Norte Grande

The furthest north, the section I’m in is the ‘Norte Grande’.
It is made up of the Atacama desert, one of the driest on earth.

Atacama Plains
The best attractions the region lie about 600km south on something called the Atacama Plain.
Here underwater lakes and rivers, volcanos and techtonic activity provide diversity to bolder, dunes, scrub and sand that make up your standard Atacama landscape.

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