Top 10 Places to Visit in Chile
This list of top 10 places to visit in Chile shows you the highlights of the country. I have been backpacking in Chile 2 times already where I managed to visit 13 of 15 regions.
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Due to it’s long and narrow shape Chile is one of the most diverse countries on the continent. Therefore Backpacking in Chile is very attractive but also time consuming in matters of covering distances – you should plan your journey well and avoid underestimation of distances!
Things to do in Chile covered in this video:
- Atacama Desert, San Pedro de Atacama,
- Streetart in Valparaiso, Valparaiso
- Osorno Volcano, Puerto Varas
- Villarrica Volcano, Pucon
- Carretera Austral & Fjords near Puerto Montt
- Futaleufú River, Futaleufu
- Marble Caves, Puerto Rio Tranquilo
- O'Higgins Glacier and O'Higgins Lake, Villa O'Higgins
- Torres del Paine, Puerto Natales (a must do in Chile!)
- Isla Magdalena & Los Pinguinos, Punta Arenas
Best Places to Visit in Chile: your favorites?
Did I miss any important spot you should visit when backpacking Chile? Tell us your favorite place to visit in Chile in the comments below and feel free to share this video with your friends!
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Top 10 Places to visit along the Carretera Austral, Chile
In this video guide I summed up my personal top 10 places to visit along the Carretera Austral in the most beautifula part of Chilean Patagonia
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The Carretera Austral is a mostly unpaved road that connects the most rural part of Patagonia in the very south of Chile. Tourism in this area is not as pronounced as it is in other parts of the country, as regular bus routes, accommodations and detailed info is hard to find.
But in this seclusion lies the attraction and a special charm. During my last trip I met very few travelers from Europe and North America. The locals welcomed me warmly and most attractions were not crowded.
After traveling this route twice via hitchhiking I thought it is about time that I put together a handy Carretera Austral guide which highlights the main sights along this 1200km long road. The video shows you my favorite places to visit from north to south, starting in Puerto Montt and finishing in Villa O’Higgins.
To do the Ruta 7 properly I recommend about 2 weeks - following I list all the places I visited & Things to do along the Carretera Austral:
- Fjords, Hornopiren, Pumalin Park, Chaiten
- Queulat National Park, Queulat Glacier, Puyuhuapi
- Rio Futaleufu, Futaleufu
- Cerro Castillo, Villa Cerro Castillo
- Marble Caves & Lago General Carrera, Puerto Rio Tranquilo
- Exploradores Glacier, Puerto Rio Tranquilo
- Rio Baker, Cochrane
- Caleta Tortel
- Villa O'Higgins
- O’Higgins Glacier
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The Patagonian Expedition is a 95% self funded video documentary project following my trip in 2012/2013. Our aim is to show you the beauty of the rather unknown parts in Patagonia alongside with the famous spots.
Beside beautiful landscape you can expect loads of information and our personal experiences and struggles along the way:
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Border Crossing & Things to do in El Chaltén, Argentina (Patagonia Expedition #05)
In the 5th episode of the Patagonia Expedition we are doing the 2 day border crossing from Villa O’Higgins to El Chalten and explore the best Things to do in El Chalten.
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The Carretera Austral is a 1200km long road in the south of Chile which connects the most remote areas of the country. The ruta 7 is a paradise for adventure seekers as it is a mostly unpaved road which brings you to the lesser known parts of Patagonia in the stunning Los Lagos and Aysen Region.
Our plan was to get from Puerto Montt till Villa O’Higgins by thumb to get in touch with locals and fellow adventurers along the way. After finishing this adventure in the last episode we wanted to get to El Chaltén in Argentina with a visit to the O’Higgins Glacier and an overnight stay at the Farm Candelario Mancilla.
To do the border crossing from Villa O’Higgins to El Chaltén one first needs to take a boat to cross the O’Higgins lake and get to Candelario Mancilla on the other side. We opted in for the additional boat excursion to see the O’Higgins Glacier and have some whisky with ice from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
The next stretch we needed to hike for 22km to Laguna del Desierto where we took another boat to cross over to the southern shore where we spend the night camping before hitchhiking the remaining 37km to El Chaltén.
El Chaltén is the trekking capital of Argentina and one of the best spots for hiking and climbing in Patagonia. From the several hiking options in this area we chose the popular hike to Cerro Torre and Laguna Torre first before hiking to Fitz Roy and Laguna de los tres on another dayhike.
This part of the trip was executed within 1week by using altogether 2 boat, 1 bus and one car - following I list all the places we visited & Things to do in el Chalten:
- O'Higgins Glacier / Bernardo O’Higgins National Park
- Southern Patagonian Ice Field
- Candelario Mancilla
- Villa O'Higgins
- O’Higgins Lake / Lago O’Higgins or Lago San Martin
- Cerro Torre and Laguna Torre
- Monte Fitz Roy and Laguna de los tres / laguna sucia
- Lago del Desierto
- El Chalten
Boat company at Lago O’Higgins (transfer Candelario Mancilla & O’Higgins Glacier):
I'm excited to share all our experiences in Patagonia over the course of the next 6 weeks with you. In the next episode we will hike the Huemul Circuit in El Chalten, Argentina and meet impressive characters along the way.
The Patagonian Expedition is a 95% self funded video documentary project following my trip in 2012/2013. Our aim is to show you the beauty of the rather unknown parts in Patagonia alongside with the famous spots.
Beside beautiful landscape you can expect loads of information and our personal experiences and struggles along the way.
--- my travel equipment ---
insurance
packing list
Online Language Course
The whole trip was executed over the course of 2 months using mostly local transport such as busses, cars and trucks. A big thank you goes to Lufthansa for providing the flights into and out of South America in their new Premium Economy Class!
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Travel Patagonia by Drone in 4k (Best of the Patagonia Expedition)
For me Patagonia is one of the most beautiful travel destinations on earth, to showcase this I created a montage of the best drone footage from my recent trip.
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Over the course of 2 months I traveled Chilean as well as Argentine Patagonia from north to south to produce a documentary series called The Patagonia Expedition together with my friend Kristin Addis. The trip started in Bariloche (Argentina) and went via the Carretera Austral (Chile) down south to El Chaltén (Argentina) and finally to Torres del Paine (Chile).
It wasn't easy to travel with all the camera gear beside the other equipment we needed, especially considering all the camping stuff (tent, sleeping bag, cooking equipment etc) but I wanted to capture the beauty of traveling through Patagonia the best way possible.
Throughout the trip we got in touch with locals, stayed longer in one spot to really get to know the place and did all kinds of tough outdoor activities. Due to my former travels I already knew most of the places, got in touch with local friends and tourism businesses to help us create these videos. Not to mention the physical preparations which enabled us do all this activities under those partially tough conditions.
We are very grateful for all those experiences, new friendships and cooperations with locals as well as park rangers!
DRONE LAWS IN PATAGONIA
Please consider that all shots were filmed considering the drone laws in Argentