Elqui Valley Tour: Cultural and Scenic Wonders

Explore Elqui Valley’s rich history and flavors. Visit pisco and wine cellars, and follow Nobel laureate Gabriela Mistral’s footsteps. Unforgettable cultural adventure awaits.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • La Serena - We will begin collecting passengers from the second oldest city in Chile.
  • Embalse Puclaro - We will visit the curtain of the Puclaro reservoir. The natural environment and scenic beauty of the reservoir and its surroundings attract tourists and local visitors. There are rest areas, viewpoints and tourist services in the area. The…
What's Included
  • Tickets and Tastings
  • Lunch
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Welcome to the Elqui Valley, a cultural treasure that awaits you with open arms!
Embark on a unique journey where history and nature intertwine in spectacular ways. Discover the ancestral secrets of ancient indigenous peoples as you explore the majestic mountains that guard this region.
Visit the pisco and wine cellars, witnesses of the past and…

Location
Ecoturismo La Serena
Avenida Francisco de Aguirre
We are located next to the Toyota automotive company. From Route 5, crossing the train line two blocks towards the coast. From the La Serena Monumental Lighthouse it is approximately 15 minutes walking towards the mountain range.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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I9663gutamarat
Feb 21, 2026
Recommended - Very good guide, the schedules were fulfilled, rich lunch.
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Cristian
Feb 18, 2026
A tour of history, culture, enlivened with local tastings - A spectacular tour, we visited places like Puclaro reservoir, Monte grande, Elqui and Vicuña and tastings in Capel and Cava del Valle (the latter place, very beautiful and with a great hostess with Quenita). Our guide - Javier - also very friendly and with great knowledge of the history and culture of the places. 100% recommended
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Mauricio_g
Feb 17, 2026
Long live the adventure... - It is a unique experience, to be able to visit so many iconic places of our country and even more so that allow us at each stop to explore the surroundings and know even more about its history and its origins. We also found it amazing to be able to share with others from different places and languages, and the way the guides care to give the information in two different languages, very interesting the tour and rewarding.
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V8079okpamelal
Feb 14, 2026
Beautiful experience - A pleasant experience the Elqui Valley Tour, designed for those who wish to know new landscapes accompanied by information about the places that enrich the trip. Clothing for this tour should be very light, as the heat feels very intense
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T2000wremilyb
Feb 9, 2026
Very good tour - It was well worth it to take the tour. Our guide, Vale, did a great job of sharing loads of interesting information about the area in both Spanish and English.
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G8875tvnicolasn
Jan 28, 2026
Good experience - Beautiful excursion, some stops for very nice sites with a friendly guide and a good meal I recommend because it is a good value for money
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Adam
Dec 23, 2025
Excellent tour - We had a great time learning the history of the area …the vineyard and Capel distillery were phenomenal… our meal at the hotel was great. We appreciated the good work by our tour guide Vali and driver Jorge! Would recommend this tour to anyone! El tour estubo excellente. Nuestra guia Vale y chofer Jorge fueron may amables. 100% recommendable
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Garygn9014cb
Dec 20, 2025
Perfect Tour! - The tour was perfect, very good value with wine stops and pisco tours. Our guide Valeska was wonderful and so helpful, she is bilingual so we were able to understand everything. Highly recommended. Thanks so much,Dave and Gary
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Rollomyers
Jan 12, 2026
Would highly recommend, very interesting - Good tour, but it is not so focused on the wine/pisco as I expected, more about the history and culture of the region, which was very interesting. The tour is primarily in Spanish, although the guide does speak good English and can answer any question you have in English if you do not speak Spanish. It is an all day event but the lunch they provide is spectacular with three good courses and a pisco drink included, really fantastic!
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Mareyeso
Feb 19, 2026
Unfortunate experience: Lack of professionalism and discriminatory treatment - I write this review in order to warn other travelers, especially families, about the bitter experience we live with guide Juan Pablo. What promised to be a day of rest and enjoyment became a situation of stress and helplessness due to his high-handed and arbitrary attitude. Throughout the journey, John Paul’s treatment was distant and authoritarian, imposing rules at his personal convenience rather than looking after the well-being of the group. However, the critical point occurred at the end of the tour: arguing that our service was not “private”, he flatly refused to drop us off at the agreed pick-up point. The lack of judgment was alarming: it forced us to descend several blocks from our hotel, despite the fact that two older adults and a child as young as 3 were travelling in our group, as well as carrying an extremely heavy travel chair. The most disconcerting and offensive thing was to notice preferential and inconsistent treatment, since other passengers in the same group were left at the door of their condominium without major inconvenience. It is unacceptable for a guide to use the welfare of a family as a bargaining chip to try to force private tours. The quality of a tourist service is measured in problem solving and hospitality, qualities that John Paul does not know completely.
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From $50
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).