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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Set up your base in San Pedro de Atacama and spend your days checking out the desert's best spots at your own speed. You'll float in Laguna Cejar's super salty waters, head out early to see the Tatio Geysers shooting steam (it's the biggest geothermal field down here), and hike through Valle de la Luna's salt caves before climbing the dunes for sunset.

Visit the Atacama Desert with shared excursions to the Tatio Geysers at 14,100 feet, the highest geothermal field on Earth, and see flamingos at Chaxa Lagoon within Chile's largest salt flat. Trek the marked trails of Moon Valley to see the Tres Marías salt formations and watch sunset over the Andes from Mars Valley, then stargaze at a private observatory with professional 16-inch telescopes. Stay 3 nights at Casa de Don Tomás in San Pedro de Atacama with daily breakfast, tour the Altiplanic Lagoons of Miscanti and Miñiques at 13,845 feet, and head to the adobe village of Machuca to observe vicuñas and ancestral llama herders.