Chile San Pedro de Atacama Downtown
A remote town in the Atacama Desert.
San Pedro de Atacama is a mixture of provincial villages, tour operators, souvenir shops and fast food stalls, oases, dust and heat as well as indigenous people and many tourists from all over the world. Deep in the Atacama Desert, situated on the salt cordillera and the huge Salar de Atacama, there is fresh water here, presumably from the Andes massif. Nearly a dozen five- and six-thousand-metre peaks form the backdrop. It is firmly in the hands of the fit and young as well as backpackers. At an altitude of 2,440 m, it is a kind of base camp for excursions to very unusual scenic beauties in the immediate and wider surroundings, some at more than 4,000 m.
San Pedro de Atacama is a mixture of provincial villages, tour operators, souvenir shops and fast food stalls, oases, dust and heat as well as indigenous people and many tourists from all over the world. Deep in the Atacama Desert, situated on the salt cordillera and the huge Salar de Atacama, there is fresh water here, presumably from the Andes massif. Nearly a dozen five- and six-thousand-metre peaks form the backdrop. It is firmly in the hands of the fit and young as well as backpackers. At an altitude of 2,440 m, it is a kind of base camp for excursions to very unusual scenic beauties in the immediate and wider surroundings, some at more than 4,000 m.
Travel Information
Internal domestic airline to Calama.
Spot Type
Outdoor
Crowd Factor
A decent amount of people
Best Timing
Daytime
Sunrise & Sunset
07:04 - 20:24
| current local time: 06:49
Photo Themes
desert
Locations
San Pedro de Atacama
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