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Grand Tour Elqui Valley Cultural Treasures Mountains of Chile
(10) Reviews
La Serena
Important Information
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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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....
Home Tour tour of the foundational terraces, old town and main monuments of the typical area and Plan Serena
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Quilacán
We will observe the old indigenous sites and encomiendas, the first churches and hacienda houses of the first conquest captains in the coastal valley of Coquimbito
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Embalse Puclaro
We will get to know this surprising work of engineering that stores water for agriculture, mining and also for the practice of wind sports. We will visit its viewpoint and stores of typical products
25 minutes
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Vina Falernia
We will stop at the store of the Falernia vineyard and Olivier papayas to learn about the best typical products of the Elqui Valley.
20 minutes
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Museo Gabriela Mistral de Vicuna
We will visit a historic little town and national monument where the future Nobel Prize for Literature Gabriela Mistral lived, grew up, studied and taught.
20 minutes
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Vicuna
We will visit this small and picturesque city that has one of the liveliest, most beautiful squares with the largest number of sculptures in Chile.
45 minutes
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Restaurant Solar " Entre Cordilleras"
We will get to know an emblematic little town embraced by the sun whose women, in order to overcome the scarcity of resources, decide to learn to cook using artisanal ovens using the energy of the sun. We will have lunch typical Chilean food from the mountains (starter, bottom, dessert and soft drink) in a renowned restaurant where different foods and typical preparations are cooked with solar ovens.
2 hours
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Paihuano
We will stop at one of the most beautiful viewpoints and landscapes in Chile, where the first grape harvests, bacchanals and wine festivals in Chile and the Southern Cone will be celebrated.
10 minutes
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Centro Turistico Cooperativa Capel
We will visit a distillery and pisco factory belonging to the capel cooperative or similar where we will taste the famous alcohol of muscatel grapes, its heritage and equipment.
45 minutes
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Monte Grande
Beautiful town where the indigenous mountain valleys of Cochihuaz and Alcohuaz meet and where the first female Nobel Prize winner in Latin American literature Gabriela Mistral grew up. Its church, plaza, sculptures and the poet's house were declared a national monument as a whole.
20 minutes
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Pisco Elqui
We will arrive at this beautiful and historic town on foot, reliving the walk of the old alcohol merchants who sought this well-known place in the mountains for its famous, sweet and aromatic wines, pisco and grape alcohols. Later, and from this beautiful place, caravans of merchants and muleteers departed to supply alcohol to the largest city in the world at the beginning of the 17th century, Potosi.
30 minutes
Grand Tour Elqui Valley Cultural Treasures Mountains of Chile
(10) Reviews
La Serena
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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....