Chile’s Atacama Desert, paradise for sand dune hiking and stargazing, is world’s driest
South America’s answer to the Sahara, the southern part of the Atacama Desert is known as the Sea of Dunes (“Mar de Dunas”), with those dunes spanning 335 square kilometres (129 square miles). A snowboarder rides down a dune in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Photo: Shutterstock At 550 metres, El Medanoso is one of the highest … Read more
