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Day 1. Putre - Salt Lake Surire - National Park Volcano Isluga - Altiplanic Villages - Colchane.
Departure from Putre to the Vicuña National Reserve, passing the villages of Ancuta and Guallatire; appreciating the volcano Guallatire. We arrive at the Salt Lake Surire (4,200 m) around noon where you can enjoy small hikes, photographies and panoramic views. Picknick at the Thermal Baths of Polloquere, then we cross the National Park Volcano Isluga, pass the lagoon Arabilla, the villages Enquelga and Isluga and finally arrive in Colchane at the end of the day. Acommodation in the hotel.
Day 2. Colchane - Cariquima - Atacama Giant - Nitrate Mines of Humberstone - Iquique or Arica.
We leave Colchane in the morning to observe the Giant Cactus that get about 4 to 5 meters high. Then we continue visiting the villages of Cariquima and Chusmiza, before we get to the Atacama Giant. Lunch in Huara. Afterwards we make a stop at the nitrate mines of Humberstone. The tour can either end in Iquique or in Arica.
Itinerario
Departure from Putre to the Vicuña National Reserve, passing the villages of Ancuta and Guallatire; appreciating the volcano Guallatire. We arrive at the Salt Lake Surire (4,200 m) around noon where you can enjoy small hikes, photographies and panoramic views. Picknick at the Thermal Baths of Polloquere, then we cross the National Park Volcano Isluga, pass the lagoon Arabilla, the villages Enquelga and Isluga and finally arrive in Colchane at the end of the day. Acommodation in the hotel.
We leave Colchane in the morning to observe the Giant Cactus that get about 4 to 5 meters high. Then we continue visiting the villages of Cariquima and Chusmiza, before we get to the Atacama Giant. Lunch in Huara. Afterwards we make a stop at the nitrate mines of Humberstone. The tour can either end in Iquique or in Arica.