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Santiago - Explora in Atacama - Explora in Patagonia.
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| Suggested Itinerary Includes: | Domestic flights in Chile
3 nights in Santiago
3 nights at Explora in Atacama
4 nights at Explora in Patagonia
Daily Breakfast (Most Hotels)
Lunch and Dinner in Atacama and Patagonia
Hotel Taxes
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| Santiago (19 Hotels options in Santiago) |  | Santiago is an architectural collage of old Spanish colonial charm, European elegance, and North American suburbia, populated with five million amiable Chileans. However, the city lacks the Indian markets prevalent in other Andean countries. In the city's center there are pedestrian malls with cobblestone walkways lined with shopping galleries, fountains, cafes, movie theaters, ice cream shops, and banks. There is an intense activity in the arts and also an exciting nightlife. |
| Atacama Desert (11 Hotels options in Atacama Desert) |  | The town resembles a cross between a Pennsylvania mining town and an old frontier town of the Western US. San Pedro de Atacama was the most populated town in pre-Columbian times. Visit the outstanding Archaeology Museum, a must see in Chile. The Valley of the Moon is a mysterious valley, which turns brilliant colors and shimmers in the moonlight. The Pukara is a mountainside stone fortress built by the Atacama Indians. |
| Punta Arenas (5 Hotels options in Punta Arenas) |  | Your gateway to Torres del Paine, Explora, M/V Terra Australis. From here you can combine it with Torres del Paine -El Calafate and Ushuia.
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| Torres del Paine |  | Explora Lodge is designed to bring you into intimate contact with the magnificent natural world of the remote Patagonia, a magical region where nature is still virgin, and the heart of this land - Torres del Paine National Park- exemplifies this overwhelming scenery.
Located on a remarkable location on the shores of Lago Pehoe in the heart of Torres del Paine National Park, the Explora's architecture combines perfectly with the environment and is notable in its simplicity. It features a restaurant, a bar and room service, a game room equipped with TV, video and DVD as well as a heated swimming pool, sauna and massage service. It has quiet sitting areas inside and outdoor verandas and patios.
Each day at Explora, you will be able to choose explorations from 5 different programs. Choose from up to 17 hiking, biking and horseback riding excursions throughout the park, led by bilingual guides with gourmet picnic lunches. They range from easy walks to challenging hikes up to the base of glaciers. |
| Explora in Atacama |  | The program at explora en Atacama, with its base at the Hotel de Larache in the oasis of San Pedro, puts visitors in the middle of a fantasy where exploration, the leaving and returning, acquires a shape of its own. But the oasis of San Pedro is simply an introduction. It is that last area where human life is still possible; where a visitor can still be harboured. Once you leave San Pedro towards the altiplanos and the volcanoes, you can truly perceive remoteness, where one experiences an entirely different world, an untamed place far from civilization as we know it.
The altiplano is more a metaphor than a geographical entity. More than a physical exploration, the trip through the altiplano is a spiritual exploration inside oneself in a unearthly world. The altiplano shows that behind the complexity of life there exists a simplicity that leads us to reconsider our place within the grand scheme of things. And that is what makes the trip to Atacama one of the most magnificent things that one can ever be able to realize.
Each day explora guests canjoin a variety of explorations: you can choose from 8 to 10 different options which have been specifically selected according to the weather, guests desires, the duration and the difficulties. Walking, horseback riding or on bicycle and accompanied by guides, you can explore with emotion the nature or the history of Atacama. You can either be in the Andes, experiencing the power of heights of more than 4,000 meters (13,123 feet) and enjoying the volcanoes and plateaus or you can visit the small villages with plenty of traditions and folklore. |
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