NORTH OF CHILE

IQUIQUE AND THE GEOGLYPHS

3 days/2 nights program FROM $ 201

DAY 1
IQUIQUE

-Arrival to the airport. Reception and transfer to the hotel.
-City tour visiting the beaches of Peninsula de Cavancha, Playa Brava and Primeras Piedras, buildings from the day of the Chile Salt-Petre mines 1880 – 1920. Avenida Balmaceda, Baquedano, Palacio Astoreca, the Regional Museum, Plaza Prat, the Municipal Theatre and the Spanish Centre. We will also find the customs-house (the former railway), the industrial zone, and the monument in honor of “El Marinero desconocido” the unknown sailor.
-Visit to the Zofri (Duty Free Zone)
-Return to the hotel. Overnight.

DAY 02
GEOGLYPHS

-Breakfast at the hotel.
-Early morning departure for the pampas, where we will visit the former Chile salt petre mine offices of Santa Laura and Humberstone, that have been declared National Monument and where we will discover the splendid past of the White Gold era. Then, we will continue on to the Geoglifos de Pintado the great masterpiece of pre Columbian art. On the hillsides there are more than 400 figures, gathered together in panel thematic groups. They represent human beings, animals, birds and abstract drawings, which all together form the most important archaeological heritage of the area. We will then go to Matilla oasis whose town dates back to 1760. The Lagar de Matilla stands out, a place where wine was produced. Visit to the village and sanctuary of La Tirana with the church built in the XIII century.
-Return to the hotel in Iquique. Overnight.

DAY 03
IQUIQUE

-Breakfast at the hotel.
-Transfer to airport.

Includes:

-Transfers in/out
-Loadging for 2 nights with breakfast.
-City tour + Zofri
-Full day Geoglyphs
-Guide assistance in
-English or Spanish.

Does not include:
-Airfares
-Meals
-Extras in hotels and excursions

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