San Pedro: desert hotel

 San Pedro  is situated in the world’s driest desert. San Pedro is an ancient village and meeting  place for travellers crossing the Atacama desert from Peru and Bolivia to go further south in Chile. Today San Pedro de Atacama is equally popular among tourists, who either visit it for its own sake or call in on their way from Machu Pichu in Peru or the altiplano of Bolivia.

Expeditions out from San Pedro

From San Pedro there are wonderful expeditions to be made, to the Atacama Salt Lake where flamingos can be seen, to the altiplano with the El Tatio geysers and to the little villages in the desert, some with churches built by the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century.

San Pedro: the village

For the majority of travellers to Chile the Atacama desert, with the village  and accommodation of San Pedro de Atacama at its centre, is one of the two prime sites in Chile, to be seen along with Torres del Paine as the other ‘must’.

Hotel Terrantai in San Pedro

A visit to San Pedro de Atacama will be especially enjoyable from the fascinating hotel Terrantai. The hotel is built with traditional materials by a brilliant modern architect, Mathias Klotz, and embodies the best of native values and hospitality with modern comfort and hygiene. Expeditions arranged by the hotel to your requirements are available from San Pedro de Atacama into the surrounding desert.

Don’t miss San Pedro