About this place
- Overview
- Elqui Valley dark-sky lodge with observatory and cultural stargazing evidence.
- Horizon
- Andean valley site with dry skies and mountain horizon breaks.
- Region
- Elqui Valley, CL
- Nearest city
- ~35 km of light pollution
Certified dark-sky park
Casona Distante
Elqui Valley, CL · Truly dark skies
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- Accommodation
- Sky quality
- Bortle 2 · Truly dark
Official links
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Dark-sky stays near here
Book a night under these skies — the closest astronomy-forward stays in the Stella catalog.
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- 55 km · Observatory StayCasona DistanteView stay →
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