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La Serena, Coquimbo, Chile

La Serena

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La Serena

La Serena, Chile’s sunny coastal gem, dazzles with golden beaches and stunning colonial architecture! Stroll the charming streets lined with pastel façades, visit the iconic lighthouse, and soak up the vibrant local culture at bustling markets. Don’t forget to stargaze in nearby Valle del Elqui – it’s a celestial show! Pack your shades and let the good times roll!

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4.9/5

Elqui Valley Tour: History and Flavors

Welcome to the Elqui Valley, a cultural treasure that awaits you with open arms! Embark on a unique journey where history and nature intertwine in spectacular ways. Discover the ancestral secrets of ancient indigenous peoples as you explore the majestic mountains that guard this region. Visit the pisco and wine cellars, witnesses of the past and guardians of the flavor of Chilean viticulture. Let yourself be captivated by the authentic flavors that only the Elqui Valley can offer. You cannot miss the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, and feel the same inspiration that captivated her. Join us on this adventure where the past comes to life and the present invites you to explore. We are waiting for you in the Elqui Valley so that you can live an unforgettable experience full of authenticity and enrichment. Do not miss it!"

$50.00
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4.2/5
10 h

Hiking Ladies Island/Sailing 3 Islands Humboldt Penguin Reserve

You will get to know one of the most beautiful islands on the southern Pacific coast and one of the areas with the greatest diversity of marine species. The borders of the Green North of Coquimbo and the beginnings of the driest desert in the world: the Atacama stand out for having attractive landscapes and settlements of former seamen considered the most experienced fishermen in Chile "Los Choros, Pieles Rojas, Changos and Camanchacas". You will navigate and get to know three magical islands: Gaviotas, Choros and Damas and enjoy its incomparable geography, beaches and diversity of plants and cacti together with its attractive fauna of penguins, dolphins, sea birds, otters and sea lions. You will be able to walk through Isla Damas, a place with a fascinating beauty of numerous beaches and desert flora. The current Humboldt Penguin National Reserve generated in ancient times the construction of the first and last rafts made with sea lion skin.

$220.00
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4.8/5
4 h

Astro Tour & Wine Tasting

We offer the perfect blend of astrotourism and tastings with local flavors. You can do this experience just with your group, that way you will have a totally private and personalized experience.

$45.00
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4.8/5

Astronomy and Astrophotography Tour

In the Elqui Valley, in the IV Region, there is a privileged Astronomical Center with almost 300 days of clear skies a year. It offers advanced astronomy tours with specialized guides in Spanish, who explain everything about the universe in a clear and didactic way. High-quality telescopes are used, such as the 24-inch Hubble Optics, unique in Chile, the 20-inch Hubble Optics, and the 20-inch Meade, rotating between them for a varied observation experience. From the outdoor terrace, constellations, planets, nebulas, and more can be observed. Group astrophotography photos are captured on moonless nights, and visitors are allowed to photograph lunar craters with their own devices on moonlit nights.

$55.00
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3.9/5

La Serena & Coquimbo City Tour - Short Cruise Excursion

CITY TOUR AVAILABLE FOR CRUISE PASSENGERS ONLY We tour the most beautiful and representative places of Coquimbo and La Serena. Coquimbo charms with stories of privateers and pirates, the beauty of its coastlines, its heritage character represented in the English Quarter, the Cross of the Third Millennium, a Catholic religious monument and the best viewpoint of Coquimbo, with a 360° view, where you can observe from the heights this beautiful port. Its extensive coastline connects La Serena to the north and the South with a wide variety of beaches, coves and spas. La Serena attracts by its neocolonial architectural style, its limestone churches, marble statues on a long avenue, viewpoints, parks and the Monumental Lighthouse, characteristic symbol of the city. Just be part of this great adventure. ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONDAY JAPANESE GARDEN KOKORO NO NIWA CLOSED MONDAYS

$128.00
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4.8/5
6 h 30 mins

La Serena and Coquimbo Private City Tour Including Lunch, Shore Excursion

7 hours tour. Explore the city of La Serena, Chile's second oldest city, full of history and colonial architectural elements that adorn their facades and streets, like churches, important buildings and The lighthouse of La Serena. Visit the city of Coquimbo, famous port surrounded with stories and traditions of the sea. Be part of the history of the fourth Region through this tour, which runs from Incas and Diaguitas civilization to pirates and corsairs.

