| Page Views: 1,315 Last Visit to Lauca: July, 1996 | Lauca - Altiplano at its best by joernme - last update: Feb 5, 2004 |
A great daytrip (could be more) from Arica At the end of my 6 months in Chile I took 2 weeks off to discover Chiles wonderful North. Much of this you will see on my Chile page, but Lauca must be mentioned on its own. I booked a trip with a small group in a small bus in a small travel agency in a small street in Arica. The experience was grand! From sea level to 4.600m height was quite difficult for some of us, though, especially on the way back. We chew a lot of coca leaves with cactus ash to overcome the height sickness and everybody had to sing a christmas song from his country, but still it was hard to stay awake on the way down. Until then, though, the scenery was unforgettable and the trip a lot of fun. I believe the name of the travel agency was Jurasi Tours - excellent! |
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| Pros: | "Scenery, Air, Mountain villages + people, daytrip possible" | | Cons: | "the height" | | In A Nutshell: | "Go!" |
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metteks Mon Sep 11, 2006 19:53 UTC
What a great intro-photo | pepples46 Mon Nov 1, 2004 02:27 UTC
Beauty comes with a pricetag 4600m does funny things to people.....good tips how to counteract it.....excellent page, eigentlich fantastische Reise!! | mtncorg Thu Oct 21, 2004 15:57 UTC
Que magnifico! Very nice pictures and thoughts. The Parinacota Volcano and the Lauca look to be places of austere and remote beauty! | keeweechic Sun Oct 10, 2004 04:53 UTC
Gosh amazing to hear about the height sickness, interesting preventative method. Good about the lack of tourism. Lago Chungara, what a spectacular sight - sounds amazing. Interestng sights. |
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