Atacama Desert, Chile
Awasi Atacama
With just 12 beautiful suites, each with its own private guide and 4x4, Awasi Atacama is the perfect base from which to explore the surrounding desert at your own pace, and to indulge your interests.
With just 12 beautiful suites, each with its own private guide and 4x4, Awasi Atacama is the perfect base from which to explore the surrounding desert at your own pace, and to indulge your interests.
With just 12 beautiful suites, each with its own private guide and 4x4, Awasi Atacama is the perfect base from which to explore the surrounding desert at your own pace, and to indulge your interests.
With just 12 beautiful suites, each with its own private guide and 4x4, Awasi Atacama is the perfect base from which to explore the surrounding desert at your own pace, and to indulge your interests.
Location
Located at an altitude of 2,500m in the ancient Chilean settlement of San Pedro de Atacama, Awasi Atacama offers you an utterly exclusive experience.
Accommodation
Awasa means “home”, and guests at Awasi Atacama are indeed made to feel completely at home. Surrounded by native gardens and inspired by pre-Inca ruins, the suites and buildings are constructed using natural materials such as adobe, stone and wood. This ensures that the suites are kept cool in the daytime and warm at night. The architecture and philosophy of this hotel allow guests to feel in touch with the history of the surrounding desert, and the people who once inhabited it. We love the fact that each private suite has a thatched roof, private patio, alpaca blankets, and an alfresco shower.
The open-air, Relais & Chateaux restaurant is superb, and the theme of being at-one with the desert continues here: local gastronomy, seasonal produce and fresh seafood from the Pacific Ocean are artfully crafted by a master chef who aims to take a little piece of the desert and present it on his guests’ plates. You can even book a cookery class with him and learn to make your own Andean specialities. The outdoor bar enables you to look up at the starry ceiling above, taking in the sounds, smells, and sights of the world’s driest desert.
Experiences
At Awasi Atacama, with your own expert guide and off-road vehicle, you have ultimate flexibility. Situated in the clear, crisp air and fantastical landscapes found at high altitude, Awasi Atacama is a place of soaring condors, roaming llamas and alpacas and endless blue skies.
- Marvel at the petroglyphs of ancient civilisations.
- Spot local wildlife, from flamingos, to desert foxes, to llamas and dainty vicunas.
- Explore the dunes by 4x4, buggy, on horseback, or above in a hot air balloon.
Positive Impact
We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.
Environment
Awasi protects 340 hectares of native woodland in Iguazú and Patagonia. These areas absorb over 10,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. This amount is greater than the emissions generated by their three lodges, including the travel emissions of their guests.
Community
Awasi offers many opportunities for its staff members to grow and develop by offering language classes to them and their children as well as various workshops from learning skills in story-telling, first aid, cooking, maintenance and well-being.
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