From camel trekking and sandboarding to geodesic domes and yoga retreats, these striking desert destinations offer something ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...

Most Atacama tourists are drawn to the north ... Spanish colonial rulers paid less attention to the desert, but Chile, Peru and Bolivia were all the more interested, and after gaining independence ...

In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

and the winds from the Pacific to the west picking up little moisture as they pass over the cold Peru Current (formerly called the Humboldt Current), the Atacama Desert is known to be among the ...

This is the challenge faced by hotels built within Latin America ’s vast desert landscapes. Defined by their extreme aridity ...

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile sits in the rain shadow of the Andes Mountains. Though it borders the Pacific Ocean, a persistent cold flow known as the Humboldt Current keeps moisture levels ...

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — At the top of a craggy path in Socaire, a hilltop village deep in Chile's Atacama Desert, a black flag whips in the wind above Jeanette Cruz's house. The desert sun has ...

Stretching across northern Chile and southern Peru, the Atacama is the driest non-polar desert on the planet. With its "Martian landscapes" and sprawling salt flats, the arid "geographical ...