Vista de la Portada de Antofagasta

Big North Region

Encompassing the Regions of Tarapaca and Antofagasta (first and second regions respectively), the Big North region is a land full of contrasts.

It is a zone where the dryness and barrenness of the Atacama Desert is broken by the fertility and lushness of its valleys and oases (such as Azapa Valley and Pica Oasis).

It is a zone with a wide biological variety of flora and fauna, whose most important samples are protected in the national parks of Lauca, Isluga and Surire Salt flat.

Salar de Surire

The geography of the desert and the high plateau are continually fascinating: the Valle de la Luna, with its incredible rock formations; the 300 thousand hectare Atacama Salt flat, the impressive Tatio Geysers; or the numerous thermal springs, like Mamiña.

Pukara de Quitor National Monument

It is also a land full of archeological and cultural wealth. The geoglyphs at Cerro Pintado and the pukaras (fortresses) of Quitor y Lasana, are indicators of the degree of civilization attained by the original peoples of the area. More recently, the saltpeter works, such as Maria Elena, bear silent testimony to their magnificent past.

La Tirana Religious Festivity

And the religious feast of La Tirana is perhaps the event most representative of the mixture between the pagan and Catholic traditions here.

Every city and village of the region is an inheritor of this past.

Monte Parinacota

There are many towns such as San Pedro de Atacama and Putre, surrounded by kilometers of desert, whose pace and rhythm of living differ widely from those cities located along the shoreline, such as Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta and also Calama, created because of the mining activity at Chuquicamata, the biggest mineral pit in the world.

Flamingos in the Chaxas Lagoon. Atacama

It is a region that you can explore in many ways. It has all the necessary facilities and infrastructure to receive visitors.

Hotels in / Hotéis em / Hoteles en Arica

Arica Hotel - Avda San Martín 599
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 115.00 - DBL US$ 123.00 - TPL US$ No/Não (Feb 01'08 / Dec 31'08)
SUPERIOR - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 125.00 - DBL US$ 150.00 - TPL US$ 181.00 (Feb 01'08 / Dec 31'08)

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Hotels in / Hotéis em / Hoteles en Antofagasta

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Antofagasta Hotel - Balmaceda 2575
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 141.00 - DBL US$ 155.00 - TPL US$ 224.00 (Feb 01'08 / Dec 31'08)

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Diego de Almagro Hotel - Costanera - Manuel Verbal 1632
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
OceanFront / Frente ao Mar / Frente al Mar
SGL US$ 120.00 - DBL US$ 141.00 - TPL US$ No/Não (Mar 01'08 / Feb 28'09)

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Holiday Inn Express - Grecia 1490
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
Monday to Thursday / Segunda a Quinta / Lunes a Jueves
SGL US$ 141.00 - DBL US$ 141.00 - TPL US$ No/Não (Feb 01'08 / Dec 31'08)
Friday to Sunday / Sexta a Domingo / Viernes a Domingo
SGL US$ 119.00 - DBL US$ 119.00 - TPL US$ No/Não (Feb 01'08 / Dec 31'08)

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Radisson Hotel Antofagasta - Av. Ejercito 0115
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 125.00 - DBL US$ 125.00 - TPL US$ 168.00 (Mar 01'08 / Feb 29'09)

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Hotels in / Hotéis em / Hoteles en Calama

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Diego de Almagro Hotel - Pedro Leon Gallo 184C
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 118.00 - DBL US$ 118.00 - TPL US$ No/Não (Mar 01'08 / Feb 28'09)

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Park Calama Hotel - Camino a Aeropuerto 1392
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 120.00 - DBL US$ 141.00 - TPL US$ No/Não (Mar 01'08 / Feb 28'09)

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Hotels in / Hotéis em / Hoteles en Iquique

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Holiday Inn Express-Iquique - Avda 11 de Septiembre 1690
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
Friday - Sunday / Sexta - Domingo / Viernes - Domingo
SGL US$ 119.00 - DBL US$ 119.00 - TPL US$ No/Não (Jan 01'08 / Dec 31'08)
Monday - Thursday / Segunda - Quinta / Lunes - Jueves
SGL US$ 141.00 - DBL US$ 141.00 - TPL US$ No/Não (Jan 01'08 / Dec 31'08)

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Radisson Hotel Iquique - Arturo Pratt 3939
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 97.00 - DBL US$ 97.00 - TPL US$ 138.00 (Mar 01'08 / Feb 28'09)

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Terrado Club Hotel - Avda Aeropuerto 2873 Playa Brava
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 109.00 - DBL US$ 123.00 - TPL US$ 190.00 (Mar 01'08 / Dec 26'08)

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Terrado Suites - Avda Los Rieles 126
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 109.00 - DBL US$ 123.00 - TPL US$ 190.00 (Mar 01'08 / Dec 26'08)

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Hotels in / Hotéis em / Hoteles en San Pedro de Atacama

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Altiplanico Hotel - Domingo Atienza 282
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 163.00 - DBL US$ 187.00 - TPL US$ 211.00 (Feb 01'08 / Dec 31'08)

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Casa de Don Tomas Hosteria - Tocopilla s/n
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 141.00 - DBL US$ 175.00 - TPL US$ 266.00 (Apr 01'08 / Mar 31'09)

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Kimal Hotel - D. Atienza s/n
STANDARD - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 175.00 - DBL US$ 200.00 - TPL US$ 264.00 (Jan 01'08 / Dec 31'08)

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San Pedro de Atacama Hosteria - Toconao 460
SUPERIOR - Book / Reserve
SGL US$ 190.00 - DBL US$ 190.00 - TPL US$ 212.00 (Mar 01'08 / Feb 28'09)

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