$400.00
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4.7/5
10 h

Grand Tour Elqui Valley Cultural Treasures Mountains of Chile

The Elqui Valley is the most valuable cultural and mountain destination in Chile, creator of the most emblematic cultural treasures of our country. Its illuminated atmosphere allowed the creation and development of various cultural practices that make it a dream destination for those seeking relaxation, inspiration, cosmic connection and advanced knowledge about Chile's cultural heritage. Its beautiful geography welcomed ancient indigenous peoples, churches and hacienda houses of the first conquerors surrounded by pyramidal mountains full of minerals, energy and a transparent atmosphere, propagated tropical, desert and Mediterranean crops and the oldest wine and pisco cellars in the country. You will discover the art of the Diaguitas, the legacy of the Incas, the origins of Chilean and Argentine wine, the advanced astronomical observatories and the places that inspired mystics and the first female Nobel Prize winner for literature in Latin America, Gabriela Mistral.

$245.00
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4.5/5
8 h

La Serena: Full day to Isla Damas & Humbolt Pinguino National Reserve

We head for north through the Panamerican Highway and cross a semi-desert like area. The road continues on a sloping ground from where we can observe several views of the rocky coast.

$150.00
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4.4/5
7 h

Elqui Valley and Vicuna Private Tour Including Lunch

This 6 HOURS tour will take you through the great Elqui Valley (Valle del Elqui) where you can find places with paths between vineyards and fruit trees, barren hills covered with vines and pisco factories (liquor extracted from grapes). We will visit the city of Vicuña where you can find its main square and the museum of the poet Gabriela Mistral. Also you can visit the salesroom of Papaya, the typical fruit of the area. Then we will enjoy lunch in a restaurant where food is cooked with sunlight!

$407.00
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4.7/5
16 h

The Challe National Parks from La Serena – Pan de Azucar & Llanos

You will explore one of the most arid and beautiful deserts on the planet. We will travel from La Serena to the coast of the Atacama desert, crossing impressive landscapes of the pampas and the coast to find its incredible geological formations with striking colors. We will explore ancient ravines, beautiful mountains, plains and beautiful coastal marine refuges occupied by indigenous people from the sector as well as picturesque settlements of miners, farmers and fishermen. We will travel through the beautiful and colorful beaches, bays, coves, pampas and hills of Atacama, possessing a magical geography and vestiges from Gondwana, Jurassic and prehistoric times and an amazing annual and seasonal flora that revives after the great rains. . You will meet magical towns, human settlements, fauna, wetlands and springs that cross, subsist and keep alive the coast and the driest desert on the planet.

$595.00
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7 h 30 mins

Valley of Charm: Slopes, Petroglyphs and Shamanic Rituals

The Valley of Enchantment is a marvelous place with a unique nature and numerous striking resources that surprised and enchanted thousands of years ago primitive nomadic tribes native to the Atlantic and the Amazon, attracted by the good climate, precious stones, and the Pacific coast. and its ancient oceanic forests, becoming the first sedentary of the regional valleys. This mysterious culture settles in this beautiful natural space and hidden semi-arid ravine, turning it into the most important artistic, astronomical and ceremonial center of Chilean prehistory. Its attractive and strategic location, geomorphology, variety of slopes, flora and fauna, its large stones with surprising engravings, paintings and mortars, teach the amazing art, rituals and worldview of the oldest and shamanic culture of the Coquimbo Region: Molle culture.

$295.00
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3.3/5
6 h

La Serena: Visit to Mamalluca Observatory. Entraces & transport included.

At sunset we start our trip to the inner valley of Elqui, by crossing the San Isidro town, we will get The Mamalluca Amateur Observatory, this special place permits to make direct observations of the universe.

$80.00
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3.7/5

Astronomical Observation Milky Way Sanctuary Pangue Observatory

Pangue Observatory is probably the best Astrotourism Observatory in Chile, its privileged location at 1300 meters above sea level and the absence of light pollution teaches the universe, galaxies and stellar objects of the Southern Hemisphere like nowhere else in the world. The El Pangue Observatory has two types of tours, the classic tour (16" telescope) and the extreme tour (25" telescope). The number of stellar objects to observe is the largest that can be obtained in an astronomical tour in Chile, from 8 to 12 objects are seen. We recommend booking in advance as spaces are limited.

