More than a dark sky
Atacama's dry air, altitude and low light pollution make the night sky exceptionally clear. Around San Pedro, stargazing can also connect scientific astronomy with Andean ways of reading the cosmos.
Plan the desert around the stars
Moon phase, altitude and rest matter. The journey works best when salt flats, lagoons and desert days are paced around the night rather than squeezing astronomy into the end of an exhausting schedule.