Chile

Plan the trip of a lifetime to Chile with our well-traveled team of experts. Work closely with your Southern Explorations' travel specialist to build a first class tailor-made tour over the dates of your choice. The 2,700-mile sliver of a country contains an eclectic array of landscapes with the Andes running its whole length. Though most travelers dream first of hiking Patagonia, we strongly encourage you to linger a little longer in Chile. Discover some of our most popular adventures in Chile, including The 'W' Hike, one of the most famous hikes through Patagonia, and the idyllic Lake District and Chiloe Island trip.  

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Visitors know Chile mostly by it being so deep south, and while hiking in Patagonia may be the ultimate, we urge travelers to linger longer in Chile to experience the country’s lesser-known but nonetheless pleasurable pursuits.

SOPHISTICATED SANTIAGO

Everyone knows about Buenos Aires, but not about stunning Santiago. For the art, cuisine, wine and architecture; Chile’s capital is a city worth exploring. Santiago is picturesque with plenty of parks, museums, a famous sculpture park, interesting neighborhoods to explore and a vibrant performing art scene. In downtown, many of the buildings date back to the 19th century European neo-classical period. The Centro’s architecture along with some pedestrian streets makes this a pleasant place to stroll and people-watch. In the arty Bellavista neighborhood, there are numerous galleries to visit as well as La Chascona, one of Chile’s three wildly popular museums honoring Pablo Neruda where each of the homes he once lived and wrote his accessible and much loved poetry. Named for his lover’s messy red hair, La Chascona will give you Neruda fever. Various Santiago monuments and a new cultural center pay homage to Chile’s other Nobel Prize-winning poet, Gabriela Mistral.

WINE TASTING HITHER AND YON

Travel to Santiago and you will be within a stone’s throw of so many of Chile’s fine wine regions, you’ll be amazed. The country’s famed wine regions stretch from the coast to the Andes.

A COAST FOR MANY TASTES

Chile is known for its idyllic central coastal resorts, attracting Santiago citizens for quick get-aways and international visitors to enjoy the weather, the seafood and the views. From Santiago, the port city of Valparaiso is just a 75-mile drive and a jumping-off place for nearby resort towns such as Vina del Mar. A city built on hills, Valparaiso adapted to its geography by building numerous ascensores to connect its port below to the city itself with breathtaking views from its Pacific edge. The neighborhood you wish to reach determines which ascensor to use. Take the Espiritu Santo ascensor so see twenty of the city’s famous street art murals as well as the Pablo Neruda museum of La Sebastiana.

LAND OF ADVENTURE

Chile is best known to tourists for its Patagonia hiking destinations, including Torres del Paine National Park, attracting adventure travelers from throughout the world to trek its renowned trails framed by spectacular peaks and massive glaciers. They come too for the whitewater rafting, mountain biking, kayaking and horseback riding. Some camp; others enjoy the scenic lodgings offered by historic estancias that today tend tourists, instead of sheep. Since the Patagonia region covers areas of both Chile and Argentina, a multi-destination, customized trip might be exactly what you're dreaming of. 

PHOTOGENIC DESERT

Chile’s north contains the silent landscape of Chile’s Atacama Desert, beloved by astronomers for its inky skies. Photographers come here for the blinding-white salt flats, the steaming Tatio geyser field, flocks of flamingos taking flight and to capture what the changing light does to the region’s many unique geologic formations. Stargazing is both a pastime and industry along Chile’s coast north of the capital where observatories overseen by many nations dot the landscape from La Serena north to the Atacama.

EASTER ISLAND

Last but not least, Chile has jurisdiction over some islands off its coast, including legendary Easter Island; containing the stoic, mysterious 600+ moai, a destination which some visitors choose to include in their Chile travel. It’s a long ways off – 2,300 miles -- but how likely are you to be in the neighborhood again?

View our Chile trip and tour options below:
11 Days $10,115
Torres Del Paine, Buenos Aires, Perito Moreno Glacier, Mt. Fitz Roy & Cerro Torre, Luxury Accommodations
Los Glaciares National Park, Torres del Paine National Park, Perito Moreno Glacier, Classic Treks to Mt. Torre and to Mt. Fitz Roy
Mendoza, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon & Carménère
Torres Del Paine National Park, Classic 'W' Hike, Puerto Natales , Buenos Aires, Perito Moreno Glacier, Mt. Fitz Roy & Cerro Torre
Torres del Paine National Park, Explore all highlights , Outstanding Lodges
High-Altitude Desert, Flamingo-Filled Lagoons, Salt Flats, Star Gazing
Mendoza Wine , Explora Lodge, Bariloche , Los Glaciares National Park, Perito Moreno Glacier, Torres del Paine
Mt. Fitz Roy & Cerro Torre, Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego National Park, Los Glaciares National Park, Perito Moreno Glacier
Torres Del Paine, Amalia Glacier, El Brujo Glacier, Calvo Fjord, Montonas Fjord, Burnal Glacier