But our desert hike is quiet ... meaning we can look forward to fresh oysters, Chilean ceviche with quinoa and pastel de jaiba, a kind of crab quiche. Served with a sweet and sour pisco sour ...

Chilean police have launched a major search ... the astronomical observatory La Silla on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert where he is understood to have been working. Police have admitted ...

Stargazing in the Chilean desert? Thrill seeking in the French Alps? Beach bathing on a Chinese island, anyone? Booking.com recently parsed its 1,000 most-booked destinations of the last year to ...

Chile's "Hidden Lagoons" are gorgeous salt pools in the middle of the Atacama Desert. The pools are so high in salinity that swimmers can effortlessly float on their surface. Written and produced ...

With its clear, dark skies, northern Chile is home to two fifths of the world's astronomical infrastructure, but could that be under threat with increasing urbanisation and mining development?

The night skies above the Chilean desert are the best in the world to see deep into space, but light pollution from a planned industrial project could change that, as John Bartlett reports.