Birds of Prey in Pan de Azucar

Across the Atacama in a Peugeot 206

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January 22nd 2008
Having arrived in Antofagasta in northern Chile, Sheena & I decided we would leave as quickly as we could and explore the region a little. We hired a car and headed south along the Pan-American highway (Ruta 5) from Antofagasta via Chañaral to the Pan de Azucar National park. This national park is in the Atacama desert which falls abrubtly into the Pacific Ocean where we set up camp on the beac ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more