La Serena tours

[Nebr.cruiser]

We have cruised from LA to Santiago before and are doing a similar cruise again in December.  It's been 12 years, I think.  

 

For La Serena on our previous tour we took a shuttle to town, walked around and saw the sights.  It was fine, but not spectacular.  We'd like to do something different at this port this time.

 

We do see tours to the Elqui Valley; unfortunately we are there on a Monday, when apparently some things are closed.  The Princess shuttle to the city has gotten ridiculously high.  I think $69pp.

 

For those who have been there more recently what price would taxis into the city be?  Or Uber?  Were there tour operators offering tours dock side that could be booked that day?  Thanks!

 

[GeorgeCharlie]

We were in La Serena on Dec 05th last year, which was also on a Monday. We had pre-booked a tour with Turismo Cochiguaz Tours at a cost of US$65/person. We were the first larger cruise ship to visit since Covid, so they were having some issues getting up to speed, but overall the tour was okay.

 

If you are interested, you can find more info on what we thought of the tour from the review we did.

 

 

[dalibi]

Tours were at the dock as well.   

[Spaghetti1]

On 11/10/2023 at 3:34 PM, dalibi said:

Tours were at the dock as well.   

Hello, we are doing this cruise in Dec 2024 and interested in going to Elqui valley from cruise port. Will we be able to find taxi tours day of? Thank you!

[dalibi]

We were in La Serena in March of 2023.  Many buses and taxis at the dock.  We were on Princess, someone from Cruise Critic arranged the tour only 40.00 pp.  Excellent tour of city, lighthouse, market.

 

www.travelturismocochiguaz.cl