SALPETER OFFICES AND PINTADOS GEOGLYPH TOUR

Atacama Desert and Altiplano Chile

General

Price From	US$ 110 pp
Duration	Half day
Zone	Iquique
Validity	Dec 30, 2013
Season	Year Round

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DESCRIPTION

You'll visit Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter offices, discovering the ghost towns left behind when the saltpeter boom was over. Then you'll see Pintados Geoglyphs, more than 400 figures spread over the slopes of the coastal range. It's one of Chile's most spectacular archaeological areas.

HIGHLIGHTS
Humberstone Saltpetre Offices, Salt Flat, Painted Hills

Itinerary

Morning or afternoon departure from Iquique.

We start the trip road to the pampa where we'll visit former salpetre offices Santiago Humberstone and Santa Laura, both declared National Monuments.

Complete tour across these ghost towns that'll make us return to the past and discover the spectacular years of economic prosperity of the salpetre, also known as "white gold".

Following the road, we'll visit one of the most amazing archeological site in the North, the Painted Hills (Geoglifos Pintados), featuring more than 400 painted figures streching along the hillsides of the Coastal Range.

Return to Iquique.

The program includes

Transportation in private service.
Snacks.

The program does not include

Entrance tickets.

Recommendations

Dress comfortably with trainers. Wear a hat and sunscreen.

Rates

Fees are per passenger and expressed in American Dollars

PROGRAMA	VALOR
PROGRAMA	1	2	3	4	5-14
Salpeter offices and Pintados Geoglyph tour	US$ 250	US$ 170	US$ 150	US$ 125	US$ 110

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