Stay : Chile in a week
A very short time, you will have to choose between three options: the Great North, the Great South or a more peaceful discovery of the south-central region...
Summary of the stay
Best time to go
8 days
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Detail of the stay : Chile in a week - 8 days
Day 1: Arrival in Santiago
Steps: Isla Negra
Visit the Bellavista neighborhood, the Chascona(Neruda's house), and two or three other sights.
CASA MUSEO ISLA NEGRA
Day 2: Transfer to the North or South
Steps: Valparaíso, Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales, Calama, San Pedro De Atacama
Envol for Calama and transfer for San Pedro de Atacama. Visit of the village.
Or flight for Punta Arenas and transfer for Puerto Natales.
Or bus for Valparaíso, discover the city, the Sebastiana, the hills.
LA SEBASTIANA
Day 3: Salar de Atacama / Torres del Paine National Park / Valparaíso
Steps: Rancagua, Curicó, Talca, Chillán, Parque Nacional Torres Del Paine, Valparaíso, Isla Negra
Visit to the Atacama salt flats and the altiplanic lagoons.
Or (in the south) transfer to Torres del Paine National Park, discovery of the site by car, night on site.
Or (near Valparaíso), car rental, direction Isla Negra (last house of Neruda) then Rancagua, Curicó, Talca and Chillán. Night in Las Trancas, near Chillán.
Day 4: Valley of the Moon / Torres del Paine National Park / Pucón
Steps: Pucón, Puerto Natales, Parque Nacional Torres Del Paine, Valle De La Luna
Visit of the geysers and the valley of the Moon.
Or visit the Torres del Paine National Park, small trek, catamaran to the glacier. Overnight stay or transfer back to Puerto Natales.
Or (always by car), direction Pucón. Night on the spot.
Day 5: Azapa Valley / Punta Arenas/Pucon
Steps: Parque Nacional Villarrica, Lago Caburgua - Parque Nacional Huerquehue, Viña Del Mar, Pucón, Puerto Varas, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Calama, Arica, Valle De Azapa
Return to Calama, flight to Arica. Discovery of the city, its beaches and the Azapa Valley by car.
Or transfer to Punta Arenas and flight to Puerto Montt. Transfer to Puerto Varas.
Or visit the surroundings of Pucon (climb the Villarrica volcano, or trek in the Huerquehue national park, in all cases thermal baths in the evening). Night in Pucon.
Day 6: The Cordillera/Puerto Varas
Steps: Pucón, Puerto Varas, Arica, Putre
Departure of Arica for the Cordillera, visit the précolombiens villages, the Inca ruins, night in Putre.
Or discover Puerto Varas region, its lakes, waterfalls and volcanoes.
Or departure from Pucón for Puerto Varas in the morning via the route of the seven lakes. Night in Puerto Varas.
Day 7: Laguna Chungará / Chiloé / Puerto Varas
Steps: Puerto Varas, Ancud, Castro, Arica
Visit of the sumptuous Chungará lagoon, the surrounding villages, then return to Arica in the evening.
Or a quick visit of Chiloé by leaving early in the morning (with agency or rental car, Ancud and its penguins, Castro and its churches), return to Puerto Varas in the evening.
Or discover the region of Puerto Varas, its lakes, its waterfalls, its volcanoes.
Day 8: End of the stay
Steps: Puerto Montt, Arica
Flights fromArica or Puerto Montt to Santiago, final shopping and flight to your home country.
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