The Best Off Road Trails in Chile

Ruta de las lagunas e Salares #1 (San Pedro Atacama-Villa Mar)

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Os Pés do Caminho

Distance

144.96mi

Elevation +

12694f

TrailRank

70

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This is one of the most popular 3 days tours that you can find in all travel agencies in San Pedro. A similar tour can be bought at Uyuni. It allows a wonderful immersion in the Bolivian Altiplano with views of vulcanoes...

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Lagunas Altiplanicas + Piedras Rojas

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jeremaixs

Distance

221.31mi

Elevation +

11463f

TrailRank

66| 4.67

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This trail was made with a tour agency, its normally called just Piedras Rojas (red stones), it suppose to include all the places in the tour Lagunas Altiplanicas (plateau lakes), but goes a little bit further to reach t...

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Salar de Tara

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jeremaixs

Distance

86.11mi

Elevation +

11188f

TrailRank

62| 5.0

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DESCRIPTION This tour is among the not so common but probably the best of all. I heard this even from tour guides/drivers. This is “full day tour” but actually you only need half day coming back at 4pm, if the weather i...

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Valle de la Luna

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Os Pés do Caminho

Distance

14.78mi

Elevation +

787f

TrailRank

62

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A trip to Valle de la Luna is a must when you visit San Pedro de Atacama. The landscape is surreal, as if one was in another planet. You can buy the tour in town and all tours are essentially identical, the differences a...

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Volcán Isluga - Salar de Surire - Las Vicuñas - Lauca

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ederabreu

Distance

135.78mi

Elevation +

6860f

TrailRank

61

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Among snowcapped volcanoes, ghost towns and a fauna that likes to show off, drive through this pristine, scenic, really beautiful route that crosses the Volcán Isluga National Park, the Salar de Surire Natural Monument, ...

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Laguna Cejar and Tebinquiche

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jeremaixs

Distance

29.18mi

Elevation +

581f

TrailRank

58| 5.0

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DESCRIPTION Swimming on salt: they said the concentration of salt is even higher than the Dead Sea, you will float very easy. Bring big bottle of water, if the water from the lake gets inside your eyes or hears you shou...

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San Pedro to Uyuni

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Thibdeb

Distance

320.24mi

Elevation +

13999f

TrailRank

56| 5.0

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We made that track solo without a tour. It is not the usual itinerary. As we are in February and it rained a lot, they don't let us go on the salar from Chuvica. Reason why we directly go to Uyuni. Some difficult road b...

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Salar de Tara Jeep adventure!

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koekiedaf

Distance

30.47mi

Elevation +

2388f

TrailRank

34| 5.0

Beautiful tour towards Salar de Tara with 4X4 jeep. route sometimes only visible by gps trail (directly trough the desert) and very loose sand can be expected. So it's a bit of a risk (as there is nobody else, and no wir...

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Salar de Tara - Atacama Desert - Chile (2WD or 2x4)

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hardywang

Distance

42.05mi

Elevation +

2726f

TrailRank

31

This is the GPX I started to track at Highway 27's stone tower (you won't miss it since they are so visible). I rented a Hyundai Creta, a compact 2WD SUV. The vehicle is equipped with a tiny engine that when I drove s...

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Laguna Tara

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RickeyFlynn

Distance

186.65mi

Elevation +

17671f

TrailRank

31

Sep 4, 2017 8:36 am We followed a different Wikiloc track on this trip but honestly we probably could not have done it without hiring a guide. We hired Martin Reha a Swiss mountain guide wh has lived in San Pedro de A...

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Crater Monturaqui

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Jason W. Barnes

Distance

23.48mi

Elevation +

3645f

TrailRank

29

Three difficult stretches. 4wd and high clearance absolutely required. We had a flat, so make sure that you have a good spare with you. Very cool to visit the only impact crater in Chile tho! Crater is well-preserved.

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Salar de Tara

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Rahim Khosrowfar

Distance

44.15mi

Elevation +

2769f

TrailRank

29

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Do not pass the last part…there is a very old sign you can’t read. That part leads to the lake. It’s forbidden. The park ranger asked us for a bribe so not to report us to the police.

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San Pedro de Atacama to Salt Flats and Laguna Miscanti - Chile

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oosterop

Distance

181.70mi

Elevation +

11522f

TrailRank

29| 5.0

From San Pedro de Atacama (Atacama desert in Chile) to the salt flats (flamingos) and Laguna Miscanti (at ~4000m in the Andes).

