Hike to the Guatin Valley and Puritama hot springs

In Putre, the following activities are worth noting:- the Las Vicuñas National Reserve: located south of Lauca National Park, along the Bolivian border, it is home to vicuñas, armadillos, guinea pigs, rheas, suris... It also contains archaeological remains;- the Salar de Surire Natural Monument: located on the Altiplano at 4,250 meters above sea level, it protects the high-altitude ...

The Mylodon Cave Natural Monument is in fact a complex of caves and rock cavities nicknamed “Silla del Diablo” (“the Devil's Chair”). In one of these caves, bones of the mylodon were discovered — a mammal belonging to the group of ground sloths.The species, which lived in what is now Patagonia, went extinct around 10,000 years ago. Not fully bipedal, the mylodon used its long tail ...

For stargazers, the Atacama Desert in Chile is without question the Holy Grail, offering ideal observing conditions: the clearest skies in the world, virtually no light pollution, and state-of-the-art observation facilities. The Atacama has the highest concentration of scientific observatories anywhere. Northern Chile is estimated to host 70% of the world's astronomical ...