This small village attracts a lot of tourism because of the Pukará, the largest fortress in the Atacameña culture as well as the hot (thermal) springs of Lagunillas ...

Turi is located on a plateau 87 kilometers from Calama at 3,040 meters above sea level. From there you can see the Parini and the Toconce volcanoes. The inhabitants main source of work is herding sheep, vicuñas, llamas, and alpacas due to the presence of wetland systems, referred to as ‘bofedales", which provide water and grasslands. However, nowadays this water is being used in mining and in the cities, thus causing the "bofedales" to dry out.

Turi was part of the Inca empire, testimony of this lies in the small village and in the Pukará de Turi, which is the largest fortress in the Atacameña culture, built in the XII century with rectangular houses, squares, and straight streets of volcanic rock. Pukará served as an administrative and strategic center as well as a sanctuary where offerings were carried out at the Paniri volcano. At the end of the XV century after the Spanish occupation, the Pukará was deserted.
 
Another tourist attraction site are the hot springs (thermal) of Lagunillas, which are rich in minerals and very therapeutic.