ANCESTRAL GEOGLYPHS TOUR (Rock art route)

Description:

We invite you to relive with us the impressive caravan routes of the pre-Hispanic and ancestral cultures in their nomadic lifestyle, and you will discover the secrets kept in their language written in ancient times, for this we will visit the Geoglyphs Park of Pintados, famous for its great quantity of rock art and the largest Geoglyph in the world in human figure, we refer to the great Giant of Tarapacá or Atacama.

Interesting experience visiting the most important Geoglyphs of the zone.  Departure at 08:30 hrs, to visit the Atacama Giant Geoglyph, the world’s largest Geoglyph on human figure (3.956 ft. o.s.l.).  Then visit the towns of Huara and Tamarugal National Reserve to have Box Lunch in a picnic area in the middle of the Tamarugos Trees.  In the place we will visit the CEDAM of CONAF “Center of Environmental Education of the Tamarugal”.   

We continue south, to cross the dry Salt Pintados, and have a panoramic view of the Geoglyphs of Pintados, witnessing the highest concentration of world’s Geoglyphs, more than 300 figures of Geometric, Anthropomorphic and Geomorphic type, dating from 900 to 1300 years ago (Pre-Columbian Cultures), located in thematic panels on the slopes of the Coastal Range.  Return to Iquique.

Include:

• Box Lunch and water on route.
• Entrance Ticket to Pintados Geoglyphs’s Park.
• Entrance ticket to  CEDAM (Tamarugal environmental education center).
• English spoken specialized guide.
• Seat insurance for passengers.
• Alcohol gel available.

Advices:

Wear comfortable clothes, jockey or hat and sunscreen. Bring a camera and / or video camera.

Rates:

Adults Rate: CLP $130.000  / USD 154 p/person.

Children Rate: CLP $104.000  / USD 126 p/p (since 04 to 10 years old)

Infants under 04 years: CLP $25.000  / USD 38 (with special infant chair included). 

VERY IMPORTANT:  The tour fee includes a Guide in English, which you can pay in Chilean pesos (CLP) by means of a deposit to our account or during the tour.  Or in dollars (USD), through Paypal if you want to secure your excursion.

NOTE: Tour is operated with a minimum of 06 people.  We Unite the Group to Confirm the Tour. 

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