Travelogues Calama

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...

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...

The last day in the Atacama Desert and the return journey to Calama was approaching. After a good night's sleep and a late breakfast, we had to return the Hilux and finally get...

After acclimatizing for about three days, today was the day to visit the geysers in El Tatio. At the base of the "El Tatio" volcano lies the third largest geyser field in the...

At 6 a.m., our bus left from Uyuni to Calama, from where we wanted to continue to San Pedro de Atacama. Until the Bolivian border, everything was uneventful. It was freezing...

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...

After spending 2 days in La Serena, exploring the city and the Valle de Elqui (a small valley surrounded by mountain chains), we continued our journey northward. For quite some...

El Tatio Geyser Field