Hva som skjer i San Pedro de Atacama, Chile gjennom året

Toppsesong — Southern summer holidays, Summer holidays i Chile

• Sesong

  Southern summer holidays

  1. jan – 28. febSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  Chile, Argentina and Brazil are all on holiday and the village of two thousand takes several times that. Tours book out a day ahead and the main street is a queue of minibuses at dawn.

• Sesong

  Altiplanic winter

  1. jan – 15. mar · vanligvisMonsunRisikoStengninger

  Storms build over the altiplano through the southern summer, heaviest in February, and the roads up to El Tatio and the high lagoons are shut for a day or two when they do. The desert briefly flowers.

• Natur

  Stargazing and the moon

  1. jan – 31. desMørkhimmelsesongBestill tidlig

  The observatory tours run on the dark half of the lunar month and simply do not go for the week around a full moon. Book the new moon if the sky is why you came.

Toppsesong — Southern summer holidays, Summer holidays i Chile

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Southern summer holidays (1. jan – 28. feb), Altiplanic winter (1. jan – 15. mar (vanligvis)), Stargazing and the moon (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Summer holidays i Chile, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  3.–5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  Good Friday and Holy Saturday are public holidays, giving an autumn long weekend. Offices close, long-distance buses and domestic flights fill, and hotels in coastal, lake and desert towns see one more busy weekend after the summer. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Altiplanic winter (1. jan – 15. mar (vanligvis)), Stargazing and the moon (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Semana Santa

• Sesong

  Clear months

  1. apr – 15. des · vanligvisTørrsesong

  Once the altiplano storms stop, the sky is reliably empty from April to December and the high roads all open. Nights at El Tatio and on the lagoon runs are far below freezing before dawn.

Fortsatt på gang: Stargazing and the moon (1. jan – 31. des), Semana Santa (3.–5. apr)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Stargazing and the moon (1. jan – 31. des), Clear months (1. apr – 15. des (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter holidays i Chile

• Festival

  Fiesta de San Pedro y San Pablo

  29. junReligiøs høytid

  The village's patron saint is carried round the adobe church on 29 June with Atacameno dances, a rodeo and three days of mass and brass. It is the one week the town is for itself. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Stargazing and the moon (1. jan – 31. des), Clear months (1. apr – 15. des (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter holidays i Chile, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Stargazing and the moon (1. jan – 31. des), Clear months (1. apr – 15. des (vanligvis))

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Stargazing and the moon (1. jan – 31. des), Clear months (1. apr – 15. des (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Fiestas Patrias, Fiestas Patrias recess i Chile

• Helligdag

  Fiestas Patrias

  18.–19. sepNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  Chile's national days are a four-day holiday and the desert is one of the places Santiago flies to for them. Flights into Calama and the better hotels go early. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Stargazing and the moon (1. jan – 31. des), Clear months (1. apr – 15. des (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Stargazing and the moon (1. jan – 31. des), Clear months (1. apr – 15. des (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Stargazing and the moon (1. jan – 31. des), Clear months (1. apr – 15. des (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer holidays i Chile, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Stargazing and the moon (1. jan – 31. des), Clear months (1. apr – 15. des (vanligvis))