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Paddling near Alto del Carmen, Atacama


Alto del Carmen sits in the Huasco province of Atacama, deep in the pre-Andean valleys where quebradas carve through arid mountain terrain. Paddling here centres on the reservoir Embalse Santa Juana and the seasonal flows of the quebradas and rivers that drain the surrounding cordillera.

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