Exploring Chile and Bolivia

One of the driest but most beautiful places on earth. A mix of luna type landscape, active geysers, bubbling mud pools, salt pans, flamingos and that precioius
commodity, absolute silence.
TIP: Drink plenty of water as the lack of humidity will make you feel constantly thirsty at first. You may experience a very blocked nose and minor nosebleeds. This is also a normal reaction to lack of humidity.

Varying landscape including windswept steppes peppered with vast sheep farms and pengins, mountains, glaciers and serene lakes.
TIP: Distances are vast in Patagonia and you may have to travel great distances to see the major sites.

A remote and beautiful park situated over the border with Chile. At altitude picture a volcano as a backdrop behind the worlds highest lake (4,500metres).

A complete and interesting change from other parts of Chile. A small island 4 hours west of Santigao. Provides a fascinating insight in to the Polynesean culture symbolised by the Maoi statues

12,000 square kilometers of salt flats in Bolivia, across the border with Chile. An unimagineably vast wilderness of flat white land, interrupted only by "islands" of coral and volanic rock e.g fish island and its cacti which grow at about 1cm per year. The oldest is 1200 years
TIP: Much of Bolivia is at altitude in excess of 3,000 metres. Visiting the Solar you may reach 5,000 metres. Take practical advice seriously e.g no alcohol and light meals. Try and take some time to acclimatize rather than flying straight from sea level to altitude e.g. visit Atacama Desert first and take the bus in to Bolivia.