Travelogues San Pedro de Atacama

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...

May 29 Backpacker = typical tourist? Can that even be true?!?!? If someone had equated backpackers and typical selfie stick tourists a few months ago, I would have instantly...

The goal of today was the Lascar Volcano, whose summit is about 5600m above sea level. Our starting point San Pedro de Atacama is at about 2400m. So we had to overcome 3200m in...

Maggi made it over the pass and we arrived exhausted in San Pedro. But there was no time to rest. On the dusty market square, we met Peter and his companions Roman and Truma. ...

Basic equipment Tatio with hot tea

San Pedro Church

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...

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...

The alarm clock rings at 6:30. I get up, make myself a coffee and wait to be picked up. At 7:30 sharp, Miguel, the same funny guide from yesterday, is standing at the door...

With a mixed feelings (mainly Lisa), we start one of the most beautiful bus rides in the world at 9.45am. We are really looking forward to it, but we also have some respect for...

After the exciting tour through the salt flats, it was time to shower, do laundry, and chill in San Pedro de Atacama (and of course, enjoy coffee and cake 🤗). San Pedro is a...

For the journey from Salta to San Pedro, I used the bus again. Departure was at 1 am, so I arrived in San Pedro at 11 am. Saved a night's accommodation ;-). Fortunately, the bus...

...after a spectacular sunset we headed to the 'El Tatio' geysers on 23.04.26, to a lagoon with flamingos, to warm springs for bathing, and into the cactus valley...

Chile's Petra

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...

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...

From Iquique we drive for hours through the Atacama Desert - one of the driest deserts in the world - and barren landscapes towards San Pedro de Atacama. The 2700 meters of...

From a night photoshoot with Carlos

From dust, mountains, and colorful markets

In Chile, we spent only 2 nights. First, I went to an internet cafe to book the next destinations and flights. Between Buenos Aires and Rio, I will now visit the Iguazu Falls....

The Chilean desert with its Moon Valley and a side trip to the sea.

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...

The next day, the taxi was on time in front of the hostel and despite rush hour, we arrived at the airport early. With only two gates, the airport is relatively small, which...

We have now arrived in country number 7 of this journey - Chile, the richest country in all of South America. We drove to San Pedro de Atacama, not far from the border with...

We have to wake up early to witness the sunrise at El Tatio. The volcano is located at an altitude of 4280 meters, so it is quite chilly there in the morning hours. At the foot...

After breakfast, we start our tour to various lagoons. Our first stop is at the Laguna Chaxa, a salt lake inhabited by countless flamingos, Andean flamingo, James's flamingo,...

„You have 5 minutes left for check-in“, explained an annoyed airport employee and sent us to the quick check-in. Due to the everyday traffic jam in Santiago, we were a bit tight...

Those who expect hot and noisy South Americans in Chile will be disappointed. Chileans are surprisingly calm and not particularly loud. Compared to here, European markets or...

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...

After a relaxing morning, we drive to the Hidden Lagoons of Baltinache. Here, too, the water flows from the Bolivian Andes into a depression without an outlet, and the remaining...