Half-Day Tour to Laguna Cejar: Explore the Largest Salt Deposit, Salar de Atacama

Immerse yourself in the beauty of Laguna Cejar, a mystical turquoise lagoon located in the largest salt deposit in Chile, Salar de Atacama. Experience the floating effect and enjoy a relaxing bath in this unique natural wonder.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Salar de Atacama - It is the largest saline deposit in Chile and is formed by a depression with no water outlet that receives the San Pedro River and multiple ravines through which water filters from the mountain range.
What's Included
  • Complimentary snack, juice, and pisco sour at the tour’s conclusion
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees to the parks are not included
Additional Information

The Salar de Atacama stands as Chile’s most expansive salt flat, created by a basin devoid of drainage that accumulates water from the San Pedro River and several rivulets, permitting water to seep in from the mountain range.
Within its bounds lies the captivating Laguna Cejar, a lagoon with a striking turquoise hue. The elevated saline concentration in…

Location
Whipala Expedition
Tocopilla
At 1:50 p.m. in our office located in Tocopilla 418A, Centro San Pedro de Atacama
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Angel
Mar 25, 2025
Maravilloso - Great experience! It’s pretty crazy when you enter the lagoon and float effortlessly! Very powerful sun so use a lot of blocker
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Felipebarin
Feb 21, 2025
Laguna Cejar is worth it! - Nice walk. Pontual. Guia Rafael explained the context of the places visited, rich snack to the shade of the tree centenári, and the experience in the Laguna was quite fun. Facilities in Laguna are top.
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Valviagens
Feb 4, 2025
Laguna Cejar - a salt bath, literally! - Receptivo Capricorno Expediciones Lagoa Cejar (27/01) Beautiful landscapes, accompanied by very interesting explanations about the geological formation of the site and the origin of salaries! The guide Paloma and the driver Maurizio were very nice and attentive, making the experience even more profitable! The waters of the lagoon Cejar were pleasant and in excellent temperature to cool off from the summer heat! A very different experience, which is very well worth it!
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Audrey_p
Jan 31, 2025
Unique experience - We really enjoyed our experience of floating without any effort in a lagoon in the Atacama desert: it was very unique! The park had installations to take a shower to rince ourselves afterwards, restrooms and changing rooms, which was very convenient. With the exception of the lagoon we were floating in, we could not really go near the other lagoons; they were a bit far and we could barely see them in the photos we have taken. Our guide Rafael was great: he was really kind with us, ensured we were drinking water and putting on sunscreen and told us relevant information about the lagoons and the desert.
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Shohini_g
Nov 19, 2024
Tour was organized and on... - Tour was organized and on time. Javier is gives good history and descriptions. Pickup time was 2:20 and we were returned by 5:45. It doesn't go for 5 hours (which is good, I'm not sure what we would've done). We did Laguna Cejar, then Laguna Tebinquiche. Ojos de Salar is on the way to Tebinquiche and is a 5 min stop. Salar de Atacama is the entire area, not really its own stop. Pisco sour + snacks at Tebinquiche were elaborate. Only thing that could've been better explained is the swimming situation at Laguna Cejar and what we need to bring. There are very clean public showers and changing rooms! They are a short walk from the Laguna. That walk is rocky / gravelly. Would recommend bringing flipflops so you can walk from the Lagoon to the showers without needing to put hiking boots/shoes back on. The showers are required so you can get the minerals/salts off but are also very short, you are allowed 1-2 mins max just to rinse off. Don't bring shampoo/bodywash, but you can change back into regular clothes in the private changing rooms so you don't need to keep your swimsuit on under your clothes after you swim.
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Ashec2023
Nov 19, 2024
Unforgettable - you’ll regret not going - An experience like no other - even if you have been to the Dead Sea. Beautiful scenery, a few other stops on the way and an incredibly insightful guide to answer all of your questions. I rearranged all of my other tours to do this and even passed on another to do this - 100% worth it
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Lorenzap588
Jul 17, 2024
Visit - Beautiful place, postcard landscape and Guide delivered us enriching information of the area. Very good experience!
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326felipek
Jul 5, 2024
It's worth it, it's maneuver! - It is an excellent option p who has half day available. The first stop is nothing more, but what was worth it was the guide's explanation. It gives you an overview of where you are and where you're going, historical explanation and everything else, it's very nice. The last stop is the best, despite the intense cold, it is worth taking a bath in the pond. But reinforcement is too cold. And the guide closes the tour with a wonderful coffee watching the sunset. Sensational!!
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Nicolevalenzuelavg
Jun 23, 2024
100% recommended Whipala - Felipe, the guide, a charmer. Passionate about his work; he gave us valuable information regarding the tour. Very attentive and lively with the group, respectful for us to enjoy the experience. It made us a great picnic, under a beautiful tree at sunset, in the middle of the desert, a unique experience. Besides, he waited for the full moon to come up so we could enjoy that show. Definitely magic!!! Grateful to the Whipala guides.
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58valentinai
May 7, 2024
Nice tour, drives a little fast - The tour is very nice and the guide is very knowledgeable and conveys the passion he has for his country, however he went too fast it was difficult to follow him on the walking routes and in his explanations!
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