Sunset with a drink
Our sunset tour
Shared, with pickup
- Length4.5 hours
- GuideSpanish, English
- CancelUp to 24 hours
Cost for your group
Valle de la Luna tour price in San Pedro de Atacama, compared
Valley of the Moon sunset tour from San Pedro
★ 4.7 · 922 guest reviews
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Valle de la Luna tour cost for your group
Select a valley tour and the number of people travelling.
- Our sunset tour4.5 hours, pickup · price per person from $60
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View - Shared valley tour4 hours, shared · price per person from $35
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View - Small-group tour5 hours, up to 14 · price per person from $44
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View - Pisco sour tour4 hours, pickup · price per person from $63
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From-prices on GetYourGuide, shown at the ECB reference rate. Your exact price is confirmed during booking.
What an afternoon in the Valley of the Moon really costs: tour prices side by side, what the booking covers, the entry ticket you buy separately, and when the dearer options earn their price.
Editorial team, valledelalunatour.quest · Updated November 12, 2026 · Read in 8 min
Essentials
- Our sunset tourThe 4.5-hour sunset tour with pickup starts from $60.
- Cheapest sharedA shared 4-hour valley tour starts from $35.
- PrivatePrivate valley tours are listed from $535 to $620.
- Entry ticketAdults pay CLP 10,800 for the valley ticket, bought online.1
- CancellingPlans change? Withdraw without charge until 24 hours before.
What a Valley of the Moon tour costs from San Pedro
The Valle de la Luna tour price in San Pedro de Atacama spreads across a wide band, but most travellers land in the middle of it. The sunset tour sold on this site lasts 4.5 hours, collects you from your lodging, comes with a live guide speaking Spanish or English, and starts from $60 per person. It also carries a large body of opinion, 922 reviews averaging 4.6, and its mid-range price makes it a fair yardstick for the comparisons on this page.
Below it sit the plain shared tours. A shared 4-hour visit, rated 4.7 across 288 reviews, starts from $35, and a 5-hour small-group tour capped at 14 guests starts from $44. Above it come the extras: an electric-bike outing of 3.5 hours for up to 5 riders from $120, and private tours that start from $535 or more. The gap between the bottom and the top is large, yet the valley you walk through is the same.
What actually separates the prices is the length of the afternoon, the size of the group, whether a drink or snack is built into the sunset stop, and whether you share the van with strangers. Below, each price band gets its own section, followed by the entry ticket and the small costs in town, so your budget covers the whole afternoon rather than only the booking.
Side by side
Valley of the Moon tour prices compared
| Tour | Length | From | What stands out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our sunset tour | 4.5 hours | $60 | Cocktail stop |
| Shared tour | 4 hours | $35 | Lowest price |
| Small group | 5 hours | $44 | Up to 14 guests |
| Pisco sour tour | 4 hours | $63 | Drink at the end |
| E-bike tour | 3.5 hours | $120 | Up to 5 riders |
| Private with Death Valley | 5 hours | $535 | Your party only |
All are from-prices, not quotes, and none of these tours includes the entry ticket unless its listing says so.
What the sunset tour includes, and what you pay yourself
Our tour lists its afternoon in detail. You are collected in San Pedro, ride about 1 hour by van, spend 30 minutes with the guide at the Tres Marias and 40 minutes on a guided walk at a viewpoint. A break with a cocktail of 40 minutes follows at a stop the operator keeps as a surprise, and the last 40 minutes belong to the sunset at the Mirador de Kari, also called Piedra del Coyote. Departure comes some time from 3:30 PM until 4:10 PM.
What the booking leaves out is the valley itself. The listing asks you to buy the entrance ticket online before the tour, and the community ticket page charges CLP 10,800 for a general adult ticket.1 Add that to the booking in your head from the start, and buy it as soon as your date is fixed: the national forest service asks visitors to buy it at least a day ahead on the official system.2
Everything else is optional. Tips for the guide and driver are your own choice, and any souvenirs or dinner back in town are your own costs. Chile Travel advises carrying cash, as some areas around San Pedro have no cash machines, and that advice holds for small purchases in the village after the tour.3
Time for your money
How long each kind of valley tour lasts
- Small group5
- Our sunset tour4.5
- Shared tour4
- E-bike tour3.5
- Private sunset3.5
Durations as each listing states them.
