hello,

is there anyonein san epdro de Atacama from oct 31 to nov 4 and is keen to share the cost of a car rental (I am happy to drive and have extensive experience).

planning to do, where possible, majoirty of the excursions on my own.

about us:
m - age 30
f - age 28

care cost is coming to around 260K CL

let me know if interested and bit about you

Olá amigos!

Irei pro Atacama em dezembro e quero fazer a travessia para o deserto do Uyuni, sem volta. Vocês possuem recomendações de agências pra esse tour? Qual faixa de valor seria justa pra pagar? É melhor comprar online antes ou comprar lá mesmo?

Obrigado!

Hello, I'm currently travelling Solo and will be in San Pedro de Atacama and Uyuni(Bolivia) for the next 7 days until 3rd of November.

Is anyone here during that time too? Happy to connect. Be it for a coffee, join the same tours or just exchanging Tipps on where to go when.

Hi! I'll be travelling to Chile in a week and I am wondering which esim to get. I will be spending time in santiago, san pedro de atacama, la serena and patagonia.

Thanks!

I'm travelling to Chile and wanted to see what the best/safest hostel would be to stay in Santiago as a solo traveler.

​Hi everyone!

​I’ll be visiting Santiago in a few days and planning a trip up Cerro San Cristóbal.

​I really want to take that iconic panoramic photo featuring the Sky Costanera tower framed against the Andes backdrop. However, I’m wondering about the best exact vantage point for this.

​My concern is that from the very top (near the Sanctuary / Terraza Bellavista), the tower might look a bit too small or distant in the frame. Are there better, slightly lower lookout points (miradores) along the trail/cable car route that offer a closer, more balanced perspective of the skyscraper and the mountains?

​Would love to hear your recommendations on specific spots, whether it's better to take the Funicular or Teleférico for the views, or any specific times of day (sunset/afternoon light) that work best for photos!

​Thanks in advance for the tips!

I am putting together a packing list for the northern segments of the Greater Patagonian Trail. I would be there this January and am particularly interested in segment 6, which begins at Parque Inglés.

My searches say that daytime temperatures normally tend to around 25°C with overnights lows around 12°. Is that more or less correct?

And is my understanding that El Niño conditions in the region tend to be warmer and drier than average?

Many thanks!

Hola hola. Voy para atacama a finales de Marzo e inico de Abril. Quiero hacer atacama y Uyuni, vi unos tours de 500 dolares aprox por 7 dias que incluia ambos de la empresa Nomades y queria consultar si me recomiendan esos tours o si tienen mas sugerencias.

Voy a Chile por 12 dias de momento solo tengo pensado conocer Atacama y Santiago. Cuantos dias deberia gastar en Atacama y Santiago?

Tambien queria consultar como es el tema del hospedaje alli. Tienen alguna recomendacion?

Muchas gracias :)

¡Hola de nuevo, cabr@s!

En agosto volvimos a varios subs a contar cómo iba Vamoh, la app chilena de panoramas, y nos dejaron una lista bien concreta de cosas que arreglar. Nos pusimos con eso altiro. Pasaron dos meses, así que acá va en qué quedamos.

Primero, lo que nos pidieron:

• Volver de un evento ya no te tira al inicio. Quedas justo donde ibas. Era el comentario más votado del post anterior y tenían toda la razón, era cuático tener que bajar todo de nuevo.
• Chao barra lateral. En el computador ahora hay una barra arriba, como cualquier página normal.
• El carrusel de la portada lo rehicimos: la foto va a un lado y el texto al otro, sin esos bordes vacíos de las imágenes cuadradas.
• El mapa ahora tiene capas (eventos, clases, locales y lugares), y los descuentos se pueden filtrar por "cerca de mí".

También le hicimos un remake a la app entera. Colores nuevos, los mensajes rehechos más parecidos a los de Instagram, el feed separado en "Para ti" y "Siguiendo", y las comunidades ahora tienen grupos con sus propios administradores que los moderan. Y como se viene el finde, en el mapa hay un filtro de Halloween 🎃.

