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A starry night sky with a telescope and a bridge. 1
A mountainous landscape with a clear sky. 2
A MEADE telescope with a large eyepiece and a black mount, set against a mountainous backdrop. 3
A starry night sky over a mountainous landscape. 4
A lit observation tower at dusk with a clear sky. 5
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Free cancellation available
Price is AU$273 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Pangue Observatory is probably the best Astrotourism Observatory in Chile, its privileged location at 1300 metres above sea level and the absence of light pollution teaches the universe, galaxies and stellar objects of the Southern Hemisphere like nowhere else in the world. The El Pangue Observatory has two types of tours, the classic tour (16” telescope) and the extreme tour (25” telescope). The number of stellar objects to observe is the largest that can be obtained in an astronomical tour in Chile, from 8 to 12 objects are seen. We recommend booking in advance as spaces are limited.

Activity location

  • Museo de Avenida Francisco de Aguirre
    • Av Francisco De Aguirre
    • La Serena, Chile

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Museo de Avenida Francisco de Aguirre
    • Av Francisco De Aguirre
    • La Serena, Chile

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Astronomical Tour of the Milky Way Sanctuary El Pangue Observatory

  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h
    7h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 5:30 PM
Price details
AU$273.19 x 2 AdultsAU$546.38
Total
Price is AU$546.38
Until Sun, 15 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Coffee and/or Tea

Know before you book

    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • Children are not accepted only over 9 years old
    • The Observatory is closed on days close to/with a full moon (6 days a month)

Activity itinerary

Museo de Avenida Francisco de Aguirre

  • 20m
You will be able to visit the founding terraces and one of the most beautiful avenues in Chile, home to numerous marble statues and monuments of the renowned Serena Plan.

Elqui Valley

  • 1h
From La Serena we will take the international route to the Elqui Valley where old adobe churches will appear, hacienda houses of the first Spanish conquerors and parcels and indigenous towns

Vicuna

  • 20m
We will arrive at the city of Vicuña, located at the foot of the pre-Andes and known for being the city where the first Nobel Prize-winning woman for literature in Latin America was born, and also for being a place with a strong link with astrophysics because it is very close to tourist and scientific observatories. and it has an emblematic Tower of the city where Albert Einstein was born. We will stop at one of the most beautiful squares with the greatest number of artistic expressions and craft fairs in its surroundings.

Ruta Antakari

  • 30m
We leave Vicuña towards the South along a mountain road to reach the Gabriela Mistral Dark Skies Sanctuary and have the first panoramic views of the Tololo, SOAR, Géminis Sur and Rubin Scientific Observatories, probably a place considered one of the 3 most recognised hot- astronomical spots in the world. We will arrive at El Pangue Observatory, to start our exclusive astronomical tour to observe numerous stellar objects.

Observatorio del Pangue

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
We will begin the observation of planets, comets, red dwarf stars, blue giants, binary stars, nebulae, star clusters and Supernova remnants among others.

La Serena

  • 1h 30m
Return to La Serena

Location

Activity location

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    Museo de Avenida Francisco de Aguirre
    • Av Francisco De Aguirre
    • La Serena, Chile

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Museo de Avenida Francisco de Aguirre
    • Av Francisco De Aguirre
    • La Serena, Chile

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