Is it possible to get more details about the negative review for the Great Atacama desert tour?

Atacama is a desert at high altitude of 4300 m. Some visitors might get sick. However, our services, tours, vehicles, hotels, and guides are excellent with 98% 4 and 5-star reviews.

I'm interested in booking the Great Atatcama Desert tour to participate in a group travel in Mid August. However, I'm only a solo traveler, and for me it is not clear if this tour will come into being. Can you please give me more information on how a tour will be finalized, and if there are certain conditions to be met, e.g. a minimum number of travelers. I'm also asking because I'd really like to travel in a group for the social experience.

we can provide this great tour, we have daily departures (guaranteed), and groups might be from 4 to 20 people (the number might change). once your book remains confirmed and reliable. All our guests feel at home and generally have a wonderful social experience.

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Chile: Santiago - Viña del mar - Valparaíso- San Pedro de Atacama - Arica - 11 days

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Operator: Receptivo Aborigen Tours
Explorer: Curated to ignite your sense of adventure
Group Tour: Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
Partially Guided: Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
High Intensity: Travelers should be in very good physical condition and expect continuous demanding activities
Guided in English: Other languages on request: Spanish
Group Size 2 - 45
All Ages Welcome

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Itinerary

Day 1
Santiago
Start point
Santiago Metropolitan, Chile (Transfer in/out in each destination - Airport or Bus station , 05:00 - 23:00)
Day 2
Santiago
Meals
Breakfast (Breakfast buffet)
Included Activities
- City sightseeing tour of Santiago Civic Center
- Visit Government Palace La Moneda and Constitution Square
- Visit Armas Square, Municipality building, National Historical Museum, and Santiago Cathedral
- Explore Bellavista Neighborhood
- Explore Providencia Neighborhood
- Visit Church of the Dominican National Monument
- Browse Pueblito de los Artesanos handicrafts market
Optional Activities
- Visit Costanera Center mall
Landmarks
La Moneda Palace
Plaza de la Constitución
Plaza de Armas
Santiago Cathedral
National Historical Museum
Bellavista
Providencia
Church of the Dominican
Costanera Center
Day 3
Viña del Mar
Meals
Breakfast (Breakfast buffet)
Included Activities
- Visit La Sebastiana House-Museum of Pablo Neruda (entrance fee included)
- Explore Valparaiso historic port city
- View Valparaiso's colorful elevators and neighborhoods
- Visit Viña del Mar
- Visit Faba lapis lazuli shop with Pisco Sour
Landmarks
La Sebastiana
Valparaiso Historic Port
Viña del Mar
Day 4
San Pedro de Atacama
Meals
Breakfast (Breakfast buffet)
Included Activities
- Afternoon visit to Valleys of the Moon and Death
- Explore rock formations and geological formations
- Experience salt caverns
- Atacama sunset viewing with Licancabur Volcano
Landmarks
Valleys of the Moon and Death
Licancabur Volcano
Atacama Desert
Day 5
San Pedro de Atacama
Meals
Breakfast (Breakfast buffet)
Included Activities
- El Tatio geothermal field sunrise experience
- Walk through geothermal field and photography
- Swimming in Tatio spring mineral waters
- Explore native plants and animals in Andes foothills
- Visit Machuca mountain village
Landmarks
El Tatio Geothermal Field
Tatio Spring
Andes Mountains
Machuca
Day 6
San Pedro de Atacama
Meals
Breakfast (Breakfast)
Included Activities
- Visit Altiplanic Lagoons and Miscanti and Miñiques volcanoes
- Observe Andean wildlife including vicuñas, foxes, flamingos
- Visit salt flats of Talar and Tuyajto Lagoon
- Cross Salar de Atacama salt flat
- Visit Toconao village and crafts
- Experience salt caverns and Atacama sunset viewing with Licancabur Volcano
Landmarks
Miscanti Lagoon
Miñiques Lagoon
Miscanti Volcano
Miñiques Volcano
Talar Salt Flats
Tuyajto Lagoon
Salar de Atacama
Toconao
Licancabur Volcano
Day 7
San Pedro de Atacama to Arica
Meals
Breakfast (Breakfast)
Included Activities
- Bus journey through Atacama Desert
Landmarks
Atacama Desert
Day 8
Arica
Meals
Breakfast (Breakfast at the hotel)
Included Activities
- Visit San Marcos Cathedral square
- Visit Alacran Island
- Visit Laucho and Lisera beaches
- Visit Morro de la and Weapons Museum
- Tour Azapa Valley with geoglyphs at Tropilla
- Visit Sacred Hill and Pucara de San Lorenzo
- Visit San Miguel de Azapa museum with Chinchorro mummies
- Taste and purchase olives at local plot
Landmarks
San Marcos Cathedral
Alacran Island
Laucho Beach
Lisera Beach
Morro de la
Weapons Museum
Azapa Valley
Cerro Sombrero
Tropilla Geoglyphs
Sacred Hill
Pucara de San Lorenzo
San Miguel de Azapa Museum
Day 9
Arica
Meals
Breakfast (Breakfast)
Day 10
Arica to Santiago
Meals
Breakfast (Breakfast)
Optional Activities
- Optional tour of Santiago
Day 11
Santiago
End point
Santiago Metropolitan, Chile (Transfer in/out in each destination - Airport or Bus station , 05:00 - 23:00)
Meals
Breakfast (Breakfast)

