Río Grande appears eastwards, it is an atacameñan village, where we start to climb into the Andean highlands.

We ride on paths of the "llama"- caravans, used by the highland travelers for cattledrives towards the lowlands. We follow a winding little river, and observe the slow change of the scenery, to the terrasses  of the Andean Highlands.

The river opens to the "Bofedal" (llama habitat) of Machuca, a small village situated at an altitude of 4015m, owning a huge lamaherd.

We camp aside a shallow lagoon.