EXPEDITION CAMINO DEL INCA

Direct trip to Lake Chungara to appreciate the dawn of Parinacota volcano reflecting in the lake.

• Check the Bofedal Jalsuri where you can have a panoramic view of the landscape.
• Panoramic churigualla apacheta of where we will place at a height of 4,700 meters, to observe volcanoes.
• Check the hot springs of churiyallas where you can take a bath.
• Panoramic reserves vicuna.
• Guallatire view of volcano, one of the active volcanoes in the area.
• Visit the village and church of Guallatire.
• Walk around the river and wetlands Guallatire. (2 hours)
• Panning natural geography with Yellow Mountains
• Lookout with panoramic salar Surire to salt flats and volcanoes Surire view of the area.
• Check the first Andean flamingos lagoon (sunset tour)
• Accommodation CONAF shelter.

• Sunrise on Surire.
• Visit Surire first lagoon, where they have their habitat Andean flamingos.
• Second Surire salt lagoon, where we met with Chilean flamingos and a variety of birds in the area, this place is also possible to see the mountains reflected in the gaps.
• Enters the ancient village of Surire (old chilcaza) where we find the Chilcaya viewpoint where we can observe a variety of flora and fauna of the resort, this old buildings on the edge of the hill where we walk chancacoyo of 40 to 60 minutes.
• Mirador del Cerro Guarmire Vintu or pampa (pampa woman) from where you can see the Jemesis Flamingos, Llamas, Alpacas and Rheas.
• Check the Polloquere hot springs, where its waters reach 65° Celsius and you can swim on their edges.
• We continue along the path bordering the salt and then divert the path of mulluri (4,650 m) where we get into the Isluga National Park where we can have a panoramic view of the snowy, flora and fauna of the area.
• Follow the route visiting small towns.
• Check the viewpoint of Taipicollo where we find a characteristic vegetation (box scrub aravilla)
• Arrive aravilla gaps where we can have a different view of Isluga volcano and a small lagoon where their habitat have some flamingos.
• We passed the village of Isluga, unique landscape in the world but even in the season of harvest quinoa (cereal of the gods)
• Check the hot springs of Enquelga (20 ° Celsius), where you can swim.
• We penetrate the village where we met Isluga his church dating from the colonial era, a unique and characteristic roof tile in the ancient cemetery.
• Scarred to citani, chulpas (tombs) of the pre-Inca era.
• At sunset we reached the village Colchane. (accommodation)
  

• Departure to the town of Cariquima, taking a detour to visit the giant cactus (5-7 meter), characteristic of the area.
• Check Cariquima where to visit the church and conducted a tour of the town.
• Following road bound for the city of Iquique and as we progress we can visit the gorge of flavoring (natural geography red) reaching the connection path Huara, meeting with a natural rock formation that have human form.
• Road to Iquique wainapotosi can see the hill of red, yellow, very characteristic of the area.
• Mirador village Chusmiza (foothills).
• Check the viewpoint of Pachica where we can appreciate correctly the desert, mountains and colorful town that is located in the middle of the driest desert in the world.
• Check the hill giants Atacama unitas or where we can find the period geoglyphs PRE-INCA.
• Check the people of Huara (lunch)
• Circuit saltpeter: Humberstone and Santa Laura peaked where the nitrate era, which lasts for an hour.
  Finishing our tour in the city of Iquique at about 5pm.
   The price for 2 persons: 590,000 pesos all inclusive (service supply 3 night accommodation in CONAF, transportation, guide) sleeping bag and 4x4 vehicle.