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Atacama Stargazing Tour with Indigenous Astronomer

By Anclatourchile
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $131 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Under one of the clearest and darkest skies on Earth, this experience reveals the beauty and immensity of the Atacama night.

The Alarkapin Observatory is the only private astronomical centre in San Pedro de Atacama managed by local indigenous astronomers, who combine modern scientific astronomy with ancestral Andean knowledge. Through their stories and guidance, you’ll discover how ancient cultures read the stars, understood time, and found meaning in the universe.

Using professional telescopes and traditional perspectives, you’ll learn to see the cosmos not only as science — but as a bridge between worlds, where culture, spirituality, and astronomy meet.

A truly unique encounter between ancient wisdom and modern discovery, beneath one of the most extraordinary skies in the world.

Activity location
  • Observatorio Alarkapin
    • Coyo, Antofagasta, Chile
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Observatorio Alarkapin
    • Coyo, Antofagasta, Chile

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Atacama Stargazing Tour with Indigenous Astronomer
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 9:00 p.m.
Price details
CA $130.81 x 1 AdultCA $130.81
Total
Price is CA $130.81
Until Wed, Dec 17

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    professional driver
  • What's includedWhat's included
    professional guide at the Observatory
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Snacks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Dinner

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The full moon in a month changes the perfect vision of the heavens, it is recommended not to make reservations with a full moon also on those days. The observatory is closed
  • consider the transfer time from the hotel to the Observatory and back

Activity itinerary

San Pedro de Atacama (Pass by)
We’ll leave the town of San Pedro de Atacama and travel a short distance into the desert, away from city lights, to reach the Alarkapin Observation Centre — one of the best places in the world to admire the night sky.
Observatorio Alarkapin
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
At Alarkapin, local indigenous astronomers will welcome you and guide you through a two-hour journey of celestial discovery. Combining ancient Andean wisdom with modern science, they’ll share their vision of the cosmos and explain how the Atacameño people have understood the stars for centuries. You’ll observe constellations, planets, and deep-sky objects using professional telescopes and optical instruments, while learning about the myths and traditions that link astronomy to the local culture. The clear, dry skies of the Atacama Desert — among the clearest on Earth — make this an unforgettable stargazing experience, where science and spirituality come together under the vast southern sky.

Location

Activity location
  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Observatorio Alarkapin
    • Coyo, Antofagasta, Chile
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Observatorio Alarkapin
    • Coyo, Antofagasta, Chile

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