Licancabur Volcano in a cloudy day

The word Licancabur is the Castilianization of a Kunza name used by the Atacameño people to refer to the volcano, which means "Mountain of the People."

Extensive Inca ruins are located at the summit, providing proof of pre-Columbian ascents as well as evidence for a lack of major eruptions over the past 500–1,000 years.

FLAMENCOS EN CHAXA LAGOON

flamencos en el desert a 30 kilometros San Pedro De Atacama este lugar es muy visitado por los turistas

Rio Grande Petroglyph

A incredible view of the petroglyph near the road to Rio Grande, San Pedro Atacama, Chile.

Faces of the Desert

Pukará is the name given by Incas to building that acted as Forts, constructed by the atacameño’s culture to defend itself of other towns that inhabited South America. Pukara of Quitor dates from more than 700 years.

Built with liparita stones that climb a hill as a fortification with a perimeter defensive wall cover a surface of 6.18 acres. The ruins of the Pukara de Quitor are located in a bend of the gorge whose channel flows waters of the river San Pedro rio Grande.

Three Marys In Moon Valley

The Moon Valley has dry lakes, in where the salt composition of these covers with a beautiful white mantle; escarpments of all green, blue, red, yellow colors surprising with the most diverse and surprising forms and which the sun makes vary its tones in thousand different forms during the day, specially in the twilight hours that reaches its best beauty.

Village of Tulor, San Pedro Atacama, Chile

Tulor village was discovered in 1956 by the father Gustavo le Paige S.J. It is one of the oldest human settlements on salt bed, dates from between 800 BC and 500 AD. The village is now an open museum and being just 10 kms distance from San Pedro de Atacama, is great for those who enjoy archaeological and cultural sites.

The houses were constructed with a circular technique on clay, reaching almost the 2 meters height. Once on the site, enter in one of the houses, it will surprise you the coolness and the tenuous inner light.

Church in Machuca, San Pedro De Atacama

Machuca is a typical atacameñan town. This is the church.

Volcan Licancabur

El Volcan Licancabur, con una altura de 5.916 metros, es parte de la Cordillera de los Andes y puede ser apreciado desde el poblado de San Pedro De Atacama.

Road the Catarpe

Singular ravine of historial and, anthropoligical interest pukacara Quitor,and the ruins of Catarpe are found here This Inca redoubt is in highest part of the ravine from where the tourist can contemplase the valley

Quebrada De Jere.

This full of contrast zone presents beautiful. places,such as jere ravine.Even though it surrounded. by desert dunes,jere ravine has pretty orchards .thas are watered by a brook of refresting and sweet water.

Vicuñas a 4.000 metros de altura encuentran su alimento

Valley of the moon

The lack of animal life and vegetation make of the moon valley one of the most driest place in the world...

Camino al valle de la muerte o de marte

Entrada al Valle de la Muerte

Una panoramica vista de la entrada al Valle de la Muerte, tambien conocido como Valle de Marte

Las Caras del Desierto

En el Pukara de Quitor, en San Pedro de Atacama, se erije esta impresionante mascara.