A 32-bedroom resort and spa called Tierra Atacama has launched in the village of San Pedro de Atacama, a desert oasis in the Chilean Altiplano.

The US$7m (4.9m euro, £3.4m) resort is located at the gateway to the Atacama Desert and has views of sandscapes, salt valleys and volcanoes.

Owned and managed by the Purcell family, who also operate the Chilean resort Ski Portillo, Tierra Atacama’s wellness offering is called the Uma Spa, after the Indian word for ‘water’.

Covering 5,060sq ft (470sq m), spa facilities include four treatment rooms, an outdoor swimming pool and both a Turkish and Finnish sauna.