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About this guide
Chile is a place of adventure. Scuba diving with penguins? Check. Hiking volcanic craters? You can. Heli-skiing down mountains? If you feel like it. Whatever adventure you’re looking for, Chile can offer it.
However, part of this incredible country’s charm is what happens between adventures. Take a wrong turn on a hike and you could find yourself in a village chatting to Chileans while sipping a refreshing glass of pisco or maté tea, before being sent on your way with a hearty empanada and new directions. This is a place of experiences, both human and natural.
So come to Chile for the adventures and the natural beauty, the volcanic peaks and the ocean currents — but stay for the people and the experiences they share.
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Matt Maynard, Andrea Mujica and Carolina Morgado |
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Karam Filfilan |
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2019 |
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Active Chile
Exploring Chile’s great outdoors
Remarkably thin and incredibly long, skinny Chile stretches out along South America, from the water-starved Atacama desert in the north to the glacial ice fields on its southern tip. This is nature on its grandest scale, with valleys, islands, volcanoes, mountains and everything in between.
Get the guideAt over 4300km in length but only 170km wide, Chile is sandwiched between the lofty Andes and the Pacific Ocean. With a climate that ranges from the driest deserts to some of the most imposing glaciers in the world, its unique biosphere makes it an ideal home for unusual wildlife and hundreds of species of flowers. From trekking through the salt flats of San Pedro de Atacama to launching off the ski slopes of Santiago, Chile’s diverse landscape has the potential to offer a year of seasons within a single day.
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Torres del Paine National Park
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Santiago
Chile's cultural and culinary heart
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Cross-border Patagonia
The wilds of Patagonia
Approx. 11 days
Buenos Aires (3 days) → El Calafate (1) → Glaciers National Park (2) → Torres del Paine National Park (2) → Santiago (3)
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Buenos Aires (3 days) → El Calafate (1) → Glaciers National Park (2) → Torres del Paine National Park (2) → Santiago (3)
Patagonia Fjords, Antarctica & Falklands
Punta Arenas | Cape Horn | Drake Passage | Antarctic Peninsula | South Shetland | Falkland Islands
Approx. 18 days
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Chile to Antarctic Cruise
Santiago | Punta Arenas | Drake Passage | Cape Horn | Torres del Paine | Puerto Edén | Castro | Valparaiso
Approx. 11 days
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Argentina & Chile Explorer
Buenos Aires | Calafate | Perito Moreno Glacier | Torres del Paine | Puerto Varas | Bariloche
Approx. 10 days
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Chile Top to Tail
Santiago | Atacama Desert | Puerto Varas | Chiloé | Puerto Natales | Torres del Paine
Approx. 13 days
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Chile Fjord Cruise
Santiago | Atacama | Lakes District | Puerto Natales | Tierra del Fuego | Cape Horn | Ushuaia
Approx. 13 days
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Classic Chile
Santiago | Torres del Paine | Puerto Varas | Chiloé | Atacama Desert | Valparaiso | Winery Tour
Approx. 14 days
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Chile & Argentina Wine Route
Santiago | Maipo Valley winery | Santa Rita vineyard | Mendoza | Luján de Cuyo wineries
Approx. 6 days
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