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Pampa del Tamarugal National

This reserve covers 24.000 hectares of artificial plantations of Tamarugo (Prosopis tamarugo) and...

Santa Laura Saltpeter Office

The Santa Laura Ghost Town is 47 km. from Iquique and has been declared a National Monument. It is...

This Ghost Town is 52 km from Iquique and its complete name is Oficina Santiago Humberstone, althoug at the beginin it was called La Palma. It was established in 1862 and changed owners in 1934, adopting the name by which it is known today. It has been declared a National Monument. The office functioned until 1960, when the saltpeter...

Brief history of Iquique

The date of the foundation of Iquique is uncertain; all we have is an approximate date of 7,000 BC. Iquique, whose name means “the gizzard of a bird” was founded by the pre-Colombian Chango people. The city’s history has been defined by economic cycles, the first one being the guano extraction period. After this came the mining of...

Big Salt Flat

It's located at 89 km. from Iquique and 26 km from Puerto de Patillos, in a depression of the Coast...

Where to go in Iquique?

Costanera Walk The waterfront promenade is 4 km long, stretching from Bellavista Beach to the...

Pisagua

The town of Pisagua is located 191 km north of Iquique and 90 km north west of Huara. It has a pleasant climate, with temperatures ranging between 13° C and 26° C. Beautiful beaches with calm waters are set among rocks and cliffs, for example Punta Pisagua and Punta Pichalo. To the north you will find the beaches of Seis and Pisagua...

Victoria Saltpeter Office

The Victoria Saltpeter Office is 115 km. southeast of the city of Iquique, in the abandoned...

Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi

This is the biggest mining project in the country, and is located 180 km from Iquique. It is an open cast working, including three separate deposits of copper ore. The ore extraction and treatment processes are carried out using modern technology. Collahuasi is one of the principal copper producing sites in Chile, with an annual...

Río Seco

Río Seco is a fishing village not far from Iquique, 95 km south along the coast. It used to be the port for the processing of salt extracted from the Salar Grande, which was then milled and shipped. In the village you can see the old evaporation tanks, the conveyor belt and the road which led to the mine. At the edge of the village...

How to get to Iquique?

Iquique is 1,845 km north of Santiago and 307 km south of Arica. You can get there: By air: There...

Attractions around Iquique

Puerto Patillos This port is on the coast 63 km south of Iquique. There is a mechanized wharf for...

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Iquique

Pampa del Tamarugal National

Santa Laura Saltpeter Office

Humberstone Saltpeter Office

Brief history of Iquique

Big Salt Flat

Where to go in Iquique?

Pisagua

Victoria Saltpeter Office

Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi

Río Seco

How to get to Iquique?

Attractions around Iquique

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The handcrafts trail

Guaviña Church

Pukará of Copaquilla