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San Pedro de Atacama Destination Guide

Discover San Pedro de Atacama in Chile

San Pedro de Atacama in the region of Antofagasta with its 2,000 habitants is a town located in Chile - some 743 mi or ( 1196 km ) North of Santiago , the country's capital .

Interactive map of San Pedro de Atacama

Local time in San Pedro de Atacama is now 02:53 PM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " America/Santiago " with a UTC offset of -3 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Iquique, Guatin, Antofagasta, Tarija, and Sucre. When in this area, you might want to check out Iquique . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in San Pedro de Atacama ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Biking in the Atacama and Floating in Hot Water, San Pedro Chile

2:53 min by Cvillemac
Views: 98774 Rating: 4.64

John and Cara rent bikes in San Pedro and explore the surrounding desert of the dry yet beautiful Atacama. They visit the desolate Valle de la Muerte, "Death Valley", and the bazar Laguna Piedras wher ..

Atacama Desert, Chile

5:27 min by mvtravelmedia
Views: 36184 Rating: 4.93

See the increadible landscape of the probably driest place in the world: the Atacama Desert. The Video shows different places around San Pedro de Atacama, like the Tatio Geysires, the Valle de la Luna ..


San Pedro de Atacama & Geiser

8:58 min by VillaSpaldi
Views: 6895 Rating: 4.20

1st day in San Pedro - Unexpected oasis at the north edge of the Atacama desert. Visit to the Village church of San Pedro, local Museumwith artifact and Gold items collected by a Belgian Missionary. L ..

Deserto Atacama Chile #2

3:32 min by Luciano Correa
Views: 4648 Rating: 5.00

Documentario de minha expedição. A film about my expedition and my sports in Atacama, Chile. A Great country! Great people. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

R. P. Gustavo Le Paige Archaeological Museum

R. P. Gustavo Le Paige Archaeological Museum is a museum located in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. It houses a collection of about 380,000 pre-Columbian artifacts from the Atacameño culture. The museum is named after Jesuit missionary Father Gustavo Le Paige, who was its founder. This museum belongs to the Catholic University of the North.

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Located at -22.91 -68.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Anthropology museums, Archaeological museums in Chile, Museums in Antofagasta Region, Pre-Columbian art museums, University museums in Chile

Pukará de Quitor

Pukará de Quitor (also spelled Pucará de Quitor) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in northern Chile. This stone fortress is located 3 km northwest of the town of San Pedro de Atacama, overlooking the valley of the river San Pedro. It was designated a national monument in 1982.

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Located at -22.89 -68.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Chile, Buildings and structures in Antofagasta Region, Former fortresses, Forts in Chile, National Monuments of Chile, Visitor attractions in Antofagasta Region

Tulor

Tulor is an archaeological site located in the Norte Grande natural region of the Antofagasta Region, Chile near San Pedro de Atacama. The site is a former village complex with an area of 5,200 m and 22 outlying edifices. The settlement's remains are distributed in an east-west fashion along 2 km . Radiocarbon and thermoluminescence dating date the origin of the settlement sometime between 380 BCE and 200 CE, but most structures are from the period 800 CE - 1200 CE.

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Located at -22.97 -68.24 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Chile, Buildings and structures in Antofagasta Region, Geography of Antofagasta Region, National Monuments of Chile

Valle de la Luna (Chile)

Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) is located 13 kilometres west of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama desert of Chile. It has various stone and sand formations which have been carved by wind and water. It has an impressive range of color and texture, looking somewhat similar to the surface of the moon. There are also dry lakes where the composition of salt makes a white covering layer of the area.

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Located at -22.91 -68.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Geography of Antofagasta Region, Valleys of Chile

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