Elqui Valley: Short Excursion for Cruise Trips

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Paihuano

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Experience the beauty of the Elqui Valley in Chile, known for its clear southern hemisphere skies and PISCO vineyards. Explore the vineyards, taste the famous PISCO, and immerse yourself in the natural surroundings. Don’t miss out on this unforgettable excursion!

Duration: 7 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Paihuano - The journey begins towards the Cerro Pachón Viewpoint in Paihuano.
Centro Turistico Cooperativa Capel - The visit includes a tour of the Pisco Museum and a tasting of the most iconic products from this renowned Pisco industry in the sales room. After this tour, the next stop is an artisanal Pisco distillery where the pisco tour…

What's Included

Lunch
Specialized Spanish/English Bilingual Guide
In-vehicle air conditioning
Tickets to Pisquera Artesanal

What's Not Included

Gratuities
What is not included in the program

Additional Information

When visiting Chile’s Coquimbo Region, the Elqui Valley is an essential destination. This valley is not just a single location but a collection of towns that have developed along the Elqui River, making it a globally renowned attraction.
The Elqui Valley is distinguished by having the clearest skies in the southern hemisphere, making it the top spot for…

Location

Paihuano

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Mariarp8637qm

Feb 13, 2026

We toured many beautiful places. - Beautiful and very complete. Our guide Axel did an excellent job, informative and enjoyable.

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Alvarezm2025

Feb 14, 2025

Elqui Valley Tour - The tour is worth every peso. The guide very friendly and very comfortable van. The places were very nice and also full of culture and history of chile.

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Leed_d

Mar 20, 2024

Wonderful Day in Elqui Valley - I had a wonderful day on this shore excursion. It began with our ship arriving one hour late and I was very thankful that Camilla (guide) and Claudio (driver) were waiting for me. It was about an hour drive to the first stop at the Puciaro Dam on the River Elqui that runs throughout the Elgui Valley. I may appreciate this more than most, as I'm a Civil Engr. We visited several small, picturesque village with beautiful squares and sculptures. I learned about Gabriella Mistral from this area, who earned the Nobel Prize for literature in 1945. Lunch was in a quaint restaurant featuring delicious food slow cooked in pots purely by solar energy. We also stopped and sampled Pisco alcohol at both new and old (1921) distilleries. I bought a bottle at each. Camilla was amazing and very attentive to my may questions. We stopped several times for scenic pictures of the valley which is full of vineyards. She showed me many interesting things and we all seemed to have an enjoyable time. It was a full day, and I am so thankful that it wasn't canceled since others had selected other tours. I'm on a 32-day cruise and thus excursion was one of the best.

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Faysonmartins

Jan 22, 2020

Great Experience - One of the best tours i've ever made! I recommend the local guide, don Hector Vega, that really knew a lot about the history of the place and had a gret sense of humor, making the tour more enjoyable.The valley is astonishing, the Puclaro Dam is a very amazing sight, the pisco factory was very nice and the lunch with the solar cokking was amazing.

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Nancy_r

Jan 22, 2024

The tour was great but... - The tour was great but the driver was most knowledgeable and he had translator then to talk with us in English so fluency of interpreter was difficult.

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G2158ejpeterp

Dec 6, 2023

This was by far the worst tour, not worth the money. I wouldn't trust this operator, nor recommend to anyone. - The Elqui Valley tour was not interesting and not well planned. Our tour guide didn't speak good english and did not provide much info. The Sprinter van was dirty and smelled bad. Dirty windows with water stains (despite the fact that it didn't rain there for weeks or months) didn't help taking photos. The first stop to see the water dam was a total waste of time as there was nothing interesting to see. The lunch was low quality and we didn't enjoy it. Instead of touring the brewery we were taken to the beer garden to taste 6 different locally produced beers. Unfortunately they ran out of glasses for our party of 4, so one person received only 4 out of 6 beer samples and was instructed to come back for the rest after emptying 2 glasses. By the way, besides our small group, the place was totally empty, so it's hard to comprehend that brewery advertising beer tasting didn't have 24 glasses. Our 30 minute stop in town was also pointless, as there was nothing interesting to see. Highlight of the tour was our visit to Pisco Capel, one of Chile's biggest producers of pisco and opportunity to see their cellars. Our guide was of no help to keep us entertained and informed. When our tour started, we discussed our return time and we clearly told our guide that our ship departs 3:30 so we have to be back at 3:00 at the latest! Calculating the distance and time should be no brainer. Unfortunately the only memorable thing about this tour was arriving back to the port at 3:45PM, 15 minutes past the ship's scheduled departure time and almost missing the boat. This was by far the worst tour, not worth the money. I wouldn't trust this operator, nor recommend to anyone.

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From $133

up to 13 guests

1 - Adult