Parque Nacional Nevado Tres Cruces hosts some incredible sights. It includes two separate sectors of the high Andes which total approximately 60,000 hectares about 4,500 meters above sea level. Both protect wetlands and surrounding areas, home to a variety of wildlife. Flamingos that summer here...
Though it is not part of Parque Nacional Nevado Tres Cruces, Ojos del Salado forms the highest peak in Chile and highest active volcano in the world at 6,893 meters. Do not worry too much about being buried in lava because the last two eruptions occurred in 1937 and 1956.
The ascent of Ojos del...
The ruins of the mining town of Chañarcillo can be visited on a day trip from Copiapó. When silver was found in Chañarcillo in the 1800s, the population of the whole area boomed....