A Must See in Atacama Desert * Lena: Taken by Adventures

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A Must See in Atacama Desert

The Atacama Desert in Chile is the place you feel totally out of the planet Earth. The extreme dryness and high elevation make it’s landscapes comparable to Mars surface. In Space Odyssey TV series the Atacama Desert represents both Mars and Venus. And yes, there will be the moments you wish you were in a space suit.

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You can visit the Atacama Desert either with one of the tour agencies, which are at every single door in San Pedro de Atacama, or by yourself on bike you can rent. Or by car you can be lucky to rent if some left. I was afraid to get lost so went with tour agencies.

Rainbow Valley

Moon Valley

Geyser El Tatio

Laguna Cejar

Laguna Altiplanica

Sandboarding in Death Valley

Agencies in San Pedro de Atacama who organise these tours:

Volcan Paniri Tours
Andes Travel
Ccapcha Expediciones
Estrella Del Sur
Atacama Inca Tour
Desert Adventure

Lena Faber

ROAD TRIPS

Atacama Desert, Chile

Lena Faber

From journalism and car racing in Russia to teaching at the University in South Africa, where she won Alliance de France and the British Consulate international photo contests, she switched paths: earned a silver medal at the 2011 World Masters Athletics USA, hiked the 2,081-mile Appalachian Trail, navigated the Amazon from Peru to Brazil, biked Route 66 from Chicago to LA, from London to Orkney, and from Canada to Key West, and launched an art project at Midcoast Maine. During lockdown drove to Olympic Valley Palisades Tahoe where became a ski and swim instructor, then… well, enough for now.