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Santiago, Atacama Desert and Easter Island Holiday

  • Santiago
  • San Pedro de Atacama
  • Easter Island
  • 9 nights from
  • £5,650 per person

    • Trip Code: MC-1533

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Santiago, Atacama Desert and Easter Island Holiday

A journey through Chile's most striking contrasts, from the capital's colonial and coastal surrounds to the salt flats and geysers of the Atacama, finishing on Easter Island among the moai and Rapa Nui heritage sites.

Santiago, Atacama Desert and Easter Island Holiday includes:

  • Flights
  • Accommodation
  • Sightseeing and transfers as listed
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Day 1 - Santiago

On arrival at Santiago airport, guests are met and transferred to their hotel. In the afternoon, a guided tour takes in the historic centre around Plaza de Armas, including the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Central Post Office and City Hall, before continuing to La Moneda Palace, the seat of the Chilean government. The tour also covers the Lastarria district, known for its restaurants and galleries, Forestal Park, and the bohemian Bellavista neighbourhood. Return to the hotel for the night.  

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Day 2 - Santiago to Viña del Mar to Valparaíso to Santiago

A day trip to the Pacific coast, around an hour and a half from Santiago. The route passes through the Casablanca Valley, known for its vineyards, where a wine tasting can be arranged for private groups. First stop is Viña del Mar, known as the Garden City for its parks, beaches and the well known Flower Clock. From there, continue to Valparaíso, a UNESCO listed port city built across steep hills, with colourful houses, street art and funiculars. The visit includes La Sebastiana, one of the former homes of the poet Pablo Neruda, with views over the bay. Return to Santiago in the afternoon.  

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Day 3 - Santiago to Calama to San Pedro de Atacama

A flight to Calama, followed by a road transfer to San Pedro de Atacama through the Domeyko mountains and the Cordillera de la Sal. In the late afternoon, visit Moon Valley and Death Valley in the heart of the Atacama Desert, the driest in the world. Moon Valley's dunes and rock formations are shaped by wind and salt, while Death Valley's red rock is a well known sunset spot as the light changes over the Andes.

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Day 4 - San Pedro de Atacama

A day exploring the Altiplano, rising above 4,000 metres to the Miscanti and Miñiques lagoons, home to flamingos and surrounded by volcanoes. The tour continues to Socaire, a small Atacameño village known for its stone architecture and old agricultural terraces, then to the Atacama Salt Flat, a protected wetland with its own flamingo population. The day finishes in Toconao, a colonial village built from volcanic stone, before lunch at a local restaurant and the return to San Pedro de Atacama.  

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Day 5 - : San Pedro de Atacama to Calama to Santiago

An early start for the El Tatio Geysers, one of the highest geothermal fields in the world at over 4,300 metres, best seen at dawn when the steam rises against the cold air. Breakfast is served outdoors near the geysers, followed by a short walk where vicuñas can often be seen. A stop at the Machuca wetland on the way back gives a further chance to spot flamingos, ducks and llamas, before the afternoon flight from Calama back to Santiago.

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Day 6 - Easter Island

Flight to Easter Island, with a reception on arrival and transfer to the hotel.  

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Day 7 - Easter Island

A full day exploring the island's archaeological sites, starting at Akahanga, where moai still lie along their original transport routes, then Rano Raraku, the quarry where most of the statues were carved. The tour continues to Ahu Tongariki, the island's largest ceremonial site with fifteen restored moai, and finishes at Anakena Beach, said to be where the first Polynesian settlers landed. Return to Hanga Roa in the afternoon.  

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Day 8 - Easter Island

A morning covering the island's ceremonial history, beginning at Vinapu, known for its stonework, then Rano Kau, one of the island's three volcanoes, with a crater lagoon and views over the Pacific. On its rim sits Orongo, the ceremonial village linked to the Birdman cult, with petroglyphs and a guide's explanation of the rituals once carried out there.  

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Day 9 - Easter Island to Santiago

Transfer to the airport for the flight back to Santiago, with an overnight stay near the airport.

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Day 10 - Homeward

Time at lesiure in Santiago before transfering to the airport

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