Blog #chile

We did find our highlights along the famous Carretera Austral as you will read below. A large portion of the road itself did not quite live up to our expectations though. Part of it may be due to the quite common rains that we experienced during our...

Because the ferry runs only once a week from Chiloé to Chaitén on mainland Chile, we spent almost an entire week on this island, which is known for its wooden churches. What we enjoyed most during our stay though were our overnight places which...

After a few days of rain, something we are not accustomed to, we hit Chile's Lake District. This region was of more interest to us again thanks to its picturesque volcanoes set along lakes and rivers. Hiking also became rewarding as soon as we were...

Relative to the distance traveled (3600km in about 3 weeks), this has been the least interesting part of our trip so far, which prompted us to cross the border between Argentina and Chile a few times to at least get some mountain driving and views...

We only made a short stop in Chile coming from Bolivia before crossing into Argentina. San Pedro de Atacama San Pedro de Atacama solely exists for and from tourism. Although it is a little town with nice buildings, it is anything but authentic....