The entry ticket on top of every tour
The valley belongs to the Los Flamencos reserve, and local Indigenous communities control its gate jointly with CONAF.4 The ticket is sold on its own page, produced by the Asociacion Indigena Valle de la Luna, quite apart from any tour booking.5 An adult pays CLP 10,800 there at the time of writing, while visitors aged 12 to 17 and older travellers pay a reduced CLP 5,400 a head.1
Younger children ride along for free. Under the same rules nobody aged 1 to 12 pays, and the ticket becomes due from age 13 onwards; the same page, confusingly, also prices visitors from 12 at the lower rate, so a child who has just turned 12 is best checked with the staff on the day.6,1 Students qualify for the lower fare too, in the CONAF version of the rules, so a valid student card in your wallet can save a little money at the gate.2 Atacameno visitors who show their Indigenous certificate enter without charge.7
A few tours do fold the fee into the price. A 9-hour day that pairs the Puritama hot springs with a sunset in the valley states that admission to the parks is included, and it starts from $189. When you compare listings, check this line first; a tour that looks cheaper can end up costing the same once the ticket is added.
Your budget
Which price band suits you
Find your travel style and the price band that serves it best.
If I want the lowest price for a guide
A shared tour
The 4-hour shared tour starts from $35 with a Duna Mayor hike.
If I want a drink at sunset
Our sunset tour
A 40-minute cocktail break comes before the sunset stop.
If I prefer a small group
A small-group tour
The 5-hour tour takes no more than 14 guests, from $44.
If I want to ride, not ride along
The e-bike tour
Up to 5 riders, 3.5 hours, from $120.
If We want the valley to ourselves
A private tour
Private tours are listed from $535.
Budget bands
Pick the band that fits your trip
Lowest price
Shared valley tour
Leaves from the village
- Length4 hours
- HikeDuna Mayor
- Sunset walk70 minutes
For your party
Private sunset tour
Your own guide
- Length3.5 hours
- GuideFR, DE, IT, ES, EN
- PickupIncluded
Shared, small-group and e-bike tours in the middle
The cheapest guided way in is a shared tour. The 4-hour shared visit from $35 starts at an office in the village, opens with a safety briefing, climbs Duna Mayor on a 40-minute hike and ends with a sunset walk of 70 minutes. Its operator needs at least 6 guests and otherwise places you with a partner agency for the afternoon.
Small-group tours add a cap on numbers. The 5-hour tour from $44 takes no more than 14 guests and names the Salt Caves, the Tres Marias and sunset from the Gran Duna among its highlights. Another 4-hour tour, from $63, finishes with a pisco sour after the Ckari viewpoint. These sit close to our tour on price, so the choice comes down to stops and group size more than cost.
The e-bike tour sells something else entirely. For $120 you get an electric bike, a guide speaking English, Spanish or Portuguese, pickup, and 3.5 hours in the saddle with at most 5 riders; the only condition is that you know how to ride a bicycle. It suits active travellers who want the valley in daylight rather than a crowded sunset.
Money through the afternoon
Where your money goes on a valley tour
When booking
Reserve, pay later
Hold a seat with nothing paid today; cancelling costs nothing up to 24 hours out.
Day before
Buy the entry ticket
Buy it online at least a day ahead; CLP 10,800 for adults.2
Pickup
Van and guide
Pickup and a guide in Spanish or English come with the booking.
Before sunset
Cocktail break
A 40-minute break with a cocktail is part of the route.
Back in town
Tips and dinner
Carry some cash for areas without cash machines.3
Private and combination tours at the top
Private tours start where the shared market ends. A private 3.5-hour Moon Valley tour with sunset is listed from $620, with guiding offered in French, German, Italian, Spanish or English. A private 5-hour tour that adds Death Valley and a sunset cocktail is listed from $535. No guest has reviewed either listing so far, which means you pay for privacy and flexibility rather than a proven track record.
Combination days spread a higher price across more sights. A saver pack of 11 hours pairs the Tatio geysers at sunrise with the valley at sunset and starts from $145. A 10.5-hour full day that spends its early hours at Rainbow Valley and its late hours in Valle de la Luna starts from $160. Divided by the sights you see, these are not expensive; they are simply long.
Private tours make sense for a family who wants its own pace, a photographer who needs time at each stop, or a group large enough to fill a vehicle. For a couple or a solo traveller, the shared and small-group tours give almost the same valley for a fraction of the price, and a large group can be part of the fun at the sunset stop.
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Stay well hydrated, carry cash for areas without ATMs, and respect attraction hours and rules.
