Today’s tour took us up to the Altiplano – the high plateau above the Atacama salt flats. At the lowest starting point we were already higher than any mountain in the UK, and at the highest we were over 4,000m, which puts us about half way up Mt Everest. We didn’t really suffer from the altitude, apart from a very slight shortness of breath.

So what did we see? A variety of flora at various altitudes, and also fauna – vicuna, foxes, rheas, some rare aquatic birds, a hawk and a teeny tiny little mouse. Mainly though we saw Volcanoes – a whole string of them that make up part of the Andes. Then there were a couple of lagoons, with fabulously coloured water and lined by salt and highly coloured rocks. 

Another lovely day, rounded off by photos at the crossing of the Tropico de Capricornio.