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El Tatio Geysers and Machuca Village Tour
3.4
7 Ratings
San Pedro de Atacama
Experience a trip to the El Tatio Geysers and Machuca Village from San Pedro de Atacama. Marvel at this stunning natural attraction and take pleasure in a visit to a quaint town. Your excursion includes transport and a professional tour guide.
Experience a trip to the El Tatio Geysers and Machuca Village from San Pedro de Atacama. Marvel at this stunning natural attraction and take pleasure in a visit to a quaint town. Your excursion includes transport and a professional tour guide.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Geyser del Tatio - Depart at 05:00 to visit the Tatio Geysers, situated 97 km from San Pedro at an elevation of 4,300 meters.
Arrive around 06:45, where temperatures are below freezing. Enjoy breakfast and a guided hike through the geothermal field, witnessing the stunning steam columns (Geysers), fumaroles, numerous boiling water pools, and…
- Geyser del Tatio - Depart at 05:00 to visit the Tatio Geysers, situated 97 km from San Pedro at an elevation of 4,300 meters.
Arrive around 06:45, where temperatures are below freezing. Enjoy breakfast and a guided hike through the geothermal field, witnessing the stunning steam columns (Geysers), fumaroles, numerous boiling water pools, and towering peaks—a breathtaking natural spectacle at dawn.
Breakfast includes tea, coffee, juice, milk, a sandwich, and chocolate.
On the return journey, visit the town of Machuca, an ancient settlement with traditionally constructed houses.
Return to San Pedro de Atacama.
- Machuca - At this stop, savor typical snacks from the Altiplanic people.
(Food and beverages are not included at this stop.)
What's Included
- Expert guidance by a professional tour guide
- Complimentary breakfast with a selection of tea, coffee, juice, a sandwich, and chocolate
- Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off for selected hotels
- Expert guidance by a professional tour guide
- Complimentary breakfast with a selection of tea, coffee, juice, a sandwich, and chocolate
- Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off for selected hotels
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- It is recommended that you bring a jacket/sweater and comfortable shoes
- Not recommended to children under 7 year old
- Not recommended to adults over 75 years old
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- It is recommended that you bring a jacket/sweater and comfortable shoes
- Not recommended to children under 7 year old
- Not recommended to adults over 75 years old
Location
Geyser del Tatio
174a Caracoles
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.4
(7 Ratings)
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Ricardo_s
Sep 13, 2025
A very well-passed morning! But cuidad, it's too cold - Excellent! The tour begins with a tour of the volcanic site of Geisers de Tatio. It starts very early, before sunrise with temperatures of around -10/-7°C. It's too cold but if you're well choked it's calm! Then we go to a lagoon from where we can observe the volcano Putana that still keeps activity with gas release. We stopped in Machuca, a small village with a pretty little church. To finish, we stop at the Flamingo Lagoon where you can (if you are lucky) see these birds quite close. Our guide Duncan was excellent!
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804osvaldom
Dec 20, 2019
Dream Dawn!! - Beautiful excursion to the Geiser of Talio and surroundings. A dream sunrise among geysers and a good dip in the hot spring pools.
I recommend it and would not hesitate to go again.
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Navigate56377039847
Apr 18, 2025
Experience the beauties of the Atacama Desert - Infinite expanses , the beauty of nature and to understand how small man is.
Big thanks to our guide Fransico and his driver Gery 👍🏻🤩
Keep going was an unforgettable experience
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Courtney
Jun 29, 2016
Our tour guide was great!! One of... - <p>Our tour guide was great!! One of the best we've had. It is freezing, so wear a lot of layers. Geysers are absolutely beautiful and set in a crater between mountains, but don't expect a large show of activity similar to Yellowstone in the US. Mostly just steam from them. Hot springs are more like luke warm, so not ideal if you visit in the winter. Try the llama at Machuca it's delicious!</p>
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Germn_v
Apr 18, 2016
The place is great. Strongly... - <p>The place is great. Strongly recommend go visiting the place.<br/>
The local operator was not the best. Is a very cold place and the breakfast was on the cold side.<br/>
There were other local operators better prepared.</p>
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Jacquelinepepels
Oct 13, 2019
Bit disappointed - The tour operator’s description stated that you would go out with a maximum of 14 people in small vans.
So not at TurisTour!
With a big bus full of people we went to the Tatio geysers.
Once there it was a bit disappointing, many people who appropriated a place in front, not to miss anything. Then breakfast at the bus, just like, first come, first served. On wax!
Then to the hot springs, you got half an hour to possibly swim, fine.
When we saw all kinds of animals along the way, but with such a large bus you can hardly stop to take pictures, to the displeasure of several passengers. At the town of Mapuche we could get acquainted with the local dishes that the people had made, fine. And so the tour ended.
If I did it again, I would go on my own or with a really small group!
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Thomas
Jul 8, 2019
Geyser tour - First of all we have waited for more than one hour outside in the cold because the bus was late. We had no news, we asked the manager of our hotel to call for us. Then the bus came but the driver was dangerous and drove very fast.. Arriving at destination someone told us than all the people in the bus speak Spanish not English while we had requested an English tour.. So they were not able to do the tour for us. Fortunately one of the guid has his uncle and friend in another company and asked them to take care of us in their English tour. Shame to your company for not having honored your part of the contract.
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