To discover the vast wilderness of northern Argentina and Chile, I leave my home in Buenos Aires to join explora on a travesia, an 8-day trip from Salta to explora’s luxury lodge in San Pedro de Atacama, where the lunar-like landscape is stunning. Trekking largely uninhabited areas where chinchillas scurry across gravel roads, vicunyas race down mountains, and flamingos graze salty lagoons, I find a land of solitude, prime for contemplation.
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