We leave from your hotel in Antofagasta at approximately 9:00 am to start the city tour in La Portada, which is a natural formation in the middle of the sea. Then we return to the city along the coast road and stop at the Fishing Terminal where you can see pelicans and sea lions.

We will walk to the historic neighborhood, where the Ferrocarril building is located, declared National Monument in 1981. We will visit Colón Square and San José Cathedral.

Later, we begin a tour of the city center of Antofagasta, Brasil avenue (residential district), the ruins of Huanchaca which is an old silver smelting formed by Chilean, Bolivian and English capitals in 1873 and we visit the Huanchaca Foundation Museum .

Then we will go to the Caleta Coloso, where the Escondida Minera port of embarkation  is located. There copper is shipped from the mine through a mining pipeline 170 kilometers long, and it is the center of artisanal fishermen.

13.30: We will be back at your hotel.

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  Very low
• Cultural
  Medium
• Nature
  Very low

We leave from your hotel at approximately 7:30 am in the direction of the Paranal Observatory. The visit will be guided by professional staff provided by the Observatory.

The first access is the Visitor Center: Here there is an explanatory video of the observatory and its history.

Then we climb to the top of Cerro Paranal where there are the giant telescopes of the VLT of 8.2 meters in diameter. In this place you can see the Auxiliary Telescopes of 1.8 meters in diameter, and the rails that allow moving these telescopes along the platform.

After touring the platform, visitors will have the opportunity to enter the giant telescopes of Paranal. Inside you can see the mirrors 8.2 meters in diameter that allow you to observe the distant universe. Flash photography and video footage are allowed.

Then we visit the Control Room where the Astronomers work during the night. All observations and control of the telescopes are made from this place through computers.

Finally you enter the Hall of the hotel to have a partial view of the facilities.

14.00: We will be back at your hotel.

• Physical
  Very low