Humberstone | Tourist Attraction

February 16th, 2024 by roamingabout.com

6000pp to visit. Definitely can wander around for 2-3 hours. Can go into lots of buildings. Dog friendly too.

June 10th, 2023 by the.redexplorer

As written before, a fantastic place! Beautiful open-air museum. You can easily spend 3-4h there and discover the former saltpetre works / towns of Humberstone and Santa Laura. The light and the colours at sunset are amazing. Both are now UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Entrance fee 6.000 pp. Well worth a visit!

April 6th, 2023 by mikluaijala

Cool place! Took us 2h as we didn’t read all the signs but they’ve written and filled many of the buildings up with info about the town and it’s history (in Spanish only). Going to see the factory that’s a bit of a walk away is worth it too

February 7th, 2023 by pet.steiner

Rosmarie&Peter
Really a very interesting place. This town was not built for making movies, it was a real town where miners lived, some with her families. Very impressive.

December 30th, 2022 by samuelablomsdottir

Really nice place, good mixture of a museum and an abandoned oficina, we were strolling around for three hours. Entrance is now 6000, but worth the price. Wifi and toilets.

March 9th, 2020 by wheretwonext

Amazing town, really enjoyed our time here! Entrance now $4000 with last entrance at 6.15pm for closure at 7pm.

October 18th, 2019 by isaacandrubes

This place is incredible and so well preserved. We arrived late and so could only spend an hour looking around before it closed at 6:30pm (this meant we were pretty much the only people there)- but could have spent far longer. The old factory and theatre are particularly amazing. This is definitely worth a detour- we’re students so only paid 2000pp for entry (didn’t need a card- just showed date of birth on passport).

March 31st, 2019 by mateo27.lahais

Really nice abandonned city ! Legal Urbex, we spend more than 3h here

March 2nd, 2019 by cycletropic.travelmap.net

Very good experience here.
Lots to see and explore.
Most of the descriptions are in English and Spanish.

Wear study shoes because there is a lot of walking and rough ground including debris from life of a mine.

We took 3 hours to explore and could have easily spent more time.

September 30th, 2018 by otrakombi

awesome experience... it's like time traveling! 4000 chilenos the ticket and there is turístico guidance during some hours.

August 21st, 2018 by stefan.demory

Probably the best kept and therefore most interesting of the salpeter oficinas. You must see one of these ghost towns if you are traveling in the region :) I spent around 5 hours in there. A dream for photography. The longer you stay, the more you connect with the place!

April 30th, 2018 by Dory

This place is incredible!!! A MUST see if your passing by on ruta 5!

March 7th, 2018 by twoyearsnotice

Dogs allowed on-leash. We entered all buildings with our pup.

December 1st, 2017 by justonestep.ch

Really amazing to see. we needed 2 hours to stroll through. An really interesting place. A "must" see ;-) We felt like in Wild West :)

August 31st, 2017 by americano.frenchpress

Photographers paradise, bring your tripod! We thought we'd only be here for 20 minutes but ended up staying for 2 hours. Fantastic remains of a once thriving city. Well worth the stop!

July 16th, 2017 by www.bummelmitpummel.de

we visited humberstone and after we stayed over night on the parking area, opposite the gate. The next morning we visited also santa laura. Very interessting ! One ticket is good for both area.

July 4th, 2017 by wu-tour.de

previously well described. entrance fee is 4000 chil pesos/ adult. 3000 chil pesos/over 60 years old. it took us more than 3 hours to ecplore.

March 13th, 2017 by Natalie L.

interesting place worth à stop

December 29th, 2016 by marilynlongden

Still 3000 pp. Well worth it. Needs more than an hour, min 1.5 hrs. Take sunscreen & hat! Fascinating. Much of the salt peter/nitrate works still have the equipment/machinery in situ & the buildings show what everyday life was like. Some are furnished. There's a theatre, school, hotel, swimming pool, church, drs house & hospital.Yellow signs give info with English translations & you can dress up in old fashioned clothes & have your photo taken! Some refreshments available.

December 27th, 2016 by sabbat-on-tour.de

quiet at night, Salitrera Humberstone has many old houses in good condition; open in summer Dec until Mar 9-19, other months 9-18; entry 3000 CLpP, for retired people only 2000
Salitrera Santa Laura with more production buildings has no entry fee, only 1.6km after the Humberstone entry

December 15th, 2016 by hana.grundmannova

Amazing abandoned town! Still 3000pp entrance free, really worth visiting.

May 20th, 2016 by Los Panamericanos 2016

3000 pp very nice site to visit, children will like it as well. Foresee at least one hour because of te size. Toilets available.

September 13th, 2015 by dbdt

Vestiges d'une ville industrielle du 19ème siècle,à ne pas manquer. Bivouac possible sur parking, site gardé.