Money checklist
Before you pay for the valley
Book3
- Check whether the listing includes the entry ticket
- Write down the last day you can cancel for free
- Compare group sizes, not only prices
Tickets3
- The valley ticket online, at least a day ahead
- A student card, if you hold it, for the reduced fare
- Proof of age for teenagers on the reduced fare
Carry3
- Some pesos in cash for tips and snacks
- Water for the walk
- A warm layer for after sunset
Comparing value hour by hour
Length is the fairest yardstick for the Valle de la Luna tour cost in San Pedro de Atacama. Our 4.5-hour tour at $60 and a 4-hour shared tour at $35 both cover the classic stops, but the extra time on ours goes into the cocktail break and the sunset stop. The 5-hour small-group tour at $44 adds more time on the ground for a price close to the shared tour.
Ratings help you read between the prices. Guests give our tour 4.7 for its guiding, 4.8 for its transport and 4.5 for its value in the GetYourGuide breakdown. The shared tour from $35 scores 4.9 for guiding and 4.7 for value across its own reviews. Both are well liked; the difference lies in the drink, the snack and the route, not in a gap in quality.
The national tourism service recommends a minimum of 3 or 4 hours to do the valley justice.8 Every tour on this page meets that, so what matters is how you would like to spend those hours: walking further between the formations, sitting longer at the sunset viewpoint with a drink in hand, or riding the valley road in daylight on a bike with a small group.
Paying for the afternoon: pesos, cards and timing
Our tour prices follow whatever currency you select on the page; the entry ticket stays in Chilean pesos. Chilean banknotes come in values from 1,000 to 20,000 pesos (CLP).9 The entry ticket is bought online, so a card works for it; cash is useful for snacks, tips, bottled water and the small craft shops around the village square once the tour drops you off.3
Season matters for the wider trip. Chile Travel picks April to June for San Pedro, and it notes that hotels and tours can then cost up to 20 to 25% less than in summer.10,11 In summer, the same service advises booking ahead for the high demand.12 In busy weeks, a booking you can cancel is a calm way to hold a seat while your plans settle.
Reserving our tour costs nothing on the day you book; you settle later, and you may still withdraw without charge until 24 hours before. The slack gives you room to watch the weather and your energy after arrival. If a quiet rest day after the long trip to the desert turns out to be needed, you can move the valley later in the week without losing any money on the booking, and keep your best afternoon for the sunset.
FAQ
Fast answers to common questions.
How much is a Valle de la Luna tour from San Pedro?
From $35 shared, $60 for ours.
Shared tours start from $35; our 4.5-hour sunset tour with pickup starts from $60.
Is the entrance fee included in the tour price?
Not on our tour.
The listing asks you to buy the entry ticket online before the tour; it costs CLP 10,800 for an adult.1
Do children pay the entrance fee?
What does a private Moon Valley tour cost?
Listed from $535 upwards.
A private tour with Death Valley starts from $535; a private sunset tour starts from $620.
Is the e-bike tour worth the higher price?
For active travellers, yes.
It runs 3.5 hours for up to 5 riders with a guide, from $120.
Should I bring cash?
Some, for small purchases.
Some areas around San Pedro have no cash machine, Chile Travel warns, so small notes help.3
Can I cancel if plans change?
Yes, up to 24 hours before.
Withdraw 24 hours or more ahead and the full amount is refunded.
Sources
- Asociacion Indigena Valle de la Luna, official ticket page on Puntoticket · Valle de la Luna tickets ↩
- CONAF, National Forest Corporation of Chile (conaf.cl) · Reserva Nacional Los Flamencos ↩
- Sernatur, Chile National Tourism Service (chile.travel) · San Pedro de Atacama: Romance, adventure, and relaxation in the heart of the desert ↩
- Asociacion Indigena Valle de la Luna, official ticket page on Puntoticket · Valle de la Luna tickets ↩
- Asociacion Indigena Valle de la Luna, official ticket page on Puntoticket · Valle de la Luna tickets ↩
- Asociacion Indigena Valle de la Luna, official ticket page on Puntoticket · Valle de la Luna tickets ↩
- Asociacion Indigena Valle de la Luna, official ticket page on Puntoticket · Valle de la Luna tickets ↩
- Sernatur, Chile National Tourism Service (chile.travel) · Things to do in San Pedro de Atacama ↩
- Sernatur, Chile National Tourism Service (chile.travel) · Currency and costs ↩
- Sernatur, Chile National Tourism Service (chile.travel) · San Pedro de Atacama: The best time to travel that few people know about ↩
- Sernatur, Chile National Tourism Service (chile.travel) · San Pedro de Atacama: The best time to travel that few people know about ↩
- Sernatur, Chile National Tourism Service (chile.travel) · San Pedro de Atacama ↩
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