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Tailor-made Chile Tours 2026, 2027 & 2028

Chile is the longest and narrowest country in the world, stretching 4,270 kilometres along the southwestern edge of South America while averaging just 177 kilometres in width. Flanked by the Andes Mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west, it contains both the Atacama Desert, the driest non-polar desert on Earth, and the sub-Antarctic ice fields of Patagonia. Defined by this extreme linear geography, Chile offers access to isolated Pacific islands like Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and the continent’s most modern urban infrastructure.

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Why Travel to Chile?

Santiago’s Culture & Architecture

Founded in 1541, Santiago pairs colonial relics with skyscrapers like the 300-metre Costanera Centre. The central Plaza de Armas is anchored by the Metropolitan Cathedral’s baroque towers and the presidential Palacio de la Moneda, where Salvador Allende’s 1973 bunker remains a historical flashpoint. Nearby, the Museo de Arte Precolombino preserves Chinchorro mummies—the world’s oldest mummified remains—and Mapuche chemamull funerary statues spanning 10,000 years.

Atacama Desert

San Pedro de Atacama sits at 2,400 metres in the world’s driest desert. The adobe mud ruins of Tulor and the Yerbas Buenas petroglyphs reveal 3,000 years of caravan history. Today, visitors navigate the Valle de la Luna’s salt-encrusted caves, witness El Tatio’s 80 geysers erupting at sub-zero dawn, and track Andean flamingos across the cobalt waters of the Miscanti and Miñiques alpine lagoons.

Chile at a Glance

Capital: Santiago
Population: 19.5 million
People: Spaniards, Mestizos, Indigenous people, Europeans, Middle Easterners, Latin Americans
Religions: Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism
Languages: Spanish, Aymara, Kawésqar, Mapudungun, Quechua, Rapa Nui, Cacán, Chilean Spanish, Patagónico
Currency: Chilean peso (CLP)
Phone Code: +56
Time Zone: UTC−3, −4, −6 (CLST, CLT, EAST); Summer (DST), UTC−3, −5 (CLST, EASST)
Power Plug: Types C & L
Peak Season: Summer (December–February)
Dishes: Empanadas de pino (beef pastry introduced 19th century), pastel de choclo (corn casserole), cazuela (meat and vegetable soup), curanto (seafood and meat pit-bake from Chiloe, dating to pre-1600 CE), mote con huesillo (peach-wheat drink)
Neighbours: Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, Pacific Ocean to the west
E-sim: Get a Chile e-sim from Airalo or Holafly, or locally from Entel, WOM, or Movistar stores in Santiago or Calama.
Visa: Chile tourist visa information is available on the Ministry of External Relations. Contact us for visa assistance.

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