Getting around in Chile is one of South America's great adventures
8 min read • Sep 23, 2022
With Chile's epic scenery, getting around is always an adventure. Here's the lowdown on the best ways to navigate your way up, down and all around Chile.
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Chile
- The best road trips in Chile offer the drive of your life
7 min read • Sep 23, 2022
Chile's best road trips take in rolling vineyards, serene lakes, deep fjords, towering volcanoes and bone-dry deserts. Here are our top Chilean drives.
- The best things to do in Chile from volcano climbs to sampling pisco sours
9 min read • Sep 22, 2022
With its puffing volcanoes, pounding surf, silent salt flats and gleaming glaciers, Chile is the ultimate wonderland for adventures. Here's where to begin.
- The best places to visit in Chile, from urban glam to natural highs
6 min read • Jan 2, 2022
Chile boasts vibrant cities, enigmatic islands, rolling vinelands and some of the most pristine nature on earth. Here's our pick of the best places to visit.
- Find adventure in Chile's best national parks
6 min read • Oct 20, 2021
Nearly a third of Chile is protected parkland, making this small South American nation one of the best places on earth for national park adventures.
- Do you need a visa to go to Chile?
3 min read • Oct 20, 2021
Looking to visit Chile? Here's a useful guide to entry requirements to ensure a seamless journey in and out of the country.
- The best time to go to Chile
4 min read • Jul 16, 2021
From golden beaches, volcanoes and ancient forests to vineyards, fjords and massive glaciers, Chile basks in natural riches. Here's when to go.
- We drove across the Americas - here are our 7 most scenic routes
5 min read • Jul 22, 2020
From desert to coast, here are some of the most beautiful drives in the Americas to inspire your next road trip.
- Lessons from the Dientes de Navarino trail
9 min read • Feb 5, 2020
Bailey Freeman shares what she learned from her experience hiking the Dientes de Navarino trail in Chilean Patagonia.
- A stargazer's guide to the Elqui Valley
4 min read • Jun 11, 2019
Near the southern edge of the vast Atacama Desert, mountain rivers wind their way through a sun-baked landscape of vine-covered hillsides and serene…
- Vegetarian Santiago: best spots for leaf-eaters
5 min read • Jun 3, 2019
South America draws food-lovers from across the globe, but it’s best known for its carnivorous delicacies rather than its meat-free options. That shouldn…
- The best ski experiences in South America
4 min read • Mar 1, 2019
At the southernmost tip of South America, Chile and Argentina are dramatic places punctuated by craggy mountains, sparkling with sandy coastlines and…
- The best wine bars in Santiago
5 min read • Feb 14, 2019
When the Image of Chile Foundation set out to discover Chile’s most emblematic symbol abroad, the result was not Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda or the moai…
- Adventures in Northern Patagonia: exploring Chile's verdant peaks and valleys
5 min read • Oct 26, 2018
There are few places left in the world as wild and unruffled by the hands of man as Patagonia. The little-visited northern half of Chilean Patagonia is a…
- From seaside to mountain valley: the culinary riches of Chile
5 min read • Oct 18, 2018
Home to buzzing seafood markets, food-centric highland villages and sun-drenched vineyards, Chile offers a dazzling array of culinary temptations. The…
- Family-friendly trips from Santiago
5 min read • Feb 2, 2018
Like many countries in South America, Chile is famously friendly to families, no doubt inspired by the great cultural importance that Chileans place on…
- A perfect week in Tierra del Fuego
5 min read • Jan 26, 2018
Travel to the terminus of the Andes and you’ve truly reached the end of the world once you set foot on Tierra del Fuego, a mythical land of fire and ice…
- Lonely Planet talks to... novelist Isabel Allende
7 min read • Jan 3, 2018
Magic, mysticism and inspiring contradictions seem to surround Isabel Allende. She is arguably Chile’s most famous living writer, and yet, she doesn’t…
- Nature writ large: a great escape to Chile
12 min read • Oct 31, 2017
Stretching from the belly of South America to its foot, Chile is nature on a colossal scale. Travel here is surprisingly easy if you don’t rush it. Start…
- Soul searching: exploring central Chile through the homes of Pablo Neruda
6 min read • Aug 31, 2017
Across the Spanish-speaking world and beyond, Chile is known as país de poetas: land of poets. This reputation for verse-making is, in part, recognition…
- What to pack: hiking through Patagonia
5 min read • Apr 3, 2017
Patagonian treks are all about preparing for the elements. ‘I thought it would be summer down here,’ is a phrase that’s echoed off those majestic granite…
- Accessing Aysén: how to explore Chilean Patagonia’s glacier country
5 min read • Sep 30, 2016
In the often overlooked northern extremes of Patagonia lies Aysén, Chile’s least-populated region, where only 1.2 humans per square mile dwell. While…