Awesome  hike of 4 miles to a natural hot spring.We climbed over rocks, crossed rivers, gorges to arrive at a breathtaking pools of spring water naturally heated to a delicious 91 degrees. Puritama Hot Springs is a series of eight large pools of geothermal spring water located at the bottom of a canyon in the Atacama Desert, in the Antofagasta Region in the north of Chile. It is located at an altitude of 3,475 meters above sea level. After lunch and a much needed siesta we headed to Kari Located just outside of San Pedro de Atacama, Moon Valley (Valle de la Luna) is a protected nature sanctuary that is part of the National Flamingo Reserve (a national park). Within a small area, we saw many incredible geological formations – the results of thousands of years of interaction between rocks, minerals, and wind. The salt river has dried up leaving an illusion of snow or white icing. Really beautiful and a great 8 mile hike. We finally end at moon valley, Aptly named, while you gaze out over Moon Valley, you will feel like you’ve departed our planet and landed on a lunar landscape!
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