Personalized Tours & Trips in Atacama Desert

You'll get private transfers from Calama Airport and head to Tatio Geysers for sunrise, then float in Laguna Cejar's buoyant waters and hike through Moon Valley to see the amphitheater and Tres Marías rock formations. At Chaxa Lagoon in the Atacama Salt Flat you can spot three flamingo species, then trek to Red Stones at Salar de Aguas Calientes III and check out Miscanti and Miñiques lagoons beneath twin volcanoes at 4,000 meters.

Soak in eight thermal pools at Puritama Hot Springs, fed by 91°F/33°C water inside a ravine lined with native plants, then try authentic Lickanantay experiences like an ancestral llama caravan or chañar syrup making with local hosts. Hike for 1.5 hours at 13,780 feet among mirror-like waters and red rocks of Piedras Rojas, followed by lunch in Socaire.

Ride electric bikes across the Atacama Desert to Cejar Lagoon and float in the salt-rich waters of Piedra Lagoon at 2,400 meters. Then head to Death Valley where you'll descend 200-meter sand dunes during a sandboarding session and check out the otherworldly 7 Hidden Lagoons of Baltinache with their beautiful turquoise waters.

At 14,100 feet, El Tatio Geysers is the world's highest geyser field where boiling water shoots up at dawn in the Atacama Desert. Trek through Moon Valley's Great Dune and Mars Valley to see the Andes Mountains at sunset, then check out Miscanti and Miñiques lagoons at 13,845 feet.

With group sizes capped at 12 people, you'll see the salt formations at Tres Marías and Mars Valley during sunset in the Cordillera de la Sal. The tour heads through Tamarugo forests to Red Stones at Salar de Aguas Calientes III, then on to altiplanic lagoons below the Miñiques volcano where flamingos and vicuñas hang out.

Watch sunset at Moon Valley in the Salt Mountain Range as golden and reddish light hits the lunar-like rock formations, then head to Laguna Tebinquinche where the Andes reflect in the saline waters. You'll also find flamingos at the Altiplano Lagoons near the striking oxidized lava at Piedras Rojas.

You'll drive a 4x4 Nissan X-Trail with unlimited kilometers through Chile's Norte Grande region, starting in Arica and heading through Lauca National Park to San Pedro de Atacama. Check out the UNESCO-listed Humberstone saltpeter ghost towns and see flamingos at Laguna Chaxa in the Salar de Atacama salt flats.