A country I would like to visit

A country I would really like to visit is Chile. I have always lived in Santiago, Chile's capital city, but Santiago is not Chile, even though it concentrates the most part of Chile's population. I would really like to get to know the country I was born in. The history contained in this country is very diverse, it contains a lot of cultures because of the particular geography and invasions from other countries that contributed to create a particular mix of different cultures, usually the European culture and the Native American one. As a student of a social science in Universidad de Chile, is important to get to know Chile in a more profound way, and not just reading books, but having the experience of watching the different surroundings. 

I want to visit particularly a place called San Pedro de Atacama, I was there once, but I stayed there a really short time, so I didn't get to really know the place.