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atacama desert | clos apalta valley | easter island | patagonia | santiago
atacama desert - The Atacama Desert of Chile is a virtually rainless plateau made up of salt basins (salares), sand, and lava flows, extending from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean. It is 15 million years old and 50 times more arid than California's Death Valley. In an oasis, in the middle of the desert, at an altitude of some 2000 meters, is the village of San Pedro de Atacama.
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Awasi
In the vastness of the driest desert on Earth, a dramatic nature of exotic, overpowering beauty produces landscapes both varied and startling. Awasi is located in the historic oasis desert town of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, providing the utmost in luxury, adventure and relaxation....
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explora Atacama
The program at explora en Atacama, based at Hotel de Larache in the oasis of San Pedro, puts visitors in the middle of a fantasy where exploration, the leaving and returning, acquires a shape of its own. The altiplano is more a metaphor than a geographical entity.....
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