Looking back we should have stayed a little longer in San Pedro, so our program in the salt desert in the north of Chile was quite packed: in the first afternoon we went to Valle de la Luna and Valle de los Muertos:

On the second day we did another tour with Cosmo Andino to the cool highlands (4000 to 5000m): the Flamingo lagoon Chaxa in the Atacama desert, lagoon and vulcano Miñigues and the beautiful Salar de Tara (or was it Talar de Sala? Eva had a legasthenic tendency in San Pedro, probably caused by the thin air).

The third day was a bit more quiet, in the afternoon we went “floating” in the salt lagoon Cejar and for the sun-set to the very corny lagoon Tebinquiche: It seemed like pieces of ice were swimming on the turqoise water, in the background the mountain chain with vulcanos sprinkled in between and the sun made it all glow in different shades of red. Unfortunately we don’t have any photos: when the camery battery is empty, no warming in the hands or breathing hot air onto it helps.