travel42 Hotel Review: Alto Atacama

Alto Atacama travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

This hotel occupies a scenic, 7.5-acre site in the Katarpe valley, near the pre-Inca ruins of Quitor and the Inca ruins of Katarpe. It is about 10 minutes by car from San Pedro and surrounded by the convergence of three spectacular mountain ranges.

Property Overview

Minimally irrigated with native plants, its adobe-style accommodations fit so beautifully into the surrounding sandstone canyon that it almost seems camouflaged. In fact, it once wo...