Chiloé
A decent guesthouse for overnighting on Isla Mechugue, Hospedaje Maria Humilde is also home to the island's best restaurant, Dina (curanto CH$15,000).
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Tierra Del Fuego (Chile)
Eleven clean and pleasant rooms offer heating and cable TV; some have wonderful views. The restaurant, serving fresh seafood and more, gets crowded for…
Parque Nacional Torres del Paine
On Lago Pehoe, with road access and tent rentals. Has a sheltered cooking area, meal options and hot showers. The dome option is a fully equipped tent.
Santiago
This hostel wins big for its Barrio Lastarria location. It has cheery common spaces, a shared kitchen and a small patio, but the dorms are a bit dark.
Northern Patagonia
The best bargain digs in town are in this warm wood-finish home run by a hospitable family. Breakfast includes eggs, homemade bread and coffee cake.
Northern Patagonia
Free backcountry campsites at the basin of the stunning amphitheater lake on Laguna Tronador trail, a steep two-hour climb from the trailhead.
Northern Patagonia
Nice, new and well equipped, these cabins with kitchens help you achieve a needed rest, 1km outside town. There's also a sauna and hot tubs.
Chiloé
There are six basic shelters inside Parque Tantauco. Each sleeps only eight people at a time and must be reserved in advance in high season.
Northern Patagonia
A good option, this family guesthouse also has a newer cabin on-site that's equipped with a kitchen and cozy bedrooms on the 2nd floor.
Elqui Valley
Set in an old adobe casona (mansion), this peaceful hotel offers nice touches such as cane roofs and an outdoor plunge pool.
Northern Patagonia
Conaf operates a sheltered campground at Laguna Chaguay, 67km south of Coyhaique. It has bathrooms and hot showers.
Northern Patagonia
Señora Valeria puts guests at ease in eight snug rooms with lovely beach views and smells of good cooking wafting up the stairs.
Northern Patagonia
Located in a sopping rainforest, 15km north of Puerto Puyuhuapi, but the facilities are good, with firepits and hot showers.
Sur Chico
This clean and friendly family-run hospedaje boasts new, modern bathrooms and is close to several bus companies.
Northern Patagonia
Señora Elena takes guests into her snug home like wayward chicks. Rooms are comfortable and the place is wood heated.
Middle Chile
The Inca Lodge is rather dim and dated, and has a bit of a ski-bum vibe to it. Share a four-bed dorm room to save big.
Northern Patagonia
About 400m from the Conaf office are three private camping areas on Lago Jeinimeni. Rates per site cover 10 visitors.
Chiloé
Simple hospedaje for crashing at Huentemó. Contact Jorge Guenuman on the number provided for reservations.
Norte Chico
The best of the budget picks offers decent-sized rooms with blasting hot showers a couple of blocks from the plaza.
Northern Patagonia
Features platform sites with roof at the trailhead to Cascadas Escondidas. Also has a cooking area and bathrooms.
Concepción
Conce's best-value bargain-basement hotel has bright – if rather small – rooms with firm beds and cable TV.
Arica
The flag-fronted Mar Azul at the heart of town has an all-white interior, a little outdoor pool and cable TV.
Norte Chico
This battered hotel has seen better days, though it does have some rooms with views overlooking Playa Socos.
Chiloé
A friendly family home with eight rooms right on the plaza. It's kind of like staying at grandma's house.
Santiago
Good-quality apartments in the city center with flat-screen TVs, balconies and a seasonal outdoor pool.
Sur Chico
Camping accommodations with electricity and hot water are at the Conaf-managed 22-site Lago Tinquilco.
Northern Patagonia
Alejandra's well-kept wooden house has bright colors and tidy doubles with down duvets.
Middle Chile
A row of eight clean and comfy rooms set back from the road amid a peaceful garden.
Northern Patagonia
Backyard campsites and hot-water showers, right in the center of town.
Coyhaique
Tasteful and modern, this ample wooden house has 10 rooms with fresh quilted bedding, central heating and kitschy touches. Service is good and there’s a…
Hospedaje Rural Candelario Mansilla
Northern Patagonia
If you're reaching for the final frontier, check out this lodging in the southernmost sector of Candelario Mansilla, accessible only by ferry or boat…
Cajón del Maipo
Across the Río Volcán from Baños Morales, this chalet offers simple wood-clad rooms that are showing their age (despite increasing rates). The place…
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
This aging central guesthouse is an OK choice if you're counting pennies, with basic but well-scrubbed rooms that are cluttered in a tiny garden area…
Punta Arenas
On the 2nd and 3rd floors of a musty downtown building, these rooms are cheerful but due for updates. All share bathrooms with hot showers and a large…
Santiago
Pistachio-colored walls and mismatched retro sofas liven up this otherwise dim (if centrally located) hostel. The four- and six-bed dorms can get a bit…
Middle Chile
Rooms at this modern, wine-themed B&B are named after different grapes. There are also cabins nearby that are nicer for the same price. It's a short taxi…
Puerto Williams
Run by the friendly family of an artisan fisherman, this lodging has clean remodeled rooms with TV, central heating and a 3rd-floor lookout. There's…
