Discover The Atacama Desert: Laguna Ceja, Moon Valley And San Pedro De Atacama
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- This 3 part series is a tour of the Atacama Desert in Chile, the driest place on earth! The Atacama Desert is incredible, a photographers paradise.We start by visiting the amazing VALLE DE LA LUNA, LAGUNA, CEJAR & San Pedro de Atacama. Our Self Drive Atacama Desert Tour will give you all the tips, ideas and advice for a safe and memorable self-drive stay in a place that is just out of this world!
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Planning a trip outside your comfort zone is not always easy. Let us show you how accessible the Atacama Desert can be, and that doing a self-driving tour can not only give you the freedom to see what you want but is actually more cost-effective than booking all the tours available from San Pedro de Atacama the tourist hub of the desert.
In this first episode, we make our way to the Desert from Calama after hiring a car using www.econorent.cl/ and picking up some supplies at the local supermarket.
Lider Supermarket goo.gl/maps/fAb3oiNzsVobKijx6
Our accommodation in San Pedro de Atacama was the Planeta Atacama Lodge goo.gl/maps/Hp7ZVKTmYu6pYNJo7
San Pedro de Atacama is about 100km and a 1 hour 30-minute tarmac (easy) drive from Calama. The town has plenty of hotels, hostels and B&B's to suit all budgets. If you do have a car consider that the town does not have great parking facilities so pick a hotel that has a secure carpark if you can.
Food and Drink in San Pedro can be more expensive than in other Chilean towns and this is understandable considering everything has to be shipped in. There are still reasonable places to eat but not all are allowed to serve alcohol so check if that is important for you.
The Valle de la Luna "Moon Valley" is an incredible first-day experience and one not to be missed. Close to San Pedro, the off-road parts of the reserve are easy to navigate and help you get started with driving in this area. Remember to always carry water with you as you walk around, it's amazing how quickly you can become thirsty. Sunscreen and a hat also essential.
Link to the information centre for Valle de La Luna goo.gl/maps/HkadiewG7Qwk1ba19
Laguna Cejar 19km outside of San Pedro de Atacama is about a 30 to 40-minute drive on a dusty bumpy track it's quite expensive and unless you plan to swim in the salty water we would not suggest you bother going and save your 30,000 pesos for other areas.
Laguna Cejar goo.gl/maps/ST19tTJZfLDCcAhv5
ONLY Gas Station goo.gl/maps/DBCLJQDHbVxxaYy6A
La Picada Del Indio Restaurant in video goo.gl/maps/UbHh4nugxzz8TovG8
Plaza de San Pedro de Atacama goo.gl/maps/CMVSjd3rDmBLWSN2A
Chapters:-
0:00 Intro
1:24 Getting to the Atacama Desert
1:52 Calama Provisions
3:26 Drive to San Pedro de Atacama
5:07 San Pedro de Atacama
6:08 Valle de la Luna "Moon Valley"
10:37 Mirador de Kari - Piedra del Coyote
11:54 Hiring a car
12:50 Around San Pedro de Atacama
15:14 Laguna Ceja
18:00 San Pedro nightlife
21:38 Next time Part 2
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WOW 😉👍🏻 very cool and awesome 👏 nice colours and amazing landscapes 👌😁 best regards from germany
Thank you my friend the colours are amazing! Was an incredible place.
I think so too! Thanks for sharing.
Only now seeing this video and I must say this place is like another world/planet or scenes from a science fiction movie set. Amazing indeed, great shots and well-narrated.
Was a trip of a lifetime, so incredible! Thanks for watching.
@@MemorySeekers It's a trip of a lifetime just watching your 📹 video🎥❗️
memory seekers thanks for amazing videos
Thanks Juliana! Glad you enjoyed it.
This trip to Atacama was incredible. We ❤️ Chile!
Amazing 3 series videos thank you!
Glad you like them!
This is how I imagine Mars looks like-well, only significantly colder! Lovely video as always ❤
Yes many people think it is like that! 👍
Wow, I hope one day I would to visit Atacama😊
Fabulous colours
Well done video 🙌🏼✨🙏🏼
Thank you 🙌
Great video. I’m going Sunday so some great tips
Great how long are u staying?
@@MemorySeekers Arrive late Sunday depart early Friday. I was just trying to work out the must sees
Great video. Very informative
Great video! Very informative. The Atacama is dreamy, you can see for miles and miles and the colors! Oh, the colors are like a painting. I've been there three times and still want to go back.
Hopefully the music choice has improved since this video though.
Happy I caught you guys!
What a cute bow-wow - was this just pre-Covid? Bit different to Norway? But as dramatic in an arid kind of way - I like the desert, but I'm not sure I like the volcanoes... Quite the Adventure. Nice one guys (but the music was a bit scary!) Happy travels... you have certainly been to some amazing locales.
This was in September 2019 so before covid yes. A very different location from Norway but also in our top trips. It was a bit out there! I think we have gotten better over the years with our music and if I did this video again would pick something else. Live and learn! 😊😂
@@MemorySeekers That's the secret, isn't it (hopefully!) Def agree, your videos are excellent & the music much more considered - but it's not easy, I know, but appreciate all the hard work you guys put into showing us the very best bits, as well as any downsides - if I were able to travel I'd def be checking out your vids 1st, Mum said they loved Norway - didn't realise she'd been! We do look forward to your travels. Thank you. G
We stayed at alto atacama 10 years ago. Was awesome, got to climb cerro tocco. What camera/microphone ru using? The video is amazing.
We have a canon m50 and a rode videomicro mic and a few lenses plus GoPro and sometimes iPhone works fine too. Glad you liked it.
Brought back great memories! Thx!
Thanks for the video..Where did you buy sim card in calama ?
Rare to find a place that does not have insect pests, so I was wondering what the insects were like? It doesn't look like there were many in the last town you visited at the end of this video.
wow amazing place, we supposed to go there last year April but it’s all cancelled. We still have Jetsmart gift voucher to use. When did you travel? Our itinerary was to visit Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru. Atacama desert is one of the place that I’m very excited to visit. We even booked our hotel and luckily we g our money back. How are you both coping with altitude sickness? Hopefully we will be able to travel to South America next year.
Hello, we were there end of September 2019. A brilliant place to visit. We had no issues with the altitude sickness because we made sure we got accustomed to the alt in San Pedro for a day or two before venturing off to the higher alts. It was fine but I guess affects people in different ways. Hope you get to make your trip soon!
@@MemorySeekers thanks for your reply, did you go to Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia?
No we stayed in Chile this trip and then headed to Argentina. Bolivia is on the list for another time! 🤗
@@MemorySeekers thanks for the information
Where did you rent the car from?
econorent.cl/ we have used them each time we have been to Chile, found them very good and reasonable prices. We talk about it at 11:58
Loved the imagery and tips. But that part where you said “pure silence is incredible. Just the wind whistling through the rocks and the crunch of your footsteps..” I really wish you would have given us that auditory experience. The music in the video is incredibly distracting/annoying and kind of stirs up feelings of anxiety… lol . Thanks for the video tho!
Hello thanks for the feedback, these are early videos in our youtube life and I think we have improved and allow for more ambience now as we have learned to edit better. Glad you liked it. An incredible trip, are you planning to go or have been yourself?
How much walking