofagasta. There I met my Swiss travel companion No. 2 - yay 😊. We stayed two days in Antofagasta and then...

After finally making the leap from Santiago, it was time to head further north. A whole 1,600 km. San Pedro de Atacama would be the destination. A small town in the middle of...

Arriving at the bus station in San Pedro, we organize a bus ticket to Calama. The journey takes about 1.5 hours. Since we still don't have internet, we find a cafe with Wi-Fi in...

Hello my friends Day 39 San Pedro - in the driest desert in the world - Atacama. Sand sand and stones and much more. This morning at 4:30 a.m. we go to the geysers with water....

It's been a while since I posted here. A lot of things happened and I didn't even get around to writing it all down. I was able to meet a lot of great people and try out new...

Our next destination was San Pedro de Atacama, where we spent a total of about 5 hours on two buses. The small town is located at 2400m in the middle of the desert near the...

After a mixed night on the bus, we arrived in Antofagasta early in the morning feeling a bit tired. We took a taxi to the airport to pick up our rental car because we had...

Since this is a personal contribution from me (Judith), I will write it from my perspective. San Pedro de Atacama is our last destination in Chile and was at the top of my...

Earlier departure from Santiago to Calama and then the drive (about one hour) to San Pedro de Atacama. A city built of red stones. Formerly important for salt mining in the...

Just like all those who are not here by car, I rely on the agencies that pick us visitors up in the morning and then take us to the places of our choice. The selection is made...

Welcome to Chile

The first week in Atacama was packed with trips. We went mountain biking on the sand dunes. We went on a tour with a guide to the salt lagoons, where we observed flamingos and...

The flight over the Andes has already given us a small taste of the Atacama Desert, but what the place had to offer has surprised us. San Pedro is a small desert town with a lot...

The Tatio Geysers were amazing - although it was extremely cold in the morning and I was not dressed appropriately :D Situated in volcanic areas, geysers are formed when the...

The magic of the Atacama Desert captivates us.

Overall, I would never have classified the places I was able to visit as a desert, but they are part of it. The internet provides various definitions of deserts, but the most...

When you get the best out of something, no matter the topic, you say that you give your life for it. "Dar la Vida". That's exactly what we did in San Pedro, I felt like I saw the...

When we arrived there, straight from the desert, from a hostel without a shower, and saw the Chilean standard, we could hardly believe it. A hairdryer in the hostel! A duvet!...

- arrived in expensive Chile, from now on a double room costs around CHF 50 - impressive and diverse desert - the village of San Pedro is a pure tourist place: restaurants, tour...

San Pedro de Atacama - this is exactly how the abandoned towns in old Western films look like, inhabited by stagecoach robbers, whiskey-drinking gold diggers, and corrupt...

Geographically speaking, the geysers actually belong to San Pedro, but if you drive through Calama, you have a 100 km detour but the luxury of a paved road. In addition, you...

We had already heard before that Calama is supposed to be a pretty dangerous city and in fact, in the whole (by now) 5 months in South America, we have never seen such...

San Pedro does not feel like a town of 2,000 inhabitants at all, it feels more like a town of 5,000 inhabitants and is the tourist center in Chile. For the people here, it's a...

The plan was actually the same as the last pass, to sleep at 2,500 - 3,000 meters and drive the pass with its 4,100 meters in one day. A little better preparation would have...

San Pedro de Atacama is a small peaceful oasis in the north of Chile and the final stop of our desert tour through the Salar de Uyuni. Apart from a small church on the main...

After Pucón, it's now time to head to the north of Chile, to San Pedro de Atacama. After a long day of travel through Santiago de Chile, I finally arrive in the small desert...

Our spaceship was not the Enterprise but a big double-decker bus, in which you can travel cheaply and comfortably in South America... except for a coke-addicted loser a few rows...