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Best Things to Do
Popular Best Things to Do in El Loa [2025]
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Atacama Desert
4.8
/5
6 reviews
6.7
Based on 981 reviews
82.8 km from downtown
Address: chili
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
Highlights:
Night tour: explore desert ecosystem
World-class observatory & stunning stargazing
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Magic place. Lot's of places to visit, tours are very safe and the guides are great fun. Stay and eat at San Pedro, nice, little town in the middle of the desert.
I went to see the Valley of the Moon, but the schedule didn't work out due to rain, so I chose the geyser tour. I arrived at the geyser at 5 am after passing through a bumpy road. It was amazing to see it up close, unlike when I saw it from afar, and I was sucked into the scene that looked like the surface of another planet. This wasn't the end. After eating breakfast in an open space on all sides, I was tired from the 2-hour descent and was about to close my eyes, but it was so dark on the way up that I couldn't see the Andes scenery, so it was a wonderful tour that I couldn't sleep.
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Geyser del Tatio
4.3
/5
4 reviews
5.0
Based on 7,861 reviews
77.4 km from downtown
Phone +56 9 6673 5372
Address: San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
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must go in Chile. just like yellow stone in Chile. not far from calama Airport.
Chilly but cool! Definitely worth seeing when you come to San Pedro de Atacama. I took a group tour which I didn't enjoy. If your health allows, I recommend renting a 4x4 and going on your own.
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Miscanti Lake
4.7
/5
11 reviews
4.5
>100 km from downtown
Address: San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-3 hours
Highlights:
Flamingos at 16,404 ft lake
Atacama Desert tourist hub
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The Andean Plateau Lake in Atacama is a large alpine freshwater lake. The lake water here is mainly formed by the melting snow from the surrounding mountains. The lake surface is very calm, and it feels like a huge mirror, reflecting the surrounding snow-capped mountains and blue sky and white clouds. It is very beautiful.
Most of the lakes in the Andes Plateau are formed by the melting water of snow-capped mountains. They are blue and clear, similar to the lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in my country. Because it is located on the plateau, the air here is very fresh. When the lake is calm, the beautiful scenery of the sky and the surrounding snow-capped mountains will be reflected in it, which is really beautiful.
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Church of San Pedro de Atacama
4.8
/5
9 reviews
4.5
Based on 1,771 reviews
77.7 km from downtown
Phone +56-55-2851077
Address: Antofagasta, Chile
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
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The Church of San Pedro de Atacama is a monastery with a history of more than 500 years. The color of the entire church building is khaki, which looks very old. The decoration inside the church is very simple, and the triangular roof of the wooden board looks particularly plain. Maybe this is what the church really looks like, and it is worth coming to listen to the chanting quietly.
San Pedro de Atacama Church is a very old church with a history of more than 500 years. The church is very simple, and the main structure of the church is a wooden structure. The plain appearance makes people return to the essence of faith.
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