Located in the oasis of San Pedro de Atacama, explora Atacama was built in a 17-hectare plot as a base from where to explore the desert, the Andes highlands, and its surroundings.
All the hotel's programs include accommodation, transfers to and from the airport, meals and drinks, and a menu of more than 40 exploration routes.
Huge sand dunes, salt pans, impressive volcanoes and cloudless skies inspired the design of each of the explorations.
These can be completed hiking, cycling, horseback riding or through a combination of hiking and by van.
ARCHITECTURE
The hotel's base is a hotel built for linking man to temporary space- present and past- and the mysteries of nature. Explora Atacama is located in the Ayllu de Larache (initially a kin-based community of the ancient Aymara people), near the village of San Pedro de Atacama.
The 17-hectare (42-acre) grounds comprise 20 indigenous parcels, some with timeworn pathways and buildings that explora is committed to preserving out of a profound respect for the area’s original inhabitants.
The 50 rooms of explora Atacama are designed to take full advantage of the silence, privacy, and spaciousness of the surrounding landscape, ensuring deep rest after a long day of exploration.
At Explora, they actively seek disconnection from everyday routine, which is why the rooms are not equipped with televisions or Wi-Fi, which is only available in the hotel’s common areas.
Stocked with liquor and Chilean wines, the Explorer’s Bar is frequently the meeting point of returning groups at nightfall.
Also the bar is the meeting place of hotel's guides for planning explorations.
Kitchen's dishes have been designed to enable guests to perform various explorations and still feel light, agile, and healthy.
Furthermore, based on the luxury of the essential, hotel's team seek to offer pure flavors from quality ingredients. Bringing out the best of each product is the motto.
All dishes are always accompanied by a superb Chilean wine. Hotel's team also carry a menu of Premium wines for those that would like to try other alternatives.
Just a short walk from the hotel is a Quincho – an inviting BBQ area that includes a renovated, old traditional adobe house and its patio.
Here, on special occasions, everybody gets together with the guests for a traditional spit-roasted-lamb, beef and fish, as well as other local dishes.
All accompanied by Andean music, song and dance performances by accomplished local artists.
Surrounded by foxtail plants and lush native vegetation are four, interconnected, ambient-temperature pools – ideal for relaxing, building back strength and enjoying the deep desert silence after a day of intense exploration.
Massage center is located near the hotel, in a restored Colonial adobe-straw building. Turi Puri, which in Kunza, the language of the area’s early inhabitants, means “House of Water,” invites you to discover a new level of revitalized energy.
Hotel has over 40 different guided explorations: hikes, bike rides, high mountain ascents and horseback rides.
With different difficulty from easy to expert, and different durations, half day or full day in Atacama Desert.
The Oasis of San Pedro de Atacama is located 2,500 meters above sea level in Chile’s Atacama Desert, which rises from the Pacific Ocean up to the Altiplano, the foothills of the Andes. Atacama is known as the driest place on Earth.
Latin America’s largest geothermic area – El Tatio – is located 95 kilometers from San Pedro, at 4,200 meters above sea level, in the Altiplano. El Tatio covers 10 square kilometers and features around 80 geysers.
Of French nationality, Gaela has over 15 years of professional equine experience, having worked in prestigious stables in England, Ireland, France, United States, and Japan.
This 7-night program has been specifically designed including trekking and hikes to different mountains and volcanoes before reaching the Licancabur’s summit, also known as the people’s mountain.
Hotel store carries all the items necessary for taking explorations, along with local artisanal goods and books of the area.
Endowed with one of the clearest skies in the world, Atacama offers a spectacular view of the night skies.
8,000 hectares of land – a hot springs area currently in the process of being declared a nature reserve that represents a fundamental part of the Fundación explora.
Explora Atacama has over 20 horses raised and trained at a renowned ranch in Central Chile that belongs to the Ibáñez family, the owners of explora.
EXPLORA ATACAMA
Domingo Atienza SnSan Pedro de Atacama Región de Antofagasta Chile