1) Coastline, Anzota Caves & Bird Sanctuary - 4 hours
We visit the Marina and former island Alacrán, beaches, huano cliffs, caves (dwellings of Chinchorro culture 6.000 B.C). We continue by the seashore towards the north and pass Chinchorro and Las Machas beaches 10 km until the Mouth of Lluta River where we find the Bird Sanctuary one of Chile´s most important wetlands and will be able to observe a great variety of resident and migrating birds such as: Pelicans, Cormorants, Egrets, Oyster Catchers, Grey gull, Peruvian gull, Dominican gull, black skimmer, Inca tern and black-crowned night heron and Turkey Vulture among others. The migrating birds are: Baird´s Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Whimbrel (Hudsonian Whimbrel), Lesser Yellowlegs, Franklin Gull, Artic Tern, Elegant Tern, Black-bellied (Grey) Plover, American Golden Plover and Sanderling among others. There are approx 130 different birds between the litoral and the altiplano (highlands). The flora consists of juncaceas, totora, gramineas and sorona a millenary plant.
We finish at the fishermens wharf at the Port to see the sea lions, pelicans and the colourful fishing boats and visit the Civic Centre which consist of visiting St. Marks Cathedral (designed by Gustave Eiffel 1886), former Custom House (Eiffel 1884), Railway Station (Arica La Paz, 1906)
Includes Aymara cocktail at the beach.
We visit the Marina and former island Alacrán, beaches, huano cliffs, caves (dwellings of Chinchorro culture 6.000 B.C). We continue by the seashore towards the north and pass Chinchorro and Las Machas beaches 10 km until the Mouth of Lluta River where we find the Bird Sanctuary one of Chile´s most important wetlands and will be able to observe a great variety of resident and migrating birds such as: Pelicans, Cormorants, Egrets, Oyster Catchers, Grey gull, Peruvian gull, Dominican gull, black skimmer, Inca tern and black-crowned night heron and Turkey Vulture among others. The migrating birds are: Baird´s Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Whimbrel (Hudsonian Whimbrel), Lesser Yellowlegs, Franklin Gull, Artic Tern, Elegant Tern, Black-bellied (Grey) Plover, American Golden Plover and Sanderling among others. There are approx 130 different birds between the litoral and the altiplano (highlands). The flora consists of juncaceas, totora, gramineas and sorona a millenary plant.
We finish at the fishermens wharf at the Port to see the sea lions, pelicans and the colourful fishing boats and visit the Civic Centre which consist of visiting St. Marks Cathedral (designed by Gustave Eiffel 1886), former Custom House (Eiffel 1884), Railway Station (Arica La Paz, 1906)
Includes Aymara cocktail at the beach.
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