Chile · ELQUI VALLEY
This is the shortlist to send a friend: 7 elqui valley tours worth the day, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
Elqui Valley day tour from La Serena with pisco history, organic high-altitude wine tastings, and Gabriela Mistral stops, plus lunch.
“Great food, many beautiful sights. Most of all enjoyed great conversations with our guide, Alex. He was very informative and passionate about his work.”
Stargazing on Pisco Elqui's mountaintop with a pro 20-inch telescope, dark-sky views, a pisco sour, and a digital night portrait.
“Super Tour mit tollen Sternbildern. Super Guide, sehr freundlich, nahm sich viel Zeit. Empfehlung!”
Private Elqui Valley and Vicuña tour with pisco factory tastings, Gabriela Mistral museum, solar-cooked lunch, and round-trip pickup.
“This is an amazing tour. Scenery is beautiful and our guides Giovanna and Christian were excellent. Highly recommend it to anyone in the La Serena area of Chile.”
Classic Elqui Valley day trip from La Serena: reservoirs, Vicuña, a pisco museum, viewpoints, and Pisco Elqui, with lunch included.
“Beautiful view our tour guide was excellent (Hector) lunch was very good and the stop to Pisco Aba was great.”
Full-day Elqui Valley tour from La Serena: small-group pickup, lunch, Vicuña sights, Gabriela Mistral sites, and a pisco tasting.
“Easy to leave the driving & selection of sights to others. Guide was very good! Only reason for 4 stars rather than 5 - I had LOTS of time for tours & selection for this one fit in with other activities that had stronger preference. Home of Gabriela Mistral gave new insights”
A 10-hour Grand Tour of Chile’s Elqui Valley from La Serena, with Mistral sites, dam views, tastings, and a solar-oven lunch.
“This tour was a great way to spend the day. We covered a lot of ground in the ~9 hours we spent together. Cristobal was a very friendly and knowledgeable tour guide whose passion for Chilean history and culture is obvious from the start. The choices for points of interest were excellent and one of the highlights was eating at a restaurant that used the sun to cook the food. Cristobal accommodated both English and Spanish speakers on the tour and was able to seamlessly switch between languages throughout the day. Everything was well organized and well balanced in terms of seeing beautiful landscapes, tasting pisco/wine while also learning about…”
10-hour Elqui Valley grand tour from La Serena: Diaguitas villages, Gabriela Mistral sites, pisco tastings, and solar-cooked lunch.
“I liked everything, the guide Cristobal introduced and explained very thoroughly”
Every kind of day out, and the best of each.
