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Chile

Hiking vacations, road trips & off the beaten track tours

Carretera Austral

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Where to visit

From the red rocks and vast sand dunes up north, to the blue glaciers and glacial lagoons down south, Chile is a place of unmatched natural diversity. Here's what we make of it all...

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Atacama - Copiapó — Huge sand dunes and Altiplano lagoons; flowering deserts and breeching whales; rusting copper mines and tales of Los 33. This is our unique take on the Atacama Desert, shared with you... Read More

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Atacama - San Pedro — The silvery geysers, salt mountains and starry skies you can't miss; the Inca paths, grassland trails and volcano walks few get to tread. That's how we share this popular part of the Atacama ... Read More

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Carretera Austral — Unfolding over 1,000 dramatically scenic kilometres, from the Chilean lakes down to the icefields, Patagonia's Carretera Austral is both physically and metaphorically a road less travelled... Read More

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Torres del Paine — Torres del Paine is a special place that we're proud to share. From full on hiking to our unique self drive trips to get you out to the wilder corners, here's how we could share it with you... Read More

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Cape Horn — The only way to land at distant Cape Horn is to take a four-night cruise on the Australis ships which travel the beautiful, wild, fjords of Tierra del Fuego. Which is just fine by us... Read More

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Route of Parks — Linking 17 national parks, the pioneering Route of Parks celebrates Patagonia in all its unspoilt glory, protected and preserved with planet positive tourism and pioneering conservation... Read More

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Chilean Lake District — If you've been planning your Patagonia holiday for a while, you'll probably know of the Lake District and its snowy volcanoes, deep blue lakes, Germanic towns and lush forests... Read More

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Chiloé — Chiloé is easy to fall in love with. The wooden churches and palafitos houses are beautiful and the penguins payful. But what we really love are the stories the Chilotes tell... Read More

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Huilo Huilo — Covering some 100,000 hectares, Huilo Huilo is part of a unique and little-explored ecosystem in the Patagonian temperate rainforest territory, set right in the Austral Andes... Read More

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Santiago, Valparaiso & Winelands — Three for the price of one to end, from the cosmopolitan capital, to tumble-down Valparaíso and then back inland to dip into the vineyards of Chile's sunny Central Valley.... Read More

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Atacama - Copiapó — Huge sand dunes and Altiplano lagoons; flowering deserts and breeching whales; rusting copper mines and tales of Los 33. This is our unique take on the Atacama Desert, shared with you... Read More

1 of 10

Atacama - San Pedro — The silvery geysers, salt mountains and starry skies you can't miss; the Inca paths, grassland trails and volcano walks few get to tread. That's how we share this popular part of the Atacama ... Read More

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Carretera Austral — Unfolding over 1,000 dramatically scenic kilometres, from the Chilean lakes down to the icefields, Patagonia's Carretera Austral is both physically and metaphorically a road less travelled... Read More

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Torres del Paine — Torres del Paine is a special place that we're proud to share. From full on hiking to our unique self drive trips to get you out to the wilder corners, here's how we could share it with you... Read More

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Cape Horn — The only way to land at distant Cape Horn is to take a four-night cruise on the Australis ships which travel the beautiful, wild, fjords of Tierra del Fuego. Which is just fine by us... Read More

5 of 10

Route of Parks — Linking 17 national parks, the pioneering Route of Parks celebrates Patagonia in all its unspoilt glory, protected and preserved with planet positive tourism and pioneering conservation... Read More

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Chilean Lake District — If you've been planning your Patagonia holiday for a while, you'll probably know of the Lake District and its snowy volcanoes, deep blue lakes, Germanic towns and lush forests... Read More

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Chiloé — Chiloé is easy to fall in love with. The wooden churches and palafitos houses are beautiful and the penguins payful. But what we really love are the stories the Chilotes tell... Read More

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Huilo Huilo — Covering some 100,000 hectares, Huilo Huilo is part of a unique and little-explored ecosystem in the Patagonian temperate rainforest territory, set right in the Austral Andes... Read More

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Santiago, Valparaiso & Winelands — Three for the price of one to end, from the cosmopolitan capital, to tumble-down Valparaíso and then back inland to dip into the vineyards of Chile's sunny Central Valley.... Read More

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