I managed to get 30 mins sleep last night, and it’s a 5am start to leave Awasi Atacama for Calama airport in northern Chile. It’s another long day of short flights between Calama and Santiago’s International airport, […]
Cristobal, my guide from Awasi Atacama is on holidays from today, so I am lucky enough to be assigned Pierre, my guide on my last visit. Some of the happiest memories of hikes and site […]
Today’s hike is at Nacimiento Gorge, 90 mins south of Awasi in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. As the name suggests, it is the birth place of the river that runs through the gorge, at […]
Today’s plan for an activity from Awasi Atacama is a hike from Guatin to Gatchi, following the Vilama river through a small canyon. This is a great hike which starts at about 3200m and takes […]
Long sleep in this morning to 11am on my first day in the Atacama Desert. Whilst I did get some sleep on the plane, 24.5 hours of travel time from Sydney to San Pedro at […]
