The AMAZING VALLE DE LA LUNA & LAGUNA CEJAR (Part1) San Pedro de Atacama Desert Self Driving Tour

This 3 part series is touring the Atacama Desert in Chile, starting by visiting the amazing VALLE DE LA LUNA, LAGUNA CEJAR & San Pedro de Atacama. Our Self Drive Atacama Desert Tour will give you all the tips, ideas and advice for a safe and memorable self drive stay in a place that is just out of this world! Planning a trip outside your comfort zone is not always easy. Let us show you how accessible the Atacama Desert can be, and that doing a self driving tour can not only give you the freedom to see what you want but is actually more cost effective than booking all the tours available from San Pedro de Atacama the tourist hub of the desert. In this first episode, we make our way to the Desert from Calama after hiring a car using www.econrent.cl and picking up some supplies at the local supermarket. Lider Supermarket https://goo.gl/maps/fAb3oiNzsVobKijx6 Our accomodation in San Pedro de Atacama was the Planeta Atacama Lodge https://goo.gl/maps/Hp7ZVKTmYu6pYNJo7 San Pedro de Atacama is about 100km and a 1 hour 30 minute tarmac (easy) drive from Calama. The town has plenty of hotels, hostels and B&B's to suit all budgets. If you do have a car consider that the town does not have great parking facilities so pick a hotel that has a secure carpark if you can. Food and Drink in San Pedro can be more expensive that in other Chilean towns and this is understandable considering everything has to be shipped in. There are still reasonable places to eat but not all are allowed to serve alcohol so check if that is important for for you. The Valle de la Luna "Moon Valley" is an incredible first day experience and one not to be missed. Close to San Pedro the off road parts of the reserve are easy to navigate and help you get started with the driving in this area. Remember to always carry water with you as you walk around, it's amazing how quickly you can become thirsty. Sun screen and a hat also essential. Link to information centre for Valle de La Luna https://goo.gl/maps/HkadiewG7Qwk1ba19 Laguna Cejar 19km outside of San Pedro de Atacama is about a 30 to 40 minute drive on a dusty bumpy track it's quite expensive and unless you plan to swim in the salty water we would not suggest you bother going and save your 30,000 peso for other areas. Laguna Cejar https://goo.gl/maps/ST19tTJZfLDCcAhv5 ONLY Gas Station https://goo.gl/maps/DBCLJQDHbVxxaYy6A La Picada Del Indio Restaurant in video https://goo.gl/maps/UbHh4nugxzz8TovG8 Plaza de San Pedro de Atacama https://goo.gl/maps/CMVSjd3rDmBLWSN2A Check out all our Chile Travel Guides at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ZS1Ml0SItSmMbSU8A-v2nJQzKoc-ypN Follow us in realtime on :- Instagram: MemorySeekers Facebook: MemorySeekersUK Pintrest:memoryseekersuk Twitter: memoryseekers Web: www.memoryseekers.net Music by https://artlist.io/Simon-312477 Equipment used:- Apple Iphone X https://amzn.to/2TRsdOj Rode Video Microphone https://amzn.to/2JtO7lW Hot Shoe Phone Holder https://amzn.to/2HAtsek GoPro Hero 7 With thanks to google maps www.google.com -DISCLAIMER- The Amazon links are affiliate links. Meaning I get a small commission for every purchase made through those links. If you would like to help us visit more wonderful places and bring you more rich travel guides we gratefully receive donations at:- https://paypal.me/memoryseekers https://www.patreon.com/memoryseekers #Atacamadesert #valledelaluna #Sanpedrodeatacama