Exploring the salt mountains

Desert town

---

February 1st 2006
San Pedro de Atacama is a small touristic town in the middle of the desert, on the edge of the Atacama salt flat and on the foothills of the Andes. It's a comfortable place to stay and it's surrounded by some amazing stuff: salt flat, salt mountains, salt lakes, sand dunes, volcanoes and geysers. It's a tourist hot spot and accordingly the prices are high. Because of the tourism the town has grown ... read more

South America » Chile » Antofagasta Region » San Pedro de Atacama

---

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