We made the trip to see the El Tatio Geyser field. The geysers are at their most active between 6.30am and 7.30am, and they are a 2 hour drive from San Pedro... So, in order to see the geysers do their thing we got out of bed at 3.50am - I know, stupid right?
The geyser field is at 4200m (13,800 ft) which at 6am in the morning translates to really fucking cold... -8.5 celcius, or 16.5 farenheit to be precise.
There are about 80 active geysers, and the erupt at varying heights with the tallest being 6 meters. Cold underground rivers met with hot volcanic rock underground, and hey presto the only way is up!
In summary, we got out of bed at ridiculous o'clock to see a bunch of holes in the ground spurt stinky water and steam into the air, whilst freezing ourselves to death. Nuts.
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