Moon river

We took a trip to the lunar valley! This trip consisted of a few different stops, the first offering views over the atacama desert, the driest desert in the world according to humidity levels rather than rainfall!

Salar Atacama

Katie on a big rock

The second point of interest was death valley, so named because no life has been recorded there! We walked along the top of the valley before reaching the top of a huge sand dune, and being the I know better type, I didn't take of my shoes and socks for the run down the hill. by the bottom of the first dune I had half of atacama in my boots, but with some bigger jumps down the second dune I reached the bottom with only two thirds of the desert squirting my feet.
From death valley we were taken into the lunar valley national park, the park takes it's name from it's lands likeness to the surface of the moon. Our first stop here was at the salt mountains, the guide hushed us all, and in our silence we could hear the contraction of the salt as the mountains cooled from the days heat. We could also see crystals of salt in the rock!

The Salt Mountains

After a small walk we where back in the bus and on route to our final stop, a hill overlooking a large canyon, and a vantage point of the setting sun! The colours where fantastic, all sorts of reds, yellows, oranges and browns.

Top of a sand dune

The Ampitheatre

The moon rising above the Lunar Valley

Considering this was our cheapest trip, it was certainly value for money!