Unfortunately due to timing, we weren't able to attend the English session so we had to attend the Spanish session, so we understood only a portion of the material. None the less, we enjoyed our presenter's energy and enthusiasm and knowledge. Looking through the telescopes was really interesting and fun! The presenter even took a ton of his time to... More

SEeing the stars without lights was wonderful. Unfortunately, the owner is in love with his own voice. Almost all of the time was spent listening to him (some interesting but much too long); when it FINALLY was time to get to the telescopes, he gave little time to a description of what we would see before moving on to the... More

I can only recommend this tour to travellers staying in San Pedro de Atacama. My expectations were more than just met. The owner - a french scientist, who runs his space center a few km outside from the city center - takes you on an appr. 2 hrs tour, explaining the secrets of the universe. It's a good mix of... More

I was looking forward to the tour as I had heard great reviews. Whilst enjoyable it didn't live up to my expectations. The tour is run fairly efficiently to a schedule (although we were collected 15-20mins late). Talking, looking through the telescopes then questions over hot chocolate. It's done this way so that 2 (& I was told, 3, but... More

We booked this trip some months in advance. We were advised to come into the office on the day of the tour to check if the weather would be ok for that evening and if so pay. We were very fortunate as the previous few days they had to cancel the tours as the sky had been cloudy. The meeting... More

The tour was awesome- I learned so much about the stars and the various constellations. The guide was excellent and funny, and I loved his laser pointer! The best part for me was seeing Jupiter through the telescope. I will remember that image forever! The 2nd best part was seeing the shooting starts and looking at the satellites moving across... More

Consider it as a quick introduction for astronomy. The tour is divided in 3 parts: 1) 1 hour: a bit of theory such as speed of light, distance, ages, star formation. The astromer points a special green laser to identify and show the stars; 2) 1 hour: telescope observation. in this part, the astronomer sets the telescopes in interesting positions... More

Great evening under the stars. Excellent talk on the history of astronomy, and lots of large telescopes to directly view objects in the night sky. A 15 minute bus ride away from the city lights of San Pedro, far from the city lights. More

We had no idea of how the night sky is beautiful. The astronomical tour is overseen by a Canadian astronomer who lives in the Atacama. There are several telescopes pointed at the moon, constellations and planets. It is very beautiful, but cold. At the end is served hot chocolate More