Guided Field Trips

Join us in our next workshop on the field! Learn photography and writing techniques on a variety of exciting subjects alongside expert guides such as Pablo Cañarte (photo), specialist in the deep desert; Cristian Hip, specialist in coastal flora and fauna; and Cesar Vivanco, antropologist and specialist in the Amazon jungle. The following is a sample of guided field trips available. To receive more information or to request a schedule of photographic expeditions in South America please contact us.

ROUTE OF THUNUPA

One of the sons of Wiracocha, the Andean god of creation, Thunupa was the civilizer of this area of the Puna and the deserts under the influence of the Tiwanaku Empire, lasting over a thousand years.

Thunupa adavanced from Lake Titicaca towards the Pacific Ocean, creating Civilization. Our route will follow the road of this special civilizing god and its most important landmarks. We will follow the traces of the myth of Thunupa from Bolivia to Chile (Lake Titicaca - Puna - Salar de Thunupa - Uyuni in Bolivia - Tarapacá Desert - Chilean coast).

Duration: 11 days
Difficulty: Average
Altitude: Critical altitude at 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) above sea level.
Expedition Lead: Pablo Cañarte


ALTIPLANO ROUTE

We follow the roads that descend from the Altiplano to one of its most beautiful places: the Laguna de Huasco, where we will admire the flamingoes, suris, guanacos, llamas, alpacas, condors and vicuñas, among other species.

We will traverse the oasis of the desert and arrive to the coast by a road marked out by milenial geoglyphs.

Duration: 5 days.
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Expedition Lead: Pablo Cañarte

PREHISPANIC ROADS OF THE ATACAMA DESERT

We depart from San Pedro de Atacama to Lake Chungará mantaining and average altitude of 3, 700 mt., admiring magnificent natural landmarks such as the Geisers of Tatio, the Valley of the Moon, Geotermal Field of Puchuldiza, Salt Lake of Surire and the Lagunas of Cotacotani. This route will make us deeply familiar with one of the most beautiful and astonishing places on Earth.

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Altitude: 3,700 mt (11,500 ft), with a peak of 5,000 mt (16,400 ft)
Expedition Lead: Pablo Cañarte

VERTICAL ATACAMA

An intense trip across the different ecological levels of the Great Atacama, the only 'vertical' desert of the planet; from the Highlands to one of the coasts with the richest biodiversity in the planet. We will admire the beauty of the landscape to the warmth of History and Archeology. In the Highlands we will enjoy the Aymará culture absolutely alive, the same that has “domesticated“ each of these ecological levels keeping a perfect armony with Nature.

Duration: 11 days
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Altitude: From 0 to 5,000 mt. (16,400 ft), with 3,000 mt (9,850 ft) average.
Expedition Lead: Pablo Cañarte

EXPEDITION TO THE DEEP DESERT

Discover the forgotten secrets of the Great Atacama and the milenial remains of the peoples who mastered the desert.

Prehispanic roads, cultivation fields in the middle of the absolute desert and prehispanic towns in the middle of the apparent emptiness tell us of the life that dared challenge the desert.

Duration: 10 days
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Altitude: 1,500 mt (4,920 ft) average.
Expedition Lead: Pablo Cañarte

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