North Chile Travel Tips
Norte Grande features the Pacific Ocean, the starkly desolate but unique Atacama Desert with its deeply incised canyons, and the Andean altiplano (steppe) with its volcanic summits. The region's great mineral wealth has given it a special role in Chilean history; most cities in the Atacama, such as Iquique and Antofagasta, owe their existence to nitrates and copper.
The Atacama is the most "perfect" of deserts; some coastal stations have never recorded measurable rainfall, although infrequent "El Niño" events can bring brief but phenomenal downpours in other places.
3 Days in North Chile: Suggested Itineraries
The Atacama Desert of Northern Chile is the driest spot on earth, where rainfall is measured in millimeters and centuries. Caught up between the Andes and a string of snowcapped volcanoes, including ... Continue Reading »
Chile: The Lone Star
Chile is sometimes called La Estrella Solitaria, “The Lone Star,” for the single celestial body on its tricolor flag. When the bandera was first adopted in 1912, however, its designers probably had ... Continue Reading »
Chile: The Lone Star
Chile is sometimes called La Estrella Solitaria, “The Lone Star,” for the single celestial body on its tricolor flag. When the bandera was first adopted in 1912, however, its designers probably had ... Continue Reading »
The Chilean Miners Go Hollywood
On August 5, 2010, deep in the Atacama Desert , the San José copper mine in Copiapó collapsed. It was assumed that all those trapped inside had perished, until a drill bit sent ... Continue Reading »
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