Copiapó is the capital city of the Atacama Region and is known for being a mining region and for having in its valley one of the main exports of grapes from Chile, and at kupos.com we tell you what you should know to get there and get around in this beautiful town on the Chilean coast.
Copiapó has an arid climate, where desert hills stand out with minimum temperatures in winter of 0° C and maximum temperatures of 32° C in summer. It is one of the most popular destinations for lovers of adventure and relaxation in natural spaces. This destination is famous for mountaineering in the Nevados de Incahuasi and the Volcan Nevado Ojos del Salado, the highest in the world at 6,879 meters above sea level.
Some natural wonders of the area that you cannot miss while in Copiapó are the Nevado Tres Cruces National Park, the excursions to Laguna Verde, Laguna Santa Rosa and Laguna Negro Francisco. Towards the north of the city you can visit the Pan de Azúcar National Park which is home to a wide variety of animals and which survives thanks to the fog, known as camanchaca, which reaches the place from the Pacific Ocean.
In Copiapó you can find a fauna in which pink flamingos, geese and ducks coexist, as well as the Flowery Desert, a unique phenomenon in the world that occurs in the years when the rainfall in the place is more abundant than usual and that dresses the desert of flowers between the months of September and November.
The seasides of Playa la Virgen or Bahía Inglesa that are close to the city surprise with their turquoise waters. Other beaches that can be visited are Punta Cachos, Caleta Pajonal, Totoral and Hacienda Castilla.
There are religious festivities that are also quite popular, such as the Festival of the Virgen de la Candelaria that brings together more than 120 thousand faithful, as well as the Fiesta del Carmen. In the historic center of the city you can find several historical monuments such as the Cathedral Church that is next to the Copiapó square, the Railway Station, the “La Copiapó” Locomotive that was the first railway that circulated in Chile, the Villa Viña de Cristo house, the House of the Railroad Employees and the Consistorial Building that currently houses the house of culture of the city. To learn more about the history of the place, you can visit the Atacama Museum, Mineralogical Museum and the Military History Museum.
The main access road to Copiapó is the Panamerican highway number 5, and land transportation is concentrated in the Copiapó Bus Terminal located in Chañarcillo 680. At kupos.com we take you to Copiapó with the companies Expreso Norte, Pullman Bus, Los Corsarios, Ciktur, Fichtur VIP, Buses Paravias. But from towns located in the north there are also direct trips to Copiapó by carpool, or shared car, which is another travel alternative when you are looking to travel comfortably, safely and for less money. With kupos.com you can access the carpool travel routes available to Copiapó, as well as you can move within the city using carpooling, paying the same or even less for quality mobility in a shared car.
Once in Copiapó, apart from carpooling, you can also get around by buses, a fairly popular urban transport that covers almost all the internal routes of the city. kupos.com is the platform where you find all the transport options to get to and get around Copiapó.