-Day 1 Start tour
Day 2 Hola Santiago
Meet your tour director and check into hotel
Details: Santiago guided sightseeing tour
The capital city of Santiago is home to Chile’s main administrative, commercial, cultural, financial and governmental bodies. Take a tour through the city’s most important historic and cultural sites, including Barrios Lastarria, La Moneda (the Presidential Palace), Plaza de Armas, Mercado Central (Chile’s largest fresh seafood market), and Cerro Santa Lucia, which marks the spot where the city of Santiago was founded and provides a wonderful view of downtown Santiago.
Day 3 Santiago--Puerto Varas
Fly to Puerto Varas
Details: Puerto Varas tour director-led sightseeing
Puerto Varas, which sits on the southwest banks of the expansive Lake Llanquihue, offers commanding views of snow-capped Osorno Volcano and Calbuco Volcano, both still active. Featuring traditional German-style architecture, the town includes modern residential developments and beautiful gardens. Explore the town’s fascinating architecture before walking through the town square.
Details: Lake Llanquihue cruise
Sail through the crystalline waters of Lake Llanquihue, enjoying striking views of the Bay of Puerto Varas.
Day 4 Experience Puerto Varas
Cooking demonstration with a local family
Details: Hike through the rainforest
Take a soft hike through the beautiful, temperate rainforest around Puerto Varas.
Details: Huilliche community visit
Spend an afternoon learning about the history, music, medicine and cuisine of the Huilliche community of Quechalen Aitue. Enjoy a cooking demonstration with a local family and hear first-hand testimony about the experiences of the Huilliche people.
Day 5 Chiloe Island
Wildlife cruise
Details: Sail to the Chiloé Island
From the town of Pargua, take a ferry to sail through the Chacao Channel to the Island of Chiloé. Visit the town of Chacao before heading to Puñihuil. From there, sail to the islets to see the Humboldt and Magallanes penguins in the only place in the world where the species nest together.
Details: Ancud craft market visit
Visit the city of Ancud and explore its local craft market, famous for woven and carved woodwork.
Day 6 Puerto Varas
Details: Los Riscos lookout point
Stop at the Los Riscos lookout point to observe the Llanquihue Lake and the Osorno Volcano, the nearly 9,000-foot volcano that is known for its resemblance to Mount Fuji.
Details: Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park visit
Explore the Vicente Perez Rosales National Park with a tour guide, admiring the local flora and fauna along the way. See the Petrohué River waterfalls with its clear, green-tinted water, and walk along the Petrohué River to view the Todos Los Santos Lake.
Details: Osorno Volcano
Enjoy lunch at the glacier-covered Osorno Volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in the Andes. Hike around the volcano and enjoy a chairlift ride to take in the views from above.
Day 7 Puerto Varas--Valparaiso
Fly to Santiago
Travel to Valparaiso
Valparaiso Street art workshop
Day 8 Flight home
Travel to Santiago
Details: Valparaiso guided sightseeing tour
Valparaíso was one of the first Chilean cities founded by the Spaniards. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003 for its architectural and cultural importance, the city is also one of the most interesting in Chile. You will start in the downtown sector, learning the history of "Valpo" and its importance in the trade and commerce of South America. Centennial elevators will transport you to the steep hills of the city, where a labyrinth of streets reveals brightly colored buildings, bohemian cafés and elegant restaurants, and spectacular views of the harbour. Your tour will take you on foot through two of the most famous and eclectic neighborhoods, Cerro Concepción and Cerro Alegre. In addition, you’ll visit one of the three houses converted into Pablo Neruda's museums, La Sebastiana.
Details: Fly home
In most cases, your flight home is overnight. You will return home on Day 9.
Day 9 Return home
Tour Includes:
- 6 overnight stays in hotels with private bathrooms
- Breakfast daily
- Lunch daily
- Dinner daily
- Internal flight
- Full-time services of a professional tour director
- Visits to select attractions as per itinerary
- Tour Diary™
- Local Guide and Local Bus Driver tips; see note regarding other important tips
- Note: Tour cost does not include airline-imposed baggage fees, or fees for any required passport or visa. Optional excursions, optional pre-paid Tour Director and multi-day bus driver tipping, among other individual and group customizations will be listed as separate line items in the total trip cost, if included.
- Note: On arrival day only dinner is provided; on departure day, only breakfast is provided
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