Laguna en Salar de San Pedro de Atacama

Who says the mountainous dry rugged surface is worthless and adds no wonder? It is time to prove it wrong! Believe it or not, the natural monument Salar de Atacama, the largest salt flat in Chile, has made everyone dumbstruck. Located 55 km South of San Pedro de Atacama, this natural monument stands as an extra-ordinary landscape well characterized by its extensive saline coasts, natural reserve of minerals and a territory of great depressions.

The Salar de Atacama is the largest evaporating pool of Chile with a surface that surpasses 3000 square kilometers. Underneath the white and rough surface of Salar there is a big salt lake hidden by the thickness and the rough scab of salt that boast of containing the greater lithium reserves of the world.

The environs of Salar not only add extra mileage to its scenic beauties and spectacular chasm but also boast of some greatest attractions. With several archeological deposits, it has gained huge praises among the international archeologists.

To the east, it is enclosed by the main chain of Andes, while to the west lies a secondary mountain range of the Andes called Cordillera de Domeyko. To the eastern side of the Salar de Atacama you will find some large volcanoes dominating the landscape including Licancabur, Acamarachi and the Lascar, forming a generally north-south trending line of volcanoes that separate it from smaller endorheic basins.

Salar de Atacama – September

“The Atacama desert is the driest desert in the world. It is nested along the coast of Chile, right between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains.”

“Valley of the Moon, Atacama, Chile”

“This is one of the most spectacular views that you will ever see. The Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon) is a salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, on the Chilean border at the foot of the volcano Licancabur. Its colour is caused by sediments, containing copper minerals. It is elevated some 4,300 m (14,000 ft) above sea level.”

Volcan Licancabur-Antofagasta