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Iquique and the Cerro Dragón dune seen from the air

The Best Iquique Tours

Twelve real tours, ranked by what they deliver — and frank about how few reviews some of them have.

We rank on four things: what you actually experience, the quality of the guiding, value for money, and what travellers say afterwards. Ratings and review counts come straight from GetYourGuide. Iquique is a small market on the platform, so several products have only a handful of reviews or none yet — where that is the case, we say so rather than dress it up.

The first five entries are the Iquique products. The remaining seven are in Arica and San Pedro de Atacama, the two places most visitors travel on to; they are not day trips from Iquique. We earn a commission if you book through these links, at no cost to you.

  1. Best overall

    Iquique: Paragliding Experience with GoPro Video

    🕒 1 hour 📍 Iquique ⭐ 5.0 (1) 💵 from US$67

    Iquique is one of the best places on earth to paraglide, and a tandem flight needs no experience. The launch at Alto Hospicio, the dune sliding under your feet and the landing by the sea are the city in twenty minutes. Only one review on the platform so far, but a perfect one — and a GoPro video is included.

    The one experience not to miss

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    A paraglider high above the city of Iquique and the Pacific coast
  2. Best value & best reviewed

    Experience Sandboarding in the Iquique Dunes

    🕒 2 hours 📍 Iquique ⭐ 5.0 (9) 💵 from US$52

    The cheapest Iquique activity and the one with the most reviews, all of them five stars. Two hours on the dunes with board and instructor is tremendous fun for around US$52.

    Active travellers on a budget

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    A sandboarder riding down a huge dune near Iquique
  3. Best for history

    Iquique: Guided City Tour with Boat Trip to Esmeralda Buoy

    🕒 3.5 hours 📍 Iquique ⭐ 5.0 (1) 💵 from US$85

    The only guided city tour on the platform, and it adds the boat trip to the Esmeralda buoy — the piece of Iquique’s story you cannot do on foot. A sound first-morning choice.

    First-timers and history lovers

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    The Esmeralda buoy in Iquique bay with sea lions resting on it
  4. Best for beginners

    Iquique: Learn Sandboarding on Legendary Dunes Overlooking the Pacific Ocean

    🕒 2 hours 📍 Iquique (hotel pickup) 💵 from US$110

    Costs about twice as much as the other sandboarding session, but includes hotel pickup, boots and helmet and proper coaching. New, with no reviews yet.

    Beginners who want door-to-door service

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    The Cerro Dragón dune with the southern districts of Iquique and the ocean below
  5. Most adventurous

    Iquique: Red Lagoon Tour

    🕒 16 hours 📍 Iquique 💵 from US$639

    A 16-hour small-group day to a remote, blood-red highland lagoon. Spectacular in principle, but it is expensive, unreviewed and involves high altitude and very long drives. For confident travellers only.

    Experienced travellers wanting something remote

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    The red water of the Laguna Roja beneath mineral-coloured hills
  6. Best Arica introduction

    Arica: City Tour with Chinchorro Beach Visit

    🕒 3 hours 📍 Arica 💵 from US$82

    Three hours round Arica’s cathedral, port and beaches. A new listing with no reviews yet; useful if you have a half day before or after the border.

    Anyone heading on to Arica or Peru

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    The Morro de Arica headland rising above the city of Arica
  7. Best altiplano day (from Arica)

    Arica: Sightseeing Tour of Lauca National Park and Lake Chungará

    🕒 12 hours 📍 Arica 💵 from US$123

    Lake Chungará under the Parinacota volcano is one of the great views of the Andes, and this tour is the simplest way to see it. A long day to well over 4,000 m.

    Seeing the altiplano on an organised tour

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    Lake Chungará with the snow-capped Parinacota volcano behind
  8. Best for archaeology (Arica)

    From Arica: Azapa & Lluta Valleys Archaeology Trip

    🕒 4 hours 📍 Arica 💵 from US$79

    Hillside geoglyphs, a colonial church and a river wetland in a compact half day. New and unreviewed, but the only bookable geoglyph trip in the far north.

    Geoglyph fans continuing north

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    Ancient geoglyphs of llamas and human figures on a hillside in the Azapa valley
  9. Best budget tour (San Pedro)

    San Pedro de Atacama: Valle de la Luna Shared Sightseeing Tour

    🕒 4 hours 📍 San Pedro de Atacama ⭐ 4.8 (347) 💵 from US$32

    Around US$32 for a sunset afternoon in the Valley of the Moon, with hundreds of excellent reviews. The obvious first booking in San Pedro de Atacama.

    Your first afternoon in San Pedro

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    The Amphitheatre rock formation in the Valle de la Luna near San Pedro de Atacama
  10. Most reviewed (San Pedro)

    Tatio Geysers at Sunrise | Breakfast & Incredible Landscapes

    🕒 6 hours 📍 San Pedro de Atacama ⭐ 4.8 (1,134) 💵 from US$73

    More than a thousand reviews averaging 4.8. A freezing pre-dawn start, then sunrise among the steam columns of El Tatio with breakfast included.

    Onward travel to the Atacama

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    Steam columns rising from the El Tatio geyser field
  11. Best full day (San Pedro)

    Piedras Rojas, Altiplanic Lagoons & Salar Full-Day Tour

    🕒 10 hours 📍 San Pedro de Atacama ⭐ 4.7 (799) 💵 from US$86

    High lagoons, red rocks and salt flats in one well-organised day with meals — the kind of scenery that is hard to reach independently from Iquique.

    High-altitude scenery with everything arranged

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    Red rocks and pale blue water at Piedras Rojas in the Atacama highlands
  12. Most useful transfer

    Private Transfer: Calama Airport to San Pedro de Atacama

    🕒 1.5 hours 📍 Calama (El Loa Airport) ⭐ 4.8 (8) 💵 from US$89

    Takes the hassle out of the 100 km between Calama airport and San Pedro de Atacama. Well reviewed, private, and runs in either direction.

    Stress-free arrival in the Atacama

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    A road running between eroded desert ridges in the Atacama

What is missing — and how to do it anyway

The biggest sights in the Iquique hinterland are not on GetYourGuide at present. That does not make them hard to visit:

Our suggestion: book the paragliding flight and the sandboarding online before you arrive, take the city tour on your first morning, and arrange the pampa day trip in person once you are in Iquique.
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Best tours: FAQs

Frequently asked questions

What is the one tour I should not miss in Iquique?

The tandem paragliding flight. Few cities in the world let you take off from a desert cliff and land by the beach, and conditions here are flyable on most days of the year.

Is the Red Lagoon tour worth the price?

Only if you specifically want a remote, high-altitude adventure and are comfortable with a 16-hour day. It costs roughly ten times as much as the paragliding flight and has no reviews yet.

Why do some tours have so few reviews?

Iquique is a small destination on GetYourGuide and several listings are new. We show the real numbers so you can judge for yourself.

Are tours available in English?

Spanish is standard. English is offered on many listings, but check the language options on the booking page before you confirm.