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WELCOME
Live the magic and the mystique of San Pedro de Atacama, get amazed by the renewing energy of the desert in Iorana Tolache Hotel
ROOMS
Fill yourself with San Pedro de Atacama's renewal energy, on our 35 comfortable rooms with maid service, shower, closet, desk, phone and room heating.
SUPERIOR
These are divided into:
SINGLES
DOUBLES
TWINS
TRIPLES
Includes
Private Bathroom, room heating and phone.
SUITE
These are divided into:
SINGLES
DOUBLES
Includes
Private bathroom with Jacuzzi, room heating, phone and television.
WHAT TO VISIT
San Pedro de Atacama has a large variety of touristic attractions, some of these are:
Tulor Village
It is an archaeological monument, located 9 kms. south of San Pedro de Atacama. It is an atacameñan pre-Columbian rebuilt village. In the area there is a walkway, a gazebo and a gatehouse (managed by the Goyo native community).
Tatio Geyser Field
Located 90 kms. northeast of San Pedro de Atacama at 4,320 m.o.s.l. The water, in the form of steam jets, rises to the surface through fissures in the earth, reaching a temperature of 85°C. This show can be seen between 6 and 7 AM, (with temperatures below freezing on the surface).
San Pedro de Atacama's Church
Declared a national monument in 1951. Began operating before 1641. In its construction were used llama leather straps instead of nails, the walls are made of adobe; its roof is made of chañar and algarrobo wood; the ceiling of the roof is made up of strips of cactus covered with mud and straw.
Cejar Lagoon
Located 20 km from San Pedro de Atacama at 2,300 m. high, in the middle of the Atacama Salt Lake. The magical turquoise waters that invite a special bath, have a higher float level than the Dead Sea due to its high concentration of salt and lithium.
Chaxa Lagoon
Located 67 kms. south of San Pedro de Atacama, in the Soncor area in the Atacama Salt Lake. It is an impressive lagoon with forming superficial salt and an unusual magnificent pink flamingos ecosystem. His observation is a beautiful sight, impressive and unique.
Miscanti y Miñiques Lagoons
Located at 115 kms. southeast of San Pedro de Atacama, at 4,300 meters over sea level and 2 1/2 hours of the town. This lagoons also belong to Los Flamencos National Reserve. The wildlife is formed mainly by Flamingos, Caiti, Horned Tagua and Guallata, among others./p>
The Moon Valley
Located southeast of Calama and 15 km before reaching San Pedro de Atacama. In a landscape of desolation, the wind has sculpted mounds and hollows of salt, clay and plaster, where no vegetation grows and where even see insects is extraordinary.
Archaeological Museum "Padre Gustavo Le Paige"
Right next to the plaza, this museum has about 380,000 valuable pieces, it is a testimony of human evolution in the area, of the last 70 centuries.
Pukará of Quitor
Located 3 kms. northwest of San Pedro de Atacama. It is a pre-Incaic stone construction, which climbs the hill as a fortress. Takes its name from pre-Hispanic agricultural group, "Ayllu of Quitor", whose cultive fields born at the foot of Pukara. It was declared a National Monument in 1982.
Atacama Salt Lake
It's located about 40 kms. south of San Pedro de Atacama. With an area of 4,000 km2, is considered the largest of it's kind in Chile. Under his white cap and rough salt, there is a large lake and on its surface can be seen sporadic gaps. It is an ideal environment for nesting of thousands of flamingos, especially during the summer season.
Puritama Thermal Baths
Located 30 kms. north-east of San Pedro de Atacama, at an approximate height of 3,500 meters over sea level. It is a source of thermal water with constant fluid that forms natural pools. Its warm waters have qualities to cure rheumatic diseases and therapeutic baths.
Tara's Salt field
It belongs to the Nature Reserve "Los Flamencos", 100km from San Pedro de Atacama, at an altitude of 4,300 meters. You can see the "Guardianes de la Pacana", huge stone pillars that rise vertically and lonely on the desert sand, or the "Faralló de Tara", a great rock wall carved by the wind.
USEFUL TIPS
WHEATER
San Pedro de Atacama, has a high desert climate with great temperature variation between day and night. The temperature in summer is 30° C during the day and 16° C at night, there is presence of showers and thunderstorms due to the Bolivian winter. During the winter the temperature is approximately 22° C during the day and 4° C at night.
CLOTHING
Due to the marked which is the temperature variation is necessary to bring summer clothes for the day and winter clothes for the night.
Boots and shoes are recommended for hiking, sandals are not recommended due to the amount of dust on the streets.
Essentials: Sunglasses, sunscreen filter, moisturizer, hat, thick coat, flashlight and binoculars.
CURRENCY
The local currency in Chile is the "Chilean Peso". There are coins of $ 1, $ 5, $ 10, $ 50, $ 100 and $ 500 pesos, and bills of $ 1,000, $ 2,000, $ 5,000, $ 10,000 and $ 20,000. There are 4 ATMs, and a lot of money exchange services. Dollars and credit cards are accepted in most shops.
COMMERCE
Business hours of stores, shops and council dependencies from 9:00 to 14:00. and 17:00 to 22:00 hrs. Restaurants and travel agencies available hours are 8:00 to 24:00.
GALLERY
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