Atacama
Death Valley - Valle de la Muerte
About two kilometers out of San Pedro de Atacama there is a sign that tells us that we are in the Cordillera de la
Sal. Here there is the Valley of Death and the Valley of the Moon. It belongs to the Los Flamencos National
Reserve, a small depression of 500 meters in diameter of saline soil where we see intriguing sculptural forms. This
forms are resulting of successive transformations of the earth's crust occurred by folding the bottom of lake salar
This is where the beauty of the landscape changes, there are no longer the snowcapped
volcanoes non lakes of all colors. Here, the landscape does not seem to be from this planet.
The variety of landscapes available in the Atacama Desert is so varied that there is no place
where the visitor can be disappointed.
It is known as the valley of death because once who dared to cross this valley, did not return
alive. And the proof of this situation is found when it is crossed: the remains of human bones and
animals can be found inside.