Half-Day Tour to Laguna Cejar
Overview
Available languages
5 hours
Mobile ticket
The Salar de Atacama is the largest salt deposit in Chile and is formed by a depression with no water outlet that receives from the San Pedro River and multiple streams through which water is filtered from the mountain range.
Inside this, you will find Laguna Cejar beautiful and mystical of turquoise color. Its high salt content generates the floating effect which makes a relaxing bath and a fun experience.
Altitud 2.200 msnm. aprox.
Additional Info
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum age to participate 7 years old.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Salar de Atacama
It is the largest saline deposit in Chile and is formed by a depression with no water outlet that receives the San Pedro River and multiple ravines through which water filters from the mountain range.
Laguna Cejar
Laguna Cejar is beautiful and mystical of turquoise color. Its high salt content generates the floating effect, which makes a relaxing bath and a fun experience. Next, we will visit Ojos de Salar, formed by two pools of water from underground layers where small reeds and algae grow on their shores. Finally, in Laguna Tebenquiche we will enjoy the great whiteness of Salt.
What‘s Included
a snack, juice and pisco sour is offered at the end of the tour.
Entrance fees to the parks are not included
Options
Laguna Cejar
Reviews
52 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Float admiring the Andes
AlbertoAlves M,,Dec 6, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Excellent experience; the visit to the lagoons are stunning and getting into the water and admiring the Andes mountain range is priceless. Excellent snack after the tour, fully recommended this experience.
Would recommend!
brockmullen,,Dec 2, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The guide was excellent and conducted the tour fully bilingual. Overall was a very leisurely pace. The first two stops were nothing special and honestly would’ve preferred to skip them. We had a wonderful snack break and then headed to the Cejar Lagoon - so cool! The company also provided robes for when you get out of the salty water. Floating in the lagoon was almost magical — too bad the body can’t handle staying in for more than 30 minutes! Great value, especially relative to renting a car and doing on your own. The tour company was excellent and communicated well on Whatsapp and in their office in town prior to the tour.
A wild nature of Laguna Cejar
Dean C,,Dec 1, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00The trip was so fun. Everyone on this trip was happy about it. Swimming in Laguna Cejar was an amazing experience. Watching beautiful flamingos made you feel you were a part of nature. The guide, Alex, was nice, experienced, and knowledgeable. The snacks and drinks were a great plus. I highly recommend Whipala Expedition, the tour company that organized this trip. They had a clear instruction for the trip and communicated with me timely. I even added more trips with them during my stay in San Pedro de Atacama. Their staff were professional and respectful. I enjoyed all the trips very much.
Our group had an amazing...
Mia C,,Nov 25, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Our group had an amazing time on our tour. Our tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. There was a delicious food spread at our stop and the highlight of the trip was swimming in the Lagoon Céjar. We saw flamingos and had a nearly empty lagoon to swim in for 30 minutes. The tour even provided bath robes to use after the swim.
Wonderful Blue Lagoon
IedaG34,,Nov 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00The guide was very nice, very attentive, told us about the tour and gave us all the care we had to have. It was very good.
Very nice, the guide quite gentle and gave us information about all the places and the route. Super delight snacks
499mayerlyq,,Nov 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very nice, the guide quite gentle and gave us information about all the places and the route. Super delicious snacks and convenient and safe transportation
Unmissable tour to Laguna Cejar
IvonneC87,,Oct 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Ernesto was an AMAZING guide. Their energy is contagious and they managed to keep our diverse group totally entertained and tidy during this beautiful tour to Laguna Cejar. His explanations were clear and very interesting. I recommend it 100%! If you are looking for a guide who will make you live a unique experience in the lagoon, Ernesto is your person!"
Very well worth it
Ricardo S,,Sep 11, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00A very touring experience where you visit 3 lakes with the volcano landscape in the background. The possibility of experiencing the phenomenon of floating in a salty lagoon is also very interesting but the water is cold!!!! The stop in the Eyes of Salar for me is the best! Beautiful pictures. Our guide Ernesto is excellent. A snack was served which was also excellent
Bad weather but still had fun
Discover14249384053,,Aug 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The trip was nice. It was super windy the day we visited, so we did not really get to see the most beautiful parts of the lagoons, but the guide planned it well so we still had fun.
A great experience with a great guide, Sergio
Gurbalia,,Aug 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The tour to Laguna Céjar included a swim in the Laguna de la Piedra and it was magical to float in that salty water (and very dense and... very cold!) and full of those little shrimps that serve as food to the flamingos. We arranged the tour with this agency because Paula offered it to us shortly after we arrived, while walking along Caracoles Street, and it was very resolute and convincing. In fact, we hired a pack of three tours (the Valley of the Moon, Laguna Cejar and the Tatio geysers). Since it was the middle season (August) and there is not so much influx of tourists, it is common practice in San Pedro for agencies to negotiate among themselves and you end up doing the tour with a different agency than the one you have hired. Of the three tours, only the Laguna Cejar was operated by this agency and the truth is that it was the best of all we did. The guide, Sergio, explained everything very well, in detail, describing the flora, fauna, the origin of the lagoons, the volcanic context, the legends with which the Atacameños explain the different volcanoes... In addition, he answered all of our questions, completed the tour with related information that always helps you understand the origin and importance of what you are seeing and experiencing. He took group photos with the eyes of the Cejar and with the Andes in the background, but treated the photo by adding the names of the volcanoes and sent it to us all by whatsapp. Frankly a GUIDE, capital letters. I hope the agency realizes what it has and, above all, that it tries to operate the tours it sells on its own, rather than making agreements with other agencies that disappoint. Thanks, Sergio.
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