Landmarks
La Moneda Palace
Plaza de la Constitución
Plaza de Armas
Santiago Cathedral
National Historical Museum
Bellavista
Providencia
Church of the Dominican
Costanera Center

Landmarks
La Sebastiana
Valparaiso Historic Port
Viña del Mar

Landmarks
Valleys of the Moon and Death
Licancabur Volcano
Atacama Desert

Landmarks
El Tatio Geothermal Field
Tatio Spring
Andes Mountains
Machuca

Landmarks
Miscanti Lagoon
Miñiques Lagoon
Miscanti Volcano
Miñiques Volcano
Talar Salt Flats
Tuyajto Lagoon
Salar de Atacama
Toconao
Licancabur Volcano

Landmarks
Atacama Desert

Landmarks
San Marcos Cathedral
Alacran Island
Laucho Beach
Lisera Beach
Morro de la
Weapons Museum
Azapa Valley
Cerro Sombrero
Tropilla Geoglyphs
Sacred Hill
Pucara de San Lorenzo
San Miguel de Azapa Museum

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4.1

(235 reviews)

Number of tours

340

Age Range

1 to 99 years old

Response time

within 1 day

Response rate

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4.0

Overall rating based on 2 Reviews

Itinerary
2.0
Transport
4.0
Guide
3.0
Accommodation
2.0
Food
3.0
Tour Operator
4.1

Martin
September 18th, 2025
5
We had an amazing experience with Aborigen Tours! Our guide Karina was wonderful, and made every moment special. The...
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Rebecca
September 12th, 2019
3
This tour was a disaster from start to finish. I had to make several complaints, i had to ask several times for...
This tour was a disaster from start to finish. I had to make several complaints, i had to ask several times for information and itinerary confirmation. I had to complain about 2 hotels i was staying in both of which were stays of 3 days each. I was due to get a bus from San pedro de atacama to arica at 8.30pm, i arrived at the bus station 45 mins before to be told that no buses were going out that evening at all. I was in a cold dark bus station in the middle of nowhere alone and it took some time for this to be organised. I spent another night in atacama, missed the trip to arica and had to spend extra time in Santiago. I was very disappointed by the whole thing... It was badly organised and badly run. The tour was not good value for money and the accommodation was awful. I'm making further complaints.Show more
Traveled in August 2019
Reply from: Receptivo Aborigen Tours
Hi Rebecca thanks for your kind review!
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Kim
Asked on May 30th, 2024
Is it possible to get more details about the negative review for the Great Atacama desert tour?
Tour Details
Travel Support
- Receptivo Aborigen ToursOperator•Written May 2024
  Atacama is a desert at high altitude of 4300 m. Some visitors might get sick. However, our services, tours, vehicles, hotels, and guides are excellent with 98% 4 and 5-star reviews.
- K
  Kim
  Traveler•Written May 2024
  Are there any concerns about accommodation quality and transportation during the Atacama tour?
- Receptivo Aborigen ToursOperator•Written May 2024
  We have improved our accommodation performance due to past issues. The transport incident has been addressed. The tour is now working great and is reliable.
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Samuel
Asked on April 17th, 2024
I'm interested in booking the Great Atatcama Desert tour to participate in a group travel in Mid August. However, I'm only a solo traveler, and for me it is not clear if this tour will come into being. Can you please give me more information on how a tour will be finalized, and if there are certain conditions to be met, e.g. a minimum number of travelers. I'm also asking because I'd really like to travel in a group for the social experience.
Group size
Tour Details
- Receptivo Aborigen ToursOperator•Written April 2024
  we can provide this great tour, we have daily departures (guaranteed), and groups might be from 4 to 20 people (the number might change). once your book remains confirmed and reliable. All our guests feel at home and generally have a wonderful social experience.
- S
  Samuel
  Traveler•Written April 2024
  I'm currently looking for a departure on either 10th or 11th of August. If possible, I'd like to travel with a group between 10 and 15 people. Do you already have some confirmed bookings for those departure dates?
- S
  Samuel
  Traveler•Written July 2024
  I'm looking to finally book this tour. I can now depart on either Sunday August 11 or Monday August 12. Can you please let me know which departure date has the bigger group in my age range (30-40 years) at this point in time?
- Receptivo Aborigen ToursOperator•Written July 2024
  departure on Aug 11th has 9 pax(age 33-56), on Aug 12th 8pax (age30-50), right now, it might change
- S
  Samuel
  Traveler•Written July 2024
  I just wanted to book for the Aug 12th departure, however I was not able to properly assign my room. It was always required to assign to a private room, this was not clear beforehand as I expected that a room could be shared. That would be a huge price increase of ~50%. Is there a different way to book this tour?
- Receptivo Aborigen ToursOperator•Written July 2024
  we already published an additional fare of 1699 u$ for the whole tour for individual in Hostel shared room

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Chile: Santiago - Viña del mar - Valparaíso- San Pedro de Atacama - Arica - 11 days

Itinerary

Santiago

Santiago

Included Activities

Optional Activities

Viña del Mar

Included Activities

San Pedro de Atacama

Included Activities

San Pedro de Atacama

Included Activities

San Pedro de Atacama

Included Activities

San Pedro de Atacama to Arica

Included Activities

Arica

Included Activities

Arica

Arica to Santiago

Optional Activities

Santiago

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