In this 3-day trip program in Iquique, we will get to know the Oasis de Pica and its Andean towns. We are going to also enjoy the hot springs and visit the Puchuldiza geysers.

Day 1: Iquique

Transfer: Airport Hotel in Iquique

Iquique: City tour and navigation

  • Departure: 10:00
  • Duration: 4 hours
  • Pickup / Dropoff: Hotel in Iquique

If you want to know Iquique, our city tour will take you to the most emblematic points of the city, the Baquedano promenade, the Astoreca palace and the Municipal theater. We will also do a navigation around the bay and Puerto de Iquique.

We leave at 10:00 am from your hotel in Iquique and we will go to Brava beach. We are going to visit the church Grotto of Lourdes in the Cavancha peninsula and the Cavancha beach theme park. We will walk along the Boulevard Baquedano and visit the Astoreca Palace, the Municipal Theater, Prat Square and the Clock Tower.

Then we walk along the Lynch Promenade and through the exterior area to the replica of the real scale of the Esmeralda Corvette. We will visit the fishing cove Riquelme and the Prat pier where we take the boat to navigate the bay. After that, we visit the fishing boat sector, the Puerto de Iquique, where all the things that are sold in the Zofri mall are landed, we sail through the sea lion islets and the Esmeralga buoy, where they tell us the story and all the events that took place in the Naval Combat of Iquique on May 21, 1879.

After navigation, we take you to your hotel or if you prefer, we leave you at the Zofri mall for lunch (at the passenger's expense) and buy.

  • Cultural
    Very high
  • Nature
    Very low

Day 2: La Tirana - Iquique - Humberstone Saltpeters

Humberstone Saltpeter and Painted Geoglyphs Tour

  • Departure: 08:30
  • Duration: 12 hours
  • Includes: Lunch
  • Pickup / Dropoff: Hotel in Iquique

Discover the history preserved in the former Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, and combine your experience with a visit to the towns of Pica and La Tirana, two icons of the Tarapacá Region.

Departure at 08:30 hrs, heading to the former Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (UNESCO World Heritage), to learn about its industrial machinery, where saltpeter was produced for export to Europe and the USA. Explore its dusty streets and ruins, such as the market, grocery store, theater, school, and more. Then, we’ll head south to have a box lunch at the Tamarugal Reserve and visit the CEDAM (Environmental Education Center) of CONAF, where the entire ecosystem of the reserve is displayed. Afterward, we’ll visit the Pintados Geoglyphs Park, which is the largest concentration of geoglyphs in the world, with over 300 geomorphic, anthropomorphic, and geometric figures located in thematic panels on the slopes of the Coastal Range, dating back between 900 to 1,300 years. We will cross the vast Pintados Dry Salt Flat to admire the geoglyphs. Arrival in Iquique at 19:30 hrs.

  • Physical
    Very low
  • Cultural
    Very high
  • Nature
    Medium

Day 3: Transfer Hotel to Iquique Airport

Transfer from Diego de Almagro Hotel in Iquique to the airport, according to your flight departure.

Included
  • 02 Nights of accommodation at Diego de Almagro Hotel
  • Transfer airport / hotel / airport
  • City tour of Iquique with a boat ride to the Esmeralda buoy
  • Tour to Oasis de Pica, La Tirana y humberstone with lunch included
  • Spanish guide
NOT Included
  • Everything that was not mentioned in the itinerary

Recommendations

Bring sunscreen, sneakers, sun hat, camera, warm clothes in winter time, windbreaker

  • Go Chile assumes no responsibility for unpredictable events that may affect the schedule or order of travel programs, such as those caused by weather conditions, road closures or safety measures established by public authorities.