Caspana, Indigenous community in Calama, Chile.

Caspana is an Andean community situated at 3,200 meters above sea level in the Atacama Desert region, displaying traditional adobe houses with thatched roofs. The settlement features agricultural terraces that were constructed on the mountainside for farming purposes.

Caspana lies 85 km northeast of Calama, in the gorge cut by the river of the same name, a tributary of the Salado River. Its church of San Lucas and the bell tower date from 1641 and were declared a National Monument in the Historic Monument category in 1951. The agricultural terraces on the slopes above the village are part of the landscape.

Caspana appears in two Chilean films: A la sombra del Sol (1974), which recounts a real crime committed in the village in the 1940s, and the opening episodes of the second season of the series Prófugos (2013), filmed there. In 2023 Caspana's herders were recognised as bearers of the high-Andean South American camelid herding system, among them Ximena Anza, Crescencio Anza and Germán González.

The community is best reached by private transportation or organized tours from Calama, with local families offering basic guestroom accommodations. Visitors should prepare for cold mountain nights and wear comfortable walking shoes, as the elevation and terrain require proper preparation.

Residents cultivate potatoes and corn at high altitudes where these crops would normally struggle to grow, using methods passed down through generations. These farming techniques show how the community adapted to extreme terrain and weather to keep the land productive over centuries.