En números, de agosto a hoy:

• Panoramas vigentes: de unos 5.000 a más de 8.400. Igual que antes, no se acumulan: vencen y entran nuevos.
• Descuentos: de 1.400 a más de 2.000.
• Fuentes que revisamos: 240, contando las municipalidades de la RM, Valparaíso y Biobío, que fuimos revisando una por una.
• Comunas con al menos un panorama: 236 de las 346 del país, y 186 de esas están fuera de la Región Metropolitana.
• En agosto contamos que habíamos pasado los 1.000 usuarios. En los últimos tres meses usaron la app 3.300 personas, el cuádruple que en los tres meses anteriores, y sin gastar un peso en publicidad.

Y lo que más nos tiene contentos: tenemos personaje. Es un monito naranjo con la cabeza en forma de pin de ubicación. En la app lo van a ver en su versión plana, acompañándote en las pantallas vacías y en los primeros pasos. Tiene una versión toon y otra de peluche, que vamos a usar en redes paseando por panoramas chilenos. Ojo, esas fotos del peluche en la fonda están hechas con IA; el peluche de verdad todavía no existe (todavía).

Lo que no tiene es nombre. Se aceptan propuestas en los comentarios y la más votada gana.

Lo que viene: Vamoh Creators, para que quien organiza eventos reclame su perfil y maneje sus panoramas y reservas él mismo. Ya está armado y lo estamos probando, así que lo abrimos apenas esté listo. Lo de crear tus propios eventos (el asado, la pichanga del domingo) sigue en la lista.

Lo de siempre: feedback sin filtro. Qué le falta, qué se ve raro, qué bug pillaron, qué panorama de su comuna no aparece. Lo leemos todo.

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Gracias de nuevo por el aguante 🧡

​Hi everyone!

​I will be traveling to Chile in about one week and spending time in both San Pedro de Atacama and Easter Island (Rapa Nui) (with a stop in Santiago as well).

​As a passionate photographer, my main priority is finding reliable, high-quality tour operators that prioritize visiting the most iconic spots (like Valle de la Luna, Piedras Rojas, Tatio Geysers, Rano Raraku, Ahu Tongariki, etc.) with proper timing and good pacing.

​I want to avoid budget "tour mill" operators that rush you through secondary locations or spend half the day stop-and-go for tourist traps. Seeing how widely prices vary between agencies, I am looking for companies that offer the best balance between quality and fair pricing.

​Specifically:

- ​San Pedro de Atacama – general tours: Which agencies offer well-organized tours with solid logistics and good guides that don't rush the main highlights?

- ​San Pedro de Atacama – astronomy & astrophotography: I am specifically looking for an astro tour where bringing and using your own mirrorless camera and tripod is allowed. I know many standard stargazing tours forbid personal cameras and only offer quick souvenir shots, so I’d love recommendations for agencies (or dedicated photo/astrophotography guides) that let you shoot the night sky yourself while also offering professional photos.

- ​Easter Island (Rapa Nui): Which tour companies or local certified guides are best (e.g., getting to key sites like Ahu Tongariki or Rano Raraku before/after the big tour buses)?

​Any recent experiences, specific agency names, or price range estimates would be greatly appreciated.

​Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi all

I will be visiting San Pedro de Atacama soon and wanted to do a 4 day tour to uyuni salt flats in Bolivia, returning to San Pedro de Atacama.

Does anyone have recommendations for tour companies to use?

Many thanks :)

We (myself, my partner, and our 3 kids 7, 4, and 4) are visiting Chile over winter break. We’re spending most of our time in Santiago with my partner’s family, but we are taking a trip to Maitencillo to stay at a beach house with family. We’re looking for something fun to do with kids on the drive back to Santiago. It would just be a stop along the way back, no more than a few hours. In the past we’ve done the jardin botanico outside of Vina and we loved that, so something along those lines or other little kid friendly activities (parks, etc). We like hiking but can’t walk too far with the 4 year olds. Hopefully not too far off the main drive home. Thanks!

Hi all. I am planning a trip to Chile next April and am planning to visit Rapa Nui as our last destination. So we will be flying from there back to the US, via Santiago of course. The flights we are looking at have a 1 hour and 40 minute layover in Santiago and I am wondering if that is enough time to go through passport control and make our connection. All the flights are on LATAM so we shouldn't have to worry about rechecking baggage.

Thanks!