RESPONSIBLE travel
specialist Rainbow Tours offers a wide range
of tailor-made trips and expert-led-group tours to Chile and the Atacama, with
an emphasis on culture and conservation. A seven-night tour includes five
nights in the altacama , staying in the upscale desert lodges of Tierra Atacama (tierraatacama.com) or Alto altacama
(altoaltacama.com), with all meals, drinks and excursions. Also included are
two nights in Santiago, return flights with LAN from London to Calama (for San
Pedro de Atacama) via Santiago, and transfers (rainbowtours.co.uk). Adds-on to
neighbouring countries and spots such as
Bolivia’s Lake aiticaca and the Salar de Yuni are also available. Desert
Adventure, based in San Pedro, offers tours to the likes of Salar de
Atacama and El Tatio two-night tour (desertadventure.cl).
Ecotours
Chile offers a variety of trekking and hiking tours throughout the Atacama
(three-day tour; ecotours.cl).
Following the merger of LAN and Tam airlines, LATAM Airlines
Group has launched a South American Airpass with savings of up to 60 percent
for flights throughout the continent. Visit lan.com
or tam.com.br
