One of the many tantalizing volcanoes around San Pedro I wanted to climb then but still. I opted for the Toco, which is considered simple, but with 5600 meters, at least in terms of height technology is a challenge. Lo and behold: obviously, the long stay at altitude has brought something ... I had zero problems to get there! Finally I could ...
Once you have frozen for a few weeks, you are happy to finally come to San Pedro de Atacama. The city is at "only" 2400 meters, so deep was not since Arequipa. It is located at the north end of the Atacama Basin, also a damn dead, salty, dry place, though not as huge as the Salar de Uyuni. Wonderful you can see ...
The highlight of our tour was the visit to the largest salt desert on this planet, Salar de Uyuni. One sunset, one night and one sunrise plus half a day we were allowed to spend on, in and over the meter-thick salt layer. Approximately 140x110 km, the area is large, estimated 10 billion tons of salt are still around. Both the sunsets and sunrise were the moon ...