Hotel Corvatsch
Hotel Corvatsch - Information and Room Rate
The tiny town of San Pedro de Atacama is mostly hotels, restaurants, and small shops. There are hotels for all price ranges although the cheaper ones are very basic and the expensive ones are all-inclusive. I was staying four nights and chose one that was in the middle price range. After much research, I chose Hotel Corvatsch.
Hotel Corvatsch was precisely what I wanted in a hotel in San Pedro de Atacama. It was located right near the center of the town, was relatively inexpensive, and had beautiful grounds that showcased the desert landscape. My room was around $125 a night and included a reasonably comfortable queen bed.
Hotel Corvatsch - Table of Contents
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Getting to Hotel Corvatsch
Getting to San Pedro de Atacama, and Hotel Corvatsch is a bit of a challenge. The nearest airport is Calama, which is over 2 hours away by car. There are daily non-stop flights from Santiago to Calama on LAN (now LATAM) which, were reasonably priced at around $210 round trip. Service was on an Airbus A321, and the flight took 2 hours and 15 minutes.
The airport in Calama is very nice but extremely small. It only has a few gates, and almost all of the flights were headed to Santiago. I had pre-booked my airport transfers from Calama to San Pedro de Atacama and selected Hotel Corvatsch as my final destination.
Upon arriving in Calama, I was able to claim my bag and find a man holding a sign with my name. He then took me to a shared van that would serve as my shuttle to San Pedro de Atacama.
The shuttle driver did not speak English, but I was easily able to explain to him in Spanish that I wanted to go to the Hotel Corvatsch. The ride was scenic, taking us through the parts of the Atacama Desert. The airport itself is on the outskirts of Calama, so I never did get to see the downtown area of Calama.
After about two hours, I was the first one to be dropped off. I had considered renting a car and driving, but upon seeing the roads of San Pedro de Atacama, I was glad that I had decided to take a shuttle. At $25 one way, it was well worth the price not to have to navigate the narrow dirt roads.
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The Room and Amenities
Most visitors to San Pedro de Atacama expect it to be sweltering. In reality, the Atacama is very cold in the winter, and often the temperatures were well below freezing. The heater in my hotel room would only turn on between the hours of 11 pm and 5 am. Most nights, I went to bed slightly chilly until the heater began to run.
The room had a toilet and bathroom, but all toilet paper was to be deposited in the garbage next to the toilet. Flushing anything except human waste could cause the pipes to back up. I figured they meant business since the sign was in about 12 different languages, so I was careful to make sure that I didn’t flush any toilet paper.
Each room had an outdoor entrance. To get to my room I would walk through a beautiful desert garden.
The highlight of my stay was my inability to communicate with the front desk. Check-out time was 10 am and, I wanted to check-out at noon. I asked the front desk in my broken Spanish, for a late check-out time. When I returned to my room, 12 towels were sitting on my bed. I guess the only part of the conversation that was understood was the Spanish word “doce.”
Below are some additional pictures from walking the grounds. I visited Chile before I decided to start Buzzinaroundtheworld.com and did not take many pictures of my accommodations. Today, when I travel, I do a much better job taking photos of my hotel.
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