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A whale's tail above the water with a rocky coastline in the background. 1
A plate with a breaded fish fillet, French fries, and a tomato and onion salad. 2
A rocky coastline with a large group of seals resting on the rocks. 3
A rocky terrain with sparse vegetation, including green shrubs and a yellow flowering plant. 4
A rugged mountain landscape with rocky outcrops and sparse vegetation. 5
By Tembeta
Free cancellation available
Price is S$243 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 11h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • We will arrive at one of the most beautiful and fascinating coastlines and marine reserves in Chile, possessing one of the sites with the greatest diversity of marine species, islands, resources, and geographies: “the borders of the Green North of Coquimbo, the Atacama Desert, and the bloom of the Humboldt Current.” We will travel through the ancient coastal mountain range, crossing enigmatic and attractive natural spaces, historical sites, pre-Columbian settlements, and refuges controlled by feared descendants of the Changos indigenous people and pirates until we reach the paradise of fishermen, divers, and navigators in the sea-lion leather rafts, the most experienced of Chilean prehistory “Los Changos, Choros and Camanchacas.” We will navigate the island Chañaral de Aceituno, the largest in the Humboldt Penguin Reserve and in Northern Chile, to see its surprising and varied fauna of cormorants, petrels, puffins, albatrosses, seagulls, vultures, otters, dolphins, whales, and penguins that live in cacti.

Activity location

  • La Serena
    • La Serena, Chile

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • La Serena
    • La Serena, Chile

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Isla Chañaral Aceituno: Whales & Penguins Atacama Desert

  • Activity duration is 11 hours11h
    11h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 8:00
Price details
S$242.84 x 2 AdultsS$485.68
Total
Price is S$485.68

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Soft drink/Pop
  • Inclusions
    Alcoholic Drinks
  • Inclusions
    Lunch
  • Inclusions
    tickets and tastings
  • Inclusions
    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Exclusions
    tips

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • You can drink alcohol from 18 years of age

Activity itinerary

La Serena

  • 30m
We will tour the historic sites DE La Serena and Coquimbo that gave life to the oldest city DE the coast DE the country and the origins of Chilean and Southern Cone viticulture

"humedal Punta De Teatinos" (Pass by)

You will know one of the most important iron deposits in the northern area of the Bay of Coquimbo from where we can appreciate the mythical winged sea serpent Vilumanque

Cerro Juan Soldado

  • 10m
Views of the place where the oldest legend of Chile is born, a priority site for conservation and biodiversity

Caleta Los Hornos

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
One of the most fascinating geographies and smuggler hideouts on the Pacific coast of the colony

Quebrada Honda (Pass by)

One of the most fascinating mountain ranges in Chile and the place where the mid-mountain is located less than 2 kilometres from the sea

Pueblo Los Choros

  • 20m
One of the oldest and most beautiful towns on the coast of the Atacama Desert, camp of Spanish conquistadors in front of the Humboldt Penguin National Reserve Islands

Punta Choros

  • 1h 30m
One of the main indigenous settlements of the Atacameño coast and the Andean world, known for being the place where the first rafts made with sea lion skin were manufactured and from where numerous indigenous people set sail thousands of years ago to know the island where a beautiful giant woman of stone slept (Damas Island)

Chanaral de Aceituno

  • 30m
A beautiful and picturesque Fishermen's Cove with colourful houses, authentic handicrafts, fishermen's shelters, mural art, and an unparalleled atmosphere where the last sea lion leather rafts were made by the Changos indigenous people, and from where we set off the navigation to the paradise of whales and the largest island in northern Chile and the Atacama Desert, Chañaral Island of Aceituno.

Chañaral Island

  • 2h
We will navigate one of the islands with the greatest diversity of marine species in the world: cormorants, petrels, puffins, seagulls, terns, vultures, penguins, different sea lions, whales, dolphins, and the island's cacti make this place one of the most vibrant and beautiful maritime destinations on the planet.

La Serena

  • 30m
Arrival at passenger accommodation

Location

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    La Serena
    • La Serena, Chile

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    La Serena
    • La Serena, Chile

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