$215.00
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4.9/5

Classic Elqui Valley (Between vineyards and fruit trees)

We will visit the most picturesque places of this great Valley, which surrounds us with mysticism and relaxation. We will visit the Puclaro Reservoir, Vicuña and its attractions. We will know in a pisquera factory the process of the distillation of the grape. Lunch will take place in a typical restaurant of the place. We will continue the route to Paihuano, we will make a stop at the viewpoint, to go later to Monte Grande. Pisco Elqui is the last town on this circuit, a small town with narrow streets and adobe houses, where the place's square and a beautiful water fountain stand out, with figures of children; the village church and crafts centers typical of the place, welcome us and say goodbye to this tour.

$94.00
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3/5
3 h

La Serena and Coquimbo City Tour (SIB)

A spectacular view of Coquimbo Bay, the city and the port La Serena. Lookout as it will be an unforgettable memory of your stay in La Serena. Take a look at the beautiful gardens with trees that grow in abundance such as hibiscus, bougainvillea and corona del inca.

$66.00
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5/5

La Serena & Elqui Valley Ancient-Avant Garde Wines, Food & Piscos

DE DE Chilean wine and pisco evolves from the oldest DE Chilean city, La Serena, to the oldest, most recognized and attractive DE cultural destination in the country, the Gran Valle del Elqui, a heavenly paradise of mountains that gave life to the most important treasures and cultural emblems of Chile and Hispanic America. You will discover the first vineyards and places where amazing bacchanals and the most extreme ENdimias were held in the new world, DE DE well as the places where the winemaking and alcohol trade EN Colonia began and spread in Chile and the Southern Cone. You will learn about the first DE bogas and vineyards DE Chile’s history and their amazing evolution that gave life to DE America’s oldest appeal, the Chilean pisco and later the DEnomination of origin of its famous nectar wines and bow ties. DE tasting spectacular wines and one of the most attractive geographies and atmospheres in the world of wine.

$225.00
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4/5
10 h

Valdiviano Forest, Parque Nac. Fray Jorge, Valley of Charm FD

Experience different ecosystems with the tour to the Fray Jorge National Park and Valle del Encanto, touring a Valdivian forest in the IV Region.

$315.90
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96 h

4-Days Small Group Discover the Clearest Skies in the Desert at La Serena

Enjoy the magic of the desert climate in the north and the closeness of the fertile land of the central valley, where grapes are grown to produce amazing wines and piscos, all around the towns of La Serena and Coquimbo. Discover the world’s clearest skies, enjoy the enormity of the universe away from the buzz of the big cities. Its nature, geography, climate and position in the world turn the skies of Chile into a real window to the universe! Do not miss this experience if you are this kind of explorer!

$558.98
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5/5
4 h

Puclaro Reservoir Kayak Experience

We will pick you up at your accommodation to take a journey to the majestic Andes mountain range. Our first stop will be in the remote town of Huanta, where we will enjoy breakfast at the last restaurant in the Valley. Afterwards, we will head to the Juntas del Toro Border Complex, where we will check in with the Carabinieri of Chile to access the thermal baths, located on the foothills of Las Tortolas Hill, the second highest mountain in the region and about 120 km from Vicuña. We will be at an altitude of 3,300 meters above sea level. You can enjoy a small trek to a hidden waterfall. Then, you will experience moments of relaxation in the baths, tasting local wines accompanied by a mountain pairing. We will return to Vicuña, where you can finish the day with a tasting of craft beer accompanied by delicious pizzas, in this way we will culminate this unique experience.

$90.00
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5/5
4 h 30 mins

Rafting Futaleufu River Bridge to Bridge Section

Enjoy the excitement and adrenaline of descending down the river with professional instructors who will help you make the activity safe and fun. Begin the trip in our comfortable Base where you will feel the mountains getting closer to you, and the condors watching you flying from the top of the mountain. This is the most popular section of the “Fu” with world class rapids, and where you will jump from one of the most impressive cliffs in the river. Top delicious gourmet snack is included returning to our base. You can enjoy our facilities, restaurant and green areas, returning to the final closing. You can easily find our base by searching "La Base 13K- Restaurante Futaleufu" on Google Maps. We have been operators of the Futaleufu River since 2008.

$113.00
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