Chile – Lake District

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The Chilean Lake District: Your Road Trip Planning Guide

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Chile is a very long, thin country on the west coast of South America, 25 times longer than it is wide, and covering a whopping 2,600 miles. As a result of its topography, the Chile you experience in the north, is very different to the Chile you experience in the middle, or south of the...

View along a half empty river bed towards modern blue skyscraper building on the horizon. Blue sky above. Green trees on the river banks. Graffiti on the concrete walls. A statue of a headless lady stands in the foreground.

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Settle Into Chile With A Walking Tour Of Santiago, The Paris Of South America!

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Many trips to Chile start with a stopover in Santiago, the main airport hub of this long, thin country on the western coast of South America. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Paris of South America’, Santiago is an attractive city located in a valley surrounded by mountains and full of...

Landscape view of a gravel sandbank in the foreground leading to a flat blue lake. Trees and a large snow-capped volcano behind. Blue sky above. Tree covered hill to the right

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Don’t miss Conguillio National Park In The Chilean Lake District

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Unaware of Conguillio National Park (Parque Nacional Conguillio) before researching our road trip through the Chilean Lake District, this park kept coming up as a traveller favourite, not least because of its ancient Araucaria (Monkey Puzzle) forests. Having had a fascination with these...

View from the top of a rocky hill looking over an oval blue lake encircled by snow covered rocks. The cone of a snow-capped volcano sits on the horizon. Pale blue sky above

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Explore Pucon And Chile’s Most Active Volcano On A Road Trip Through The Chilean Lake District

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Pucon is one of Chile’s main resort destinations, sitting in an enviable position on a beautiful lake against a backdrop of Chile’s most active volcano. In fact, Pucon is known by the Mapuche as ‘Gateway to the mountains’ and in the summer months, there are queues of cars crawling...

View down and along the back of an outdoor market. To the right is a row of market sellers preparing their good. To the left is a row of sea lions and birds waiting for foodscraps. Iron railings to the very left hand side

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Hanging Out With Patagonian Sea Lions In Downtown Valdivia, Chile

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Whilst travelling, I love a destination with good wildlife spotting opportunities and a recent visit to Valdivia in Chile did not disappoint. To see enormous South American, or Patagonian Sea Lions, right in the middle of the city was unexpected, but very welcome. So, if you love...

Half of a red Beetle car to the left hand side which is parked overlooking a beach and lake with a snow-capped volcano on the horizon. Pale blue sky above

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Frutillar: German Beer and Volcano Views In The Chilean Lake District

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For any watchers of the BBC TV Series Race Across The World, you may have seen the beautiful lakeside town of Frutillar, Chile, featured in Series 2 of the Celebrity version. It was this episode which made me want to visit. So, when driving from Valdivia to Puerto Varas on our Chilean...