Region de Tarapaca Vacations, Region de Tarapaca Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

We drove about 4 hours to the middle of the desert from Iqueque to a little charming town called Pica. Probably one of the funniest days we had while in CHile. One thing I learned that day- don't believe everything you read in travel books. We decided to drive the 4 hours to Pica, because our book described it as a beautiful desert oasis. It specifically spoke of a beautiful, naturally heated rock pool, with beautiful waterfalls and dark rock caves. At this point, we're imagining paradise in …

We arrived safely at our Hostel in Arica.  Our first impressions of the Jardin Del Sol was that it was a bit like the rooms out of the hit BBC "comedy" Hi-Di-Hi, but it is fine!  Our first impressions of Arica are a bit like a cross between Torquay and Porthcawl - a bit of a scruffy seaside town, but it does have some very nice looking apartments and is very more "European" in appearance than anywhere we visited in Peru (not that is necessarily a good thing!). We booked our tour to…

Well gang after nearly 3 and half months of sporadic and unplanned travel I find myself back in the land of the Churros, Chile. Leaving the Bolivian cold and altitude behind (not for long) I have stumbled across a bodyboarders paradise in Iquique, North Chile! It is such an unreal experience entering Iquique, after driving for 6-8 hours through a mountainous desert desolate of any flora or fauna just the deep grey colour of dirt and rock you abruptly rise over this peak and descend …

Not long after leaving Arequipa the road descends quickly and you are soon in the middle of a landscape similar to what Mars must look like. There are large mountains covered in sand with red rocks protruding and just vast stretches of nothingness. The road proceeds south without many signs of civilization until the town of Moquegua, a bit east off the main road south towards Chile. Even there, the town is little more than a small patch of life. Continuing onward, the vast expanses of sandy d…