Salar de Tara
A remote high-altitude salt lake at about 4,300 meters near the Argentine and Bolivian borders, with giant rock pillars known as the “Tara Cathedral.”
The Salar de Tara is in the Los Flamencos National Reserve. From San Pedro, you travel up the international highway toward Argentina. On the way you pass the “Padre Cana” rock pillars and wide yellow grassland plateaus. On the shore of the lake, flamingos, vicuñas, and alpacas live among the wind-eroded rock towers known as the “Tara Cathedral.” The trip is a full-day off-road tour. The altitude is high and the distance is long, about 100 kilometers one way. You need to acclimatize to the altitude first, and keep warm.
Opening hours
Full-day tours (weather dependent)
Nearby sights
- ALMA Observatory
- Toconao
- Termas de Puritama
- Socaire
- Miscanti & Miñiques Lagoons
- Machuca
- R. P. Gustavo Le Paige Archaeological Museum
- San Pedro de Atacama