Enjoy one of the most popular tours in San Pedro de Atacama as you visit the famous Valley of the Moon. Enjoy a tour at this place which offers beautiful forms and colors and you can walk and observe a spectacle of geological sculptural forms, similar to the lunar surface. Your tour includes transport from San Pedro de Atacama.
After meeting your guide in San Pedro de Atacama, you will head towards the Valley of the Moon, known as Valle de la Luna. It is located around 10 km away from San Pedro de Atacama and has been declared a natural sanctuary as part of the Los Flamencos National Reserve within the Salt Mountain range.
On this tour, you will get to see the beautiful and awe-inspiring place, with multiple colors and formations creating a geological spectacle similar to the moon's surface. You will also visit the Tres Marias statues, the salt cave and go up to the Gran Duna (Great Dune) where you'll get to admire a beautiful panorama as the sun sets and the colors in the sky change.
You will be taken back to San Pedro de Atacama afterwards.
Perfect amount of time, beautiful sites, and the best tour guides of our entire trip! Pick up @ our hotel was right on time, bus was comfortable, and the views were tremendous. This tour does require a good amount of walking multiple stops, not all at once--nothing too strenuous, but you should be aware, and bring lots of water and sunscreen! Opportunities to do a few harder walks/climbs, but no one had to do anything beyond their comfort zone. The sunset has to be seen to be believed--amazing.
Review by: kate.leung.12, December 2017
The place looked Martian and epic. We also visited Valle de Martes/Muertes which was interesting. It was unforgettable. The tour operator picked us up from Hotel in time and all went smoothly. It'd be cheaper booking locally but booking via Viator just took the anxiety out as we could plan ahead
Review by: ankitsinha1986, September 2017
This afternoon tour is a great way to explore Moon Valley. It has 4 stops in moon valley before the final sunset viewpoint. We got an opportunity to walk through caves, hike up a sand dune and visit death valley. Our guide, Pablo, was knowledgeable and friendly. The best part was the coffee and snacks at sunset point, which no other tour seemed to provide. Our evening was capped off with a gorgeous moonrise over the mountains. All in all, highly recommended.
Review by: Giulia F, September 2017
Beautiful scenery! Also well organized by Desert Adventures everything went smoothly. Only downside is that is was quite busy. Recommend
Review by: Sandra P, August 2017
Due to heavy wind the Moon Valley Tour was cancelled. But we were offered a tour to watch the stars at night. So we took that one and asked if we could also go somewhere to watch the sunset above the desert first. The guides said that this is no problem. So we saw an amazing sunset and after that we drove to a little village where the inhabitants told us some interesting facts about the stars and constellations and it was so dark there, you could even see the milkyway. This tour was awesome! And so was the company as they fulfilled all our wishes :
Review by: Kavita S, May 2017
This is a good trip and worth doing. The Valley is beautiful and well worth visiting. Our guide Marco was excellent and very informative. The only shame with the afternoon only tour is we paid to go into the 'death valley' but did not get anytime to actually walk in to it as we had to make it in time for the sunset. I would suggest that the tour is slightly longer starting a bit earlier or for those who want to see the place more thoroughly - book on to a whole day tour as this is a whistle stop tour.
Review by: Kavita S, May 2017
This is a good trip and worth doing. The Valley is beautiful and well worth visiting. Our guide Marco was excellent and very informative. The only shame with the afternoon only tour is we paid to go into the 'death valley' but did not get anytime to actually walk in to it as we had to make it in time for the sunset. I would suggest that the tour is slightly longer starting a bit earlier or for those who want to see the place more thoroughly - book on to a whole day tour as this is a whistle stop tour.
Review by: James S, January 2017
Simply amazing. The landscape is breathtaking. This is a MUST DO for those staying in San Pedro. Our guide, Simon was superb.
Review by: jmattos2001, January 2017
Except for the van without a functioning air conditioner, the rest was very good. Be prepared to walk and climb. The guide was very knowlegible in all matters and was very nice. In sum, a good tour, but the van was inexcusable!
Review by: Tom M, August 2016
A very pleasant surprise. Expected much more low key sightseeing but enjoyed some great hiking too. Nice knowledgeable guide.
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