12 Pisco & Elqui Valley Tours, Compared

1.Elqui Valley Tour: History and Flavors (NOT FOR CRUISES)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 139 reviews · 7 to 9 hours (approx.) · from $53Our pick

Explore Chile’s Elqui Valley from La Serena with pisco, organic wine, mountain views, local lunch, and Gabriela Mistral sites.

“Guide/Driver picked me up from my location even though there was a stated meeting point. This was wonderful. Guide was down to earth and had lots of experience. Guide was able to conduct tour in both English and Spanish. He spoke both well. He was able to keep everyone engaged and had a deep understanding of the area and the locations we visited. I wasn't expecting much out of this tour and it far exceeded my expectations as I normally use a different tour provider. We went to several sites including a reservoir, a wine production facility, a pisco mueseum and retailer, a historical site, a wonderful place for lunch…”

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2.Stargazing Hiking Valle de Elqui

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 46 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $100

Review of Valle de Elqui stargazing hike with sunset, sound therapy, Andean astronomy, snacks, and astrophotography for $100.

“Loreto is absolutely passionate about creating an experience that you will never forget. Fantastic and highly recommend her tour!”

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3.Pisco Elqui: Mountaintop Stargazing and Night Portrait

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 20 reviews · 2h 30m · from $54

Stargaze from a mountain above Pisco Elqui with a 20-inch telescope, Spanish guide, pisco sour, and a digital night portrait.

“Super Tour mit tollen Sternbildern. Super Guide, sehr freundlich, nahm sich viel Zeit. Empfehlung!”

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4.Elqui Valley and Vicuna Private Tour Including Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 18 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $339

Review of a private Elqui Valley tour from La Serena with pisco tasting, Gabriela Mistral museum, solar lunch, and port transfers.

“Buyer beware. Do not book this tour. The description is not at all accurate. Pickup at port was not on time nor in the right location, I had to go find them and wasted a bunch of time looking for them. Driver was great, but the driver and guide clearly had never met each other as well, and we couldn't find the driver at first which wasted even more time. The tour itself was only semi-private. The vehicle was private, but then we got to stops and had to "wait for the rest of the groups to come" before we were able to actually see anything. The whole point of…”

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5.Classic Elqui Valley (Between vineyards and fruit trees)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · 8 to 10 hours (approx.) · from $94

Review of the Classic Elqui Valley tour from La Serena, with pisco, vineyards, Gabriela Mistral sites, lunch, timing, value, and practical tips.

“Our guide was very professional and went out of her way to ensure that as the only English speakers in the group that we didn't miss out on any of the information. The stop off points were interesting and the lunch was also great. Our only criticism would be that we travelled through a lot of incredible scenery, and as a nature lover it would have been a much better tour if we were able to stop and take some of it in. It seemed a shame to drive by so much beauty and not be able to fully appreciate it.”

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6.Full day Tour to Elqui Valley

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · 10 hours (approx.) · from $110

Explore Chile’s Elqui Valley from La Serena with lunch, pisco tasting, Gabriela Mistral sites, hotel pickup, and a small group.

“The views were great and the tour guide was very personable. The pisco tasting could be improved, the explanations were good but we didn’t get to real taste pisco, only cocktails.”

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7.Grand Tour Elqui Valley Heavenly Paradise of Sacred Mountains

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10 reviews · 10 hours (approx.) · from $135

Explore Chile’s Elqui Valley from La Serena with pisco tastings, Gabriela Mistral sites, solar-cooked lunch and mountain towns.

“This tour was a great way to spend the day. We covered a lot of ground in the ~9 hours we spent together. Cristobal was a very friendly and knowledgeable tour guide whose passion for Chilean history and culture is obvious from the start. The choices for points of interest were excellent and one of the highlights was eating at a restaurant that used the sun to cook the food. Cristobal accommodated both English and Spanish speakers on the tour and was able to seamlessly switch between languages throughout the day. Everything was well organized and well balanced in terms of seeing beautiful landscapes, tasting pisco/wine while also learning about…”

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8.Elqui Valley – Short Excursion for Cruise Trips

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 6 reviews · 6 to 7 hours (approx.) · from $133

Explore Chile’s Elqui Valley from Coquimbo with pisco tastings, Vicuña, local lunch, vineyards, and bilingual guidance.

“I had a wonderful day on this shore excursion. It began with our ship arriving one hour late and I was very thankful that Camilla (guide) and Claudio (driver) were waiting for me. It was about an hour drive to the first stop at the Puciaro Dam on the River Elqui that runs throughout the Elgui Valley. I may appreciate this more than most, as I'm a Civil Engr. We visited several small, picturesque village with beautiful squares and sculptures. I learned about Gabriella Mistral from this area, who earned the Nobel Prize for literature in 1945. Lunch was in a quaint restaurant featuring delicious food slow cooked in pots…”

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9.Elqui Valley : Special for Cruises from Port in Coquimbo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 6 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $140

Review of a Coquimbo shore excursion to Chile’s Elqui Valley, with Puclaro Reservoir views, pisco tasting, lunch, wine, and Vicuña.

“Pisco wine tasting is amazing. Everybody there bought at least one bottle of pisco sour etc. Various flavors, sure you ll find one that you like.”

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10.The Magnificient Elqui Valley Grand Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $195

Explore Chile’s Elqui Valley on a 10-hour cultural tour with pisco, Gabriela Mistral sites, solar cuisine, villages, and mountain views.

“I liked everything, the guide Cristobal introduced and explained very thoroughly”

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11.Elqui Valley: Bike Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 5 hours · from $62

Cycle 16 km through Chile’s Elqui Valley, stopping at villages, pisco distilleries, river swimming spots, and craft stalls.

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12.La Serena & Elqui Valley : Ancestral & Avant Garde Wines & Piscos

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 10 to 11 hours (approx.) · from $290

Review of a full-day La Serena and Elqui Valley tour with Chilean wines, pisco tastings, local lunch, history, and mountain views.

“We did both an Elqui Valley wine tour and an astronomical tour with Cristobal from Turismo TEMBETA.”

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