San Pedro - Valle de Luna tour

Mountain biking & sand boarding

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May 26th 2007
San Pedro was truly an Oasis in the desert after being so cold. With blue skies and 25 degrees in the day, the weather was perfect for a bit of biking. We headed off with Amy & Miriam (from the Salar de Uyuni trip) with our mountain bikes to the Devil´s Gorge. After a few kilometres on fairly decent road by South American standards, we finally came to a river. Yes it was clearly marked on the ... 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