Chile Geyser de Puchuldiza

Quite remote and at an altitude of 4,300 m lies the small settlement of Puchuldiza. Over a wide area there are at least three geysers. In between are various bubbling boiling and splashing water holes and some fumaroles. There are also many currently inactive openings and holes in the ground, coloured sinter terraces and other sinter formations. Next to the active area runs a river valley shaped by geothermal energy, where the water from all the hot springs flows off picturesquely.
Accordingly, these geysers are among the most beautiful in northern Chile.
These geysers do not explode every few minutes, but rather they spray a fountain up to about 15 m high in pulses, practically continuously with very high pressure.
Even in summer, during the night it has obviously frozen here; at two geysers is still ice that has formed on the ground and on stones when the sprayed water hit them.

The landscape along Ruta 15 and later along the A-487 is sensational. However, twice you have to overcome 4,350 m and 4,380 m high passes.
At the altitude of 4,300 m, where every step is strenuous, you could not adequately explore this huge park of geothermal activity on foot. But there are lanes so that you can drive from one geyser to the next.