Travel Guide of Coquimbo in Chile by Influencers and Travelers
Coquimbo is a port city, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.
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1 - La Serena
10 km away
La Serena is a city and commune in northern Chile, capital of the Coquimbo Region. Founded in 1544, it is the country's second oldest city after the national capital, Santiago.
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2 - Totoralillo
14 km away
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3 - Shore Excursions in La Serena
10 km away
This 6 HOURS tour will take you through the great Elqui Valley (Valle del Elqui) where you can find places with paths between vineyards and fruit trees, barren hills covered with vines and pisco factories (liquor extracted from grapes). We will visit the city of Vicuña where you can find its main square and the museum of the poet Gabriela Mistral. Also you can visit the salesroom of Papaya, the typical fruit of the area. Then we will enjoy lunch in a restaurant where food is cooked with sunlight!
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4 - Embalse Puclaro
48 km away
Puclaro is an artificial lake created by a dam on the Elqui River, 40 km east of the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region and 500 km north of Santiago. Regular strong winds make the lake a popular place for kitesurfing. Its purpose is to improve the irrigation of 21,000 ha of farmland in the Elqui valley.
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5 - Mountain Bike Tours in La Serena
10 km away
We organize guided groups in order to travel kilometer by kilometer through the immensity of the Elqui Valley. The tour's main transportation is the bicycle. The use of the vehicle is only used to transport travelers to the airport accommodation. On Day one we propose a city tour where we will visit La Recova and the city center and prepare the equipment and deliver the necessary information for travelers To leave the city of La Serena, we use the D-205 road in which we pass through the agricultural towns. Finally we find the emblematic Route 41, which connects us with El Molle and the Almendral sector, where we will spend the second night. El almendral campsite is the point where they pick us up to visit the Mamalluca Observatory. Day three corresponds to the return day we use. We use the same route along Route 41, which connects with the rural road. We propose a dinner to close the tour
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6 - Archaeology Tours in La Serena
10 km away
The Valley of Enchantment is a marvelous place with a unique nature and numerous striking resources that surprised and enchanted thousands of years ago primitive nomadic tribes native to the Atlantic and the Amazon, attracted by the good climate, precious stones, and the Pacific coast. and its ancient oceanic forests, becoming the first sedentary of the regional valleys. This mysterious culture settles in this beautiful natural space and hidden semi-arid ravine, turning it into the most important artistic, astronomical and ceremonial center of Chilean prehistory. Its attractive and strategic location, geomorphology, variety of slopes, flora and fauna, its large stones with surprising engravings, paintings and mortars, teach the amazing art, rituals and worldview of the oldest and shamanic culture of the Coquimbo Region: Molle culture.
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