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• Strut round Viña del Mar, Chile’s principal and most fashionable seaside resort with casinos, clubs and modern hotels.
• Trek in one of Chile’s most popular regions – the Lake District, with beautiful national parks offering spectactular scenery and abundant flora and fauna.
• Spot flamingos, rheas (an ostrich-like bird) and llamas at the UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve – the Parque Nacional Lauca.
• Marvel at Magellanic penguins in Chiloé Island, a region of evergreen forests and fjords. The abundant coastal wildlife of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego includes large colonies of sea elephants, sea lions and penguins.
• Climb the Lake District’s Volcán Villarrica and Volcán Osorno. Various companies offer guided ascents, but ice gear is required. Guides are compulsory.
• Fish in the Lake District and in Patagonia. The lakes near Puerto Montt, a port city whose economy is mainly based on fishing, offer excellent trout fishing. In Arica, near the northern border with Peru, conditions in the area are ideal for deep-sea fishing.
• Go white-water rafting down the Maipo, Claro, Trancura and Bio-Bio rivers. Specialist operators can organise week-long trips. The scenery around the Bio-Bio includes hot springs and waterfalls. Swim, dive, waterski and sail in one of the many bays and fjords of Chile’s coastline.
• Ski at the world-famous resort Portillo or ice skate on the spectacular Laguna del Inca. Other ski slopes in the area can be found at Farellones-El Colorado, La Parva and Valle Nevado. The ski season runs from June to September.
• Be in awe of huge icebergs from a glacier cruise, which follows a spectacular route through Chile’s Inside Passage, the Beagle Channel and around Cape Horn, passing through glacial valleys (notably at Laguna San Rafael), fjords and past huge icebergs. Passengers can disembark at various points en route, notably at Puerto Natales and on the Argentinian portion of Tierra del Fuego.
• Set out on an expedition to Antarctica from Chile’s southernmost city, Punta Arenas.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• Trek in one of Chile’s most popular regions – the Lake District, with beautiful national parks offering spectactular scenery and abundant flora and fauna.
• Spot flamingos, rheas (an ostrich-like bird) and llamas at the UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve – the Parque Nacional Lauca.
• Marvel at Magellanic penguins in Chiloé Island, a region of evergreen forests and fjords. The abundant coastal wildlife of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego includes large colonies of sea elephants, sea lions and penguins.
• Climb the Lake District’s Volcán Villarrica and Volcán Osorno. Various companies offer guided ascents, but ice gear is required. Guides are compulsory.
• Fish in the Lake District and in Patagonia. The lakes near Puerto Montt, a port city whose economy is mainly based on fishing, offer excellent trout fishing. In Arica, near the northern border with Peru, conditions in the area are ideal for deep-sea fishing.
• Go white-water rafting down the Maipo, Claro, Trancura and Bio-Bio rivers. Specialist operators can organise week-long trips. The scenery around the Bio-Bio includes hot springs and waterfalls. Swim, dive, waterski and sail in one of the many bays and fjords of Chile’s coastline.
• Ski at the world-famous resort Portillo or ice skate on the spectacular Laguna del Inca. Other ski slopes in the area can be found at Farellones-El Colorado, La Parva and Valle Nevado. The ski season runs from June to September.
• Be in awe of huge icebergs from a glacier cruise, which follows a spectacular route through Chile’s Inside Passage, the Beagle Channel and around Cape Horn, passing through glacial valleys (notably at Laguna San Rafael), fjords and past huge icebergs. Passengers can disembark at various points en route, notably at Puerto Natales and on the Argentinian portion of Tierra del Fuego.
• Set out on an expedition to Antarctica from Chile’s southernmost city, Punta Arenas.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.