North - San Pedro de Atacama
DESTINATIONS THROUGH CHILE / NORTH
SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA
At 2,438 meters of altitude, 311 kilometers from Antofagasta, and 100 kilometers from Calama,
the main tourist attraction in the North of Chile appears: San Pedro de Atacama. Its location is
privileged, right in the heart of the most spectacular landscapes in the region; lagoons, volcanoes and fields of steaming geysers catch the eyes of tourists from all over the world who come to enjoy the natural beauty offered by this town located in the Antofagasta Region. There are many
things to see, such as the famous a white church, as well as the cemetery and the arts and craft
markets. There is also a lot of culture in San Pedro, which has a legacy that was born 11,000 years
ago with the first communities of atacameños and who continued forged with the Inca invasion of
the fifteenth century and the Spanish influence that arrived a hundred years later.