Elqui Valley tour

Has anyone ever did a tour to the Elqui Valley in La Serena? Could you recommend a tour operator?

Thank you

In March 2012 We used More Tour Agencia de Viajes y Turismo, La Serena - Chile [mailto:moretour@gmail.com]

We enjoyed this tour and had lunch in an experimental cafe which used solar ovens to cook the food, HTH

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-ELQUI VALLEY

“Getting to know the magic-mystic Valley of Chilean Pisco (Grape liquor), and the Birthplace of the poet Gabriela Mistral, where the sun shines over 300 days a year and clean air comes down from the Andes, making this beautiful valley a popular attraction for its climate and clear skies”.

Leaving from La Serena we will go into the Elqui Valley through the international route of Gabriela Mistral, seeing different landscapes, villages and crops. Soon will appear the first papayas, custard apples and citrus from the Elquina semiarid basin and irrigation canals since Inca times, using the waters of the river. We will know the Cochinilla Cultivation in front of the village El Molle, and then we will get to the Puclaro dam, where we visit an Aeolian harp, its market of local handcrafts and walk in its curtain where we will appreciate a beautiful panoramic view of the Elqui Valley. We also visit “Olivier”, a shop where there are products for sale derived from papaya fruit. Continuing along the path into the valley, we will visit a “PISCO” Winery where we can see the elaboration process of this traditional and praised product of the Elqui Valley. We will walk around the center of Vicuña, capital of the Elqui Valley and birthplace of the Nobel Prize winner, Gabriela Mistral. Finally, we will go to the main inland towns of the Valley, like Paihuano, Monte Grande and Pisco Elqui.

Duration : 7 hr

Departure : 9:00 price per person: U$ 50 minimum 6 pax

Includes : Regular Tour, Bilingual Tour Guide, 2011 model van.

Does Not include : Lunch, Admissions (museums, etc.)

Recommendation : Sun Block, water, sun glasses, sun hut.

Pick up at Cruise Terminal by 9:00am

Elqui Valley HD tour

Drop off at Cruise Terminal

Duration: 7 hrs

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In April 2014, we used Jeep Tours La Serena http://www.jeeptour-laserena.cl/eng_index.htm

This is the tour we took: http://www.jeeptour-laserena.cl/eng_tour_elqui.htm

Contact info:

Email: jeeptourlaserena@gmail.com

Phone: +56 (9) 94546000

Contact: Judith Rivera

Yes, we would definitely recommend them. They were very friendly, accommodating and flexible. Never felt rushed and just had a very relaxing day.

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we used http://www.turismonuevomundo.com and they were very good

I wrote extensively about our tour in my blog - click on the Coquimbo label on the right