Today make your own way to the airport for your flight to Chile. The Adventure begins!
Private Service with English speaking guide
Arrive Santiago, Chile and after clearing Customs and Immigration you will be met by your driver and transferred to your hotel. Remainder of day at leisure.
Half Day City Tour Santiago
Private Service with English speaking guide
We will start our trip leaving the hotel behind and visiting La Moneda, the Government Palace, where we will learn about the historical and current importance of this place. Following this, we will enjoy a walk through the pedestrian streets of Huérfanos and Ahumada, where the main commercial activity of the city is concentrated. Afterwards, we will visit the main square of the city called Plaza de Armas, which is surrounded by the Metropolitan Cathedral and other beautiful buildings. Focusing in the cultural and historical sites of Santiago, we will also visit the Santa Lucía Hill, the mount upon which the Spanish founded Santiago in 1541. It is a lone steep rock, with many plants and an antique building rising steeply from the city below. Later, we will cross the Mapocho River to get to Bellavista, the cultural and artistic neighborhood of Santiago. Finally, we will visit Los Dominicos craft market, which began as an artists’ commune supported by the Dominican monastery. In this place of more than 150 workshops you will find the most complete and representative sample of Chilean handcrafts. After this interesting tour we will call it a day and return to the hotel. (HD)
Today your driver meets you at your hotel and transfers you to Santa Cruz for your 2 night stay in the wine country. Upon arrival check-in, relax and enjoy the vineyard surrounding you. Perhaps take a swim or enjoy a spa treatment.
* Program includes: 2 night stay with breakfast a la carte, lunch with wine and non alcoholic drinks, tea time, dinner menu with wine pairing. Private Tour & Tasting at Clos Apalta Winery with visit to family's private cellar. Visit to other wineries in the Apalta Valley based on shared services (minimum 2 nights stay). Visit to Colchagua museum. Mountain bike rides through the vineyards. Hiking in Native Forest. Wi-Fi, Nespresso machine, Ipod Touch, and frigobar.
* Check-In: 16hrs / Check-Out: 12hrs
Today enjoy a Private Tour & Tasting at Clos Apalta Winery including the family's private celler.
Then join a Shared tour other wineries in the Apalta Valley, please check with the hotel upon check-in for the wineries to visit.
This morning meet your driver for your Private Transfer to the Santiago Airport. Upon arrival check-in for your flight to Calama and San Pedro de Atacama.
CALAMA - SAN PEDRO
After arriving at the airport, you will be transported to the town of San Pedro de Atacama and your deluxe hotel. This colorful village is located 2,440 m / 8,000 ft above sea level in the middle of a green oasis.Overnight in San Pedro de Atacama.
* Program includes: Non-guided transfers between the hotel and Calama airport. Accomodation with American breakfast, lunch and dinner. Open bar with soft drinks, mineral water, juices, house wines, beer and liquors. Two half day or one full day excursion per day in small groups with other guests accompanied by English speaking guides. Full use of all the Hotel facilities including gardens, pools, saunas and Jacuzzis.
* Not included: Spa treatments, bottles of wine ordered from the premium wine list, telephone calls, laundry and other personal expenditures.
* Check-in: 3 pm / Check-out: 11 am
PETROGLYPHS, RAINBOW VALLEY, TOCONAO AND THE ATACAMA SALT LAKE
This tour will take you to the enigmatic archeological site known as Yerbas Buenas, located 68 km from San Pedro de Atacama. In this area you will be impressed by the great variety of old petroglyphs carved in rock. From there, you will continue to the fascinating Rainbow Valley, an area surrounded by beautiful hills and attractive multi-colored rock formations. You will have more than enough time to roam this incredible place and to take unbelievable pictures to remember this remarkable experience. In the afternoon you will visit the village of Toconao known for its historic white bell tower. Afterwards you will continue on to the Atacama Salt Lake; an inland sea formed millions of years ago and an impressive sight dominated by small rock formations and crystalized salt. Overnight in San Pedro de Atacama.
- Lunch does not include transfers between restaurant and hotel.
EL TATIO AND MACHUCA
Before dawn break you will depart from San Pedro and head north to the famous El Tatio Geysers; a geothermal field flanked by soaring peaks. El Tatio is situated at 4,300 m / 14,108 ft above sea level on the Altiplano. It is the highest geothermal field in the world and boasts spectacular scenery. Make sure to bring warm clothes as temperatures at this altitude are considerably low this early in the morning. At dawn you will observe powerful spurts of steam that shoot out from various geyser blowholes and steaming ponds that are encrusted with brilliant salt crystals reflecting the metal-blue sky. After this nice visit to El Tatio you will drive to the village of Machuca known as the resting place for llama caravans that traveled the Inca Highway. Afterwards you will return to San Pedro de Atacama to enjoy the afternoon at leisure. Overnight in San Pedro de Atacama.
Please note:
- Due to high altitude and early departure the recommendation is to have a light dinner the night before and no alcohol. Low tº could reach up to -15ºC/5ºF bring warm clothing, sun cream, sun glasses, bathing suit and towels.
- The excursion El Tatio Geysers is not recommended for pregnant women and children younger than 6 years.
After breakfast, a transfer will take you to the airport to board your departure flight to Santiago where you connect to your flight home with a lifetime of memories!
