Hidden Treasures of Central Chile Road Trip
From volcanoes to vineyards, starry skies to exotic forest, experience Chile's flavours, cultures and landscapes on a special journey along roads less followed.
Postcards from Chile
To give you more of a flavour of this holiday, here are a few short memories from us and our lovely Pura Aventura travellers. We'd love to help you create some of your own.
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From Santiago, Chile
The Cueca is a cultural icon around which Chileans can come together at times of celebrations and not look remotely ridiculous. The dance is predicated on the courtship rituals of roosters and chickens, with the onus on the males to impress with an armory of clapping, stomping and handkerchief waving.
So when a hopeless B-list celebrity one day stumbles through it on Saturday night prime time TV, you'll at least have some idea of what they are aiming at.
From Santiago, Chile
I felt so proud. If we weren't the only non-Chileans at this Independence Day party, we were surely the only Brits. So when they told us with such bursting pride that the Huasos riders we were about to see had won a standing ovation from the Queen on her 90th birthday, and when the crowd roared their delight, I accepted the thanks on behalf of Her Majesty.
Mind you, from what ensued, I defy anyone not to get up and belt out applause, even at 90.
From Santiago, Chile
The next day, like all good tourists, we gravitated towards the Plaza de Armas, only to find our way blocked in all directions by the sum total of Chile's military and naval might.
It wasn't to stop me going about my business it turns out, but rather a show of power in aid of Independence Day that you'd expect to come across in one of the world's great communist super-powers. Of which I'm pretty sure Chile isn't one. Still, it did make me wonder who was left watching the back door whilst all this was going on.
From Huilo Huilo, Chile
It’s an unusual set-up at Huilo Huilo. From the huge ‘Baobab Tree’ of Nothofagus, to the forest and waterfall which tumbles down the side of the ‘Magic Mountain’, the design of the various lodges verges on the extraordinary.
When you turn the corner and come across the 'King Mushroom’, I did rather wonder whether the architects had been foraging for food in the forest while drawing up their plans.
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