This outstanding voyage to some of the most remote and barren corners of the earth will bring us to true places of mystery. We can't help but feel a sense of wonder and consider the mysteries that lie ahead on our own inner journeys.

The Atacama Desert
With an average of only .004 inches of rain per year, the Atacama Desert is known as the driest place on Earth. Some spots haven't had rain for over 400 years! Stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Andes Mountains, the Atacama's moon-like environment is made up of salt basins, sand and lava flows. Diverse, majestic and untouched, the Atacama is one of the most spectacular and dramatic landscapes on our planet.

Easter Island
One of the world's most famous yet least visited places, Easter Island is a small, hilly, now treeless island of volcanic origin. Located in the Pacific Ocean some 2200 miles (3600 kilometers) off the coast of Chile, it's also one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. Sixty-three square miles in size, the island is really a single massive volcano rising over ten thousand feet from the ocean floor.

The oldest known traditional name of the island is Te Pito o Te Henua, meaning 'The Center (or Navel) of the World.' More than 1200 years ago a group of seafarers landed on its shores and, over the centuries, a remarkable society developed in isolation on the island. For reasons still unknown they began carving giant statues out of volcanic rock. These monuments, known, as "moai" are some of the most incredible-and mysterious-- relics ever discovered. This is certain to be one of the most evocative places you will ever visit.