If you’ve been waiting to get to the glaciers, you will finally get your chance with Laguna San Rafael. Reputed to have some of the most photogenic scenes in all of Patagonia, this park will leave your jaw dropping many times over as you have a landscape that combines forest, waterfalls, lakes, and ice! While […]
With wide sweeping plains and grasslands dotted with wild vicuña and red leafy forests, Patagonia Park reminds us of scenes from romantic Western films and is a hiker’s dream. It boasts many easier trails you can see the dramatic horizons in every direction, and covers so large a territory that there are several sectors with […]
While it is only open half of the year (the most pleasant spring and summer seasons), this majestic park is a prime objective of many mountain hiking enthusiasts, famous for its turquoise lagoon set against a backdrop of sharp sawtooth peaks dusted with snow and ice. Getting to the village that sits near the entrance […]
A visit to Isla Magdalena is the most elusive of this entire park series, because it’s so unreachable, at least by land. The entire island is a park, but it has no trails. There are no park rangers, either. So, how do you visit it, and why would I even bother to talk about it? […]
Welcome to Aysén, the northernmost region of the southern half of Chilean Patagonia, an astounding place of primeval beauty. I will be introducing you to five parks in this area alone, and I dare say you can’t afford to miss a single one, as each will leave you with indelible images and memories that will […]
If you are limiting yourself to only parks maintained by the Chilean government’s park administration (CONAF), then your one stop on the archipelago can be the subject of this article, Parque Nacional Chiloé. Large, centrally located, and closest to the hub of town of Castro, this is a one-stop shop for experiencing a bit of […]
After visiting the stunning Tantauco Park, I’m sure you will not have had enough, and that’s good because what awaits you in the center of Chiloé is equally remarkable and unique. Tepuheico is only 90 minutes in a direct vehicle from the northern access point of Tantauco. But as this is a private reserve, they […]
Enjoy this guide to the best hot springs dotted around Latin America, and how to get to each of them by bus. Location, prices of admission, and water temps included.
Before heading to the parks further south, we’re going to take advantage of the easy and quick ferry connection from Chaitén to go west to the island of Chiloé. There we will loop through four astounding parks of a completely different biozone, and then eventually take the same ferry back to Chaitén. To be most […]
While Pumalín is on the immediate eastern and northern boundaries of the town of Chaitén, our next park we are featuring in this post, Corcovado, is also closer to Chaitén than any other hub. So basically, plan on making Chaitén your base camp for two parks, not just one. Corcovado lies due south of Chaitén, […]
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