Awasi

Rustic-luxe oasis in Chile’s most dramatic desert: adobe cabanas, sociable patio with pool, great service and customised excursions with your own guide

For thousands of years, San Pedro de Atacama has provided respite for travellers crossing the world’s driest desert. Today it’s the jumping-off point for tours of a startling geological collage of volcanoes, salt flats, turquoise lagoons, boiling geysers and Sahara-like dunes that awes even the most cosmopolitan traveller.

Quechua for 'home,' Awasi offers an authentic and singularly personal welcome. Eight cabanas (five circular and three rectangular) with pointed thatched roofs mimic the neighbouring historic village, Aldea de Tulor. Meals served on the patio introduce surprising local flavours. Your private guide is ready to take you off-road to places tourists haven’t discovered. While the local wildlife, magical sunsets and nightly riot of stars will make you feel small, at Awasi you’re anything but insignificant. Drop your dusty hiking boots in the basket by your door to be cleaned. Savour a glass of Chilean Carménère by a poolside fireplace. Drift to sleep in a kingsized bed. Bliss.

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