I think I would really like horseback riding if I did more of it. But because I don't, I rode the exceptionally calm Salvador when a guest at the Explora Atacama in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. Later, ...

Northern Chile’s Atacama Desert is the driest and, it’s been argued, oldest desert in the world – characteristics that might lead travelers to believe it’s an arid, windswept wasteland with little or ...

Update: Many of the public areas of the lodge suffered a major fire on October 21. No one was hurt, and Explora is working to rebuild, but the lodge is temporarily closed. Almost everyone loves a good ...

Explora Hotel: Explora is located on 17 hectares near the village of San Pedro de Atacama. The lodge is located 8,202 feet above sea level.

Explora has unveiled a new private guided nomadic journey across the border of Chile and Bolivia. Running seven to 11 nights, “Travesía Atacama & Uyuni” invites travelers to visit the Uyuni Salt Flat ...

explora has launched a series of new four-night, five-day photographic expeditions in Atacama and Patagonia aimed at allowing travelers to view the scenery and wildlife of South America while honing ...

"And who will care, who will chide you if you wander away from wherever you are, to look for your soul?" wrote the great nature poet, Mary Oliver. It would appear that Oliver is speaking to those of ...

Thanks to the lack of light pollution and altitude, the Atacama has some of the clearest night skies on earth, making for excellent stargazing. Cool off from the desert heat with refreshing swims in ...

The highest, driest place on Earth is the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Indeed, some parts of Atacama have never known rain, and the salt lake beds that stretch for dozens of kilometres are 2,400 ...

Northern Chile’s Atacama Desert is the driest and, it’s been argued, oldest desert in the world – characteristics that might lead travelers to believe it’s an arid, windswept wasteland with little or ...