Northern Chile
Hotel Cumbres San Pedro de Atacama
Hotel Cumbres San Pedro de Atacama is an ideal desert base located just outside the town centre, offering adobe-style rooms with private terraces, outdoor showers, and views of the surrounding volcanoes.
Facilities include three swimming pools, a large spa with saunas and treatment rooms, and a restaurant serving Andean-inspired cuisine. Guided excursions are operated in 4WD vehicles and cover the El Tatio geysers, Moon Valley, high-altitude lagoons, and archaeological sites such as Tulor and Quitor.
Facilities
Excursions to El Tatio geysers, visits to Moon Valley, trips to high-altitude lagoons (Miscanti and Miñiques), archaeological tours to Tulor and Quitor, stargazing experiences, guided hikes in the desert, salt flat exploration, birdwatching at Chaxa Lagoon, cultural visits to local villages, and volcano viewing.
Local Wildlife
Mammals: Guanaco, vicuña, South American grey fox, Andean fox (culpeo) Darwin's leaf-eared mouse, viscacha, Andean cat.
Birds: Flamingos (Andean, Chilean, and James's), Andean gull, black-billed shrike-tyrant, rufous-naped ground-tyrant, greenish yellow-finch, mountain caracara, cordilleran canastero, plumbeous sierra finch, lesser rhea, Andean goose, crested duck, California quail, black-winged ground dove, West Peruvian dove, Puna plover, aplomado falcon, mountain parakeet, Andean duck, puna snipe.
Optional Activities
Swimming pools, spa with saunas and treatment rooms, restaurant, bar, air-conditioning, private terraces, outdoor showers, fitness centre, free Wi-Fi, 24-hour front desk, tour desk, 4WD excursion services, bicycle rental, luggage storage, laundry service, parking.
John Melton
Area Specialist
Pack layers and plan early morning excursions—temperatures in the Atacama can drop sharply overnight, and many key sites like El Tatio geysers are best visited at sunrise for both conditions and crowd avoidance.
If you have any questions regarding our Chile tours, please feel free to contact me on +44 (0)1803 866965
Our first day of puma tracking was definitely the highlight. The weather was good and we saw distant pumas in the morning and a group of six around a guanaco kill in the afternoon. Spending 2.5 hours watching the interactions between the different individuals was fascinating.