In this travel program, you will get to know the best of Iquique. You will visit the former nitrate offices of Humberstone and Santa Laura. We will learn about archaeology, history, and enjoy the landscapes of Atacama.
Day 1: Iquique
Transfer: Airport Hotel in Iquique
Iquique: City tour and navigation
- Departure: 10:00
- Duration: 4 hours
- Pickup / Dropoff: Hotel in Iquique
If you want to know Iquique, our city tour will take you to the most emblematic points of the city, the Baquedano promenade, the Astoreca palace and the Municipal theater. We will also do a navigation around the bay and Puerto de Iquique.
We leave at 10:00 am from your hotel in Iquique and we will go to Brava beach. We are going to visit the church Grotto of Lourdes in the Cavancha peninsula and the Cavancha beach theme park. We will walk along the Boulevard Baquedano and visit the Astoreca Palace, the Municipal Theater, Prat Square and the Clock Tower.
Then we walk along the Lynch Promenade and through the exterior area to the replica of the real scale of the Esmeralda Corvette. We will visit the fishing cove Riquelme and the Prat pier where we take the boat to navigate the bay. After that, we visit the fishing boat sector, the Puerto de Iquique, where all the things that are sold in the Zofri mall are landed, we sail through the sea lion islets and the Esmeralga buoy, where they tell us the story and all the events that took place in the Naval Combat of Iquique on May 21, 1879.
After navigation, we take you to your hotel or if you prefer, we leave you at the Zofri mall for lunch (at the passenger's expense) and buy.
- CulturalVery high
- NatureVery low
Day 2: La Tirana - Iquique - Humberstone Saltpeters
Humberstone Saltpeter and Painted Geoglyphs Tour
- Departure: 08:30
- Duration: 12 hours
- Includes: Lunch
- Pickup / Dropoff: Hotel in Iquique
- PhysicalVery low
- CulturalVery high
- NatureMedium
Day 3: Volcán Isluga National Park - Iquique
Tour through the Volcan Isuga National Park
- Departure: 07:30
- Duration: 14 hours
- Includes: Breakfast, Boxlunch
- Pickup / Dropoff: Hotel en Iquique
- PhysicalVery low
- CulturalMedium
- NatureVery high
Day 4: Mamiña Hot Springs - Iquique
Relax day on Mamiña Thermal Springs
- Departure: 08:30
- Duration: 10 hours
- Includes: Lunch
- Pickup / Dropoff: Hotel en iquique
- CulturalMedium
- NatureVery high
Day 5: TRANSFER HOTEL TO IQUIQUE AIRPORT
Transfer: Hotel Airport in Iquique
- Transfer airport / hotel / airport
- City tour around Iquique with navigation to the Esmeralda buoy
- Saltpeter tour and the Pica Oasis
- Tour to the Isluga Volcano National Park
- Mamiña Hot Springs
- Entrance to the Thermal Baths of Enquelga
- Spanish guide
- Welcome drink
- Use of the heated pool at the hotel
- Accommodation
- Everything not mentioned
Recommendations
Comfortable shoes, jockey, sunglasses, sun block, water and comfortable clothes.
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