Norte Grande Archaeology: The Gigante de Atacama Geoglyph, Pisagua Historical Port, the Atacama Salt Flat, and the Pre-Hispanic Cultural Landscape
The Norte Grande archaeology route covers the Gigante de Atacama as the largest single pre-Hispanic anthropomorphic geoglyph in the world at 86 meters height, Pisagua as the most historically layered single small port in northern Chile combining pre-Hispanic, colonial, nitrate-era, and political imprisonment history, and the Atacama interior as the most archaeologically rich single desert landscape in South America.
Pica Oasis Day Trip: The Desert Spring Pool, Matilla Colonial Village, the Citrus Orchards, and the Norte Grande Highland Circuit
The Pica oasis day trip covers Pica as the most famous single desert oasis in northern Chile with the most celebrated single thermal swimming pool in the Norte Grande where artesian spring water fills the most atmospheric single outdoor bathing site in the Atacama, Matilla as the most intact single colonial wine-making village in northern Chile, and the highland circuit east of Pica as the most geographically varied single day-excursion from Iquique.
Iquique Adventure Sports: Sandboarding, Paragliding, Desert Trekking, Surfing, and the Atacama Outdoor Circuit
The Iquique adventure sports route covers the city's position as the most complete single adventure sports destination in northern Chile, combining paragliding from the urban dunes, surfing on the Pacific point breaks, sandboarding on the Cerro Dragón and coastal dunes, desert trekking in the Atacama interior, and kitesurfing on the Playa Cavancha in the most diverse single outdoor adventure portfolio available in any single Chilean city.
Iquique Historic Center: Plaza Prat, the Clocktower, the Casino Español, and the Georgian-Era Nitrate Boom Architecture
Iquique's historic center route covers Plaza Prat as the most architecturally eclectic single colonial square in northern Chile combining Moorish, Georgian, and Neoclassical styles from the 1880s nitrate boom, the Torre del Reloj clocktower as the city's most iconic single landmark, the Casino Español as the most architecturally extraordinary single private club building in Chile, the Calle Baquedano pedestrian boulevard as the most intact single Victorian wooden-facade street in South America, and the Teatro Municipal as the most elaborate single public theater surviving from the nitrate era.
Iquique Food Culture: The Mercado Centenario, Pacific Seafood, Peruvian-Chilean Fusion Cuisine, and the Norte Grande Food Identity
The Iquique food culture route covers the Mercado Centenario as the most authentic single fresh seafood and produce market in the Norte Grande, the city's Peruvian-influenced coastal cuisine as the most culturally hybrid single food identity in northern Chile reflecting the massive Peruvian immigration since the 1990s, and the local cebiche culture as the most geographically appropriate single seafood preparation tradition in a city where the Humboldt Current delivers the most nutritionally rich single cold-water seafood in the Pacific.
Humberstone and Santa Laura: The UNESCO Nitrate Ghost Towns, the Pampa del Tamarugal, and the Atacama Saltpeter Desert
The Humberstone and Santa Laura route covers the UNESCO World Heritage nitrate ghost towns as the most completely preserved single industrial heritage landscape in Latin America, documenting the social world of the saltpeter (salitre) mining communities that sustained the Chilean economy from 1880 to 1930, the Pampa del Tamarugal national reserve as the most botanically anomalous single forest in the Atacama Desert, and the nitrate processing infrastructure as the most industrially significant single abandoned landscape in South America.
Iquique Cultural Heritage: The Museo Regional de Tarapacá, the Nitrate Social History, the Atacameño Ceramics, and the War of the Pacific Legacy
The Iquique cultural heritage route covers the Museo Regional de Tarapacá as the most comprehensive single collection of Norte Grande archaeology, nitrate-era social history, and War of the Pacific military heritage in northern Chile, the nitrate social history as the most class-conflicted single industrial labor heritage in the country including the Escuela Santa María massacre of 1907, and the Atacameño ceramic collection as the most artistically significant single pre-Hispanic pottery assemblage in the Tarapacá region.
Iquique Beaches and Leisure: Playa Cavancha, Cerro Dragón Paragliding, Zofri Free Trade Zone, and the Pacific Coast Dunes
The Iquique beaches and leisure route covers Playa Cavancha as the most city-center-adjacent and best-equipped single surf and leisure beach in northern Chile, Cerro Dragón as the most dramatic single urban paragliding launch site in South America where sand dunes meet Pacific cliff, the Zofri free trade zone as the largest single duty-free shopping complex in South America, and the Iquique coastal dune landscape as the most visually dramatic single desert-meets-ocean environment in Chile.