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 Sunset in Valle de la Luna by Glospi
The Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley) is perhaps the most famous sight of the area, as San Pedro began to get known after it; this is a huge extension of sand, salt and bizarre terrain shapes that lies about 18 kilometres to the southwest of the village, more or less on the sides of the old road to Calama.
Among the most visited attractions, are the Big Dune, where hundreds go every day to watch the sunset the Tres Marías (a strange salt formation), an underground salt mine, and several other natural places around.
Tours leave for it every day, going first to the Death Valley and then to the Moon Valley; these cost about US$ 10 per person, but a $ 1500 (US$ 2,5) “entrance” fee is levied at a booth on Km.14 on all tour passengers and private car occupants (this grants nothing to you).
The Big Dune is on S 22º56’52,5”/ W 68º17’47,2” alt. 2470 mts./8101 ft. at its top
See my Travelogue on the subject.
BEWARE: On the E sides of the road, but not where tourists are usually taken, there are still an unknown number of antitank mines, so be VERY careful if driving offroad in the less visited areas of the Valley (in 1992, a 4WD truck hit one of such mines very close to where the ticket booth is now installed, when they drove too close to the edge of the road; the 2 occupants were seriously wounded, and the car was a total loss).
Dismembered big animal carcasses usually indicate landmined areas: watch for them.
Nikon F4s, 80-200 Zoom-Nikkor (at 180 mm.), f. 5,6, 1/8 sec., POL filter Leave a Comment Directions: About 18 kilometres SW of San Pedro, on the old Calama road
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 by patricia28
It is a small depression of 500 m of diameter of saline soil and presents schemers sculptural forms proved from the successive transformations of the terrestrial bark, happened by the foldings of the lacustrine bottom of the salar. Life exists neither in this corner, nor dampness, which turns it into the most inhospitable place of the planet.
You can also walk to the top of a little mountain to watch the amazing sunset and the colours of the Atacama desert. It's amazing!
Book a tour with an agency, it will costs 8-9 dollars, and the tour will take 2-3 hours. Leave a Comment
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 Only boring if you've been to
the moon already by joernmeLeave a Comment
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 Un, dos, tres, un pasita
adelante, Maria by joernmeLeave a Comment
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 "moon valley" by lotharlerchLeave a Comment Directions: Not far from San Pedro. Some tour companies offer a short trip to it on the late afternoon before the start for the big trip to Uyuni in Bolivia next day.
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 Volcano Licancabur from Vallee
de la Luna by EagleEye
The best is to rent a bike in San Pedro to visit them, although you have to do it early in the morning (because of the heat and the wind). If you want to see the vallee de la luna at sunset many agencies organize tours, but I recommend you find other people to go on a "private" tour if you want to avoid the crowd (up to 150 people ...). Leave a Comment
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 by elsadran
For more photos look at my TRAVELOGUE.
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 by darthmilmo
Later that night, we saw a surreal moon rise. I know it sounds weird, but I never notice the moon rising out of the horizon while in a city. Funny what we don't notice while we are at home no? It was beautiful! Leave a Comment
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Wonderful view over desertic areas and colour-changing mountains at sunset.... 4000 pesos by an agency
Superbe vue sur des espaces desertiques et sur des montagnes aux couleurs changeantes au coucher du soleil... 4000 pesos en passant par une agence Leave a Comment
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Dont do a tour to either the death and moon valleys nor the salt lakes.
All are accessible easily enough by bike and you can spend as much time as you want there instead of being hearded back into the bus.
On the tour of the valleys you wont get the full effects of the sun sets because you cant stay up there long enough.
Also you may find yourself to be the only one in the valley when the sun has gone and see only the odd car pass by.
The lakes are amazing at night. You will be able to stand at there edge and believe you are looking down into the sky. Thus with a moon lit night, the trails of water on the edge of the lakes will seem almost like some kind of magic mineral on the ground.
Sunrise is also unbelievable here so I suggest camping out.
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