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San Pedro de Atacama to Salar de Tara

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jfr34

Distance

176.75mi

Elevation +

14993f

TrailRank

27

Awesome, probably as outstanding as Landmannalaugar, Iceland which was our most striking place on earth so far. High altitude, amazing panoramas, awesome but mostly easy, offroad desertic tracks (no sand unless you want ...

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Laguna Cejar - laguna Baltinache - Laguna de Piedra - Laguna Tebinquiche - Ojos del Salar - San Pedro de Atacama

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aacoelho

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Distance

44.12mi

Elevation +

338f

TrailRank

95| 5.0

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Tracklog gravado em 08/04/2023 Saímos às 8:45h, levando 30 minutos para chegar na portaria da Laguna Cejar, cujo ingresso custa 10.325,00 CLP/pessoa. Um pequeno tour passando pela Laguna Cejar. A passarela para observar...

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Polloquere - Arica

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Jurgis Lietunovas

Distance

97.74mi

Elevation +

2562f

TrailRank

24

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A rough road from Arica to polloquere hot springs (not going through Putre) if youre taking this road beware that you either might need a 4WD or really high clearance car, looooots of bumps

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Salar de Tara

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pingulinoaventureiro

Distance

13.57mi

Elevation +

331f

TrailRank

24

INVERTED! it’s been recorded in the opposite way, so you might need to invert it in your GPS. basically try to follow tire path in the land, sometimes it seems to don’t make any sense but it supposed to work because we r...

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Atacama a Uyuni - Bolivia

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rodrigoschemes

Distance

269.24mi

Elevation +

16286f

TrailRank

22

1º dia: San Pedro de Atacama (08:00 hrs.), Migration and Entrance to National Reservation, visit to White and Green lagoon, Hot springs, Geysers "Sol de mañana", Red Lagoon and basic refuge. 2º dia: Siloli Desert, Sto...

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12.12.16 Calama - Ollagüe - Aucanquilcha (5.130m!) - Machuca

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davidoff_bcn

Distance

295.27mi

Elevation +

19226f

TrailRank

22

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Very long, very difficult, some very deserted roads... Drive to 5.130m according to Google Earth... Flat tyre at 4.330m, took me 3h to change, on a steep road, extremely windy, on my own, finished at 8:30pm... :(

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Deserto do Atacama - Salar de Uyuni

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Brayan Linhares

Distance

250.92mi

Elevation +

7707f

TrailRank

80| 4.17

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Travessia feita por conta própria do Atacama para Uyuni por dentro da Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa. Gravação da trilha iniciada logo após o guiche de pagamento do parque. Entrada do parque, 150 Boli...

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Salar de Tara pour 4x4 très difficile

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jmp06

Distance

77.96mi

Elevation +

9455f

TrailRank

19

Be careful, last route is prohibited to cars. It is a PROTECTED AREA. Only allowed by feet. There is a parking nearby where you can park your car, go to the bathroom and go walk on the walking zone.

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Palpana approach - SE route

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Maximo Kausch

Distance

10.45mi

Elevation +

3f

TrailRank

19

Mapped in Oct 2012 by Maximo Kausch using a Garmin 62s. There is absolutely no water around here. Most of the path is very sandy

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Ruta Exploratoria Quetena (Ckota Lan'tur)

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David M. Muñoz Aguirre

Distance

26.89mi

Elevation +

3212f

TrailRank

76| 5.0

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Al principio es horrible, por los basurales, pero después vale la pena totalmente... Ruta exploratoria por Río San Salvador, Quetena, Sitios Arqueológicos y camino de las Torres de Alta Tensión.

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Piedras Rojas, Lagunas Altiplanicas e Laguna Chaxas - San Pedro de Atacama

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aacoelho

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Distance

242.50mi

Elevation +

11309f

TrailRank

75

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Tracklog gravado em 07/04/2023. Saímos às 7:35h, mas tivemos que voltar para abastecer, é importante conferir o nível de combustível antes de sair de San Pedro de Atacama, não há posto de gasolina fora de San Pedro. O p...

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Torres del Paine (on road)

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Daniel HH

Distance

85.19mi

Elevation +

3720f

TrailRank

74| 5.0

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Trecho percorrido de carro dentro do parque Torres Del Paine. A estrada do parque não é pavimentada mas estava em ótimo estado de conservação, sem necessidade alguma de 4x4, podendo ser percorrida por qualquer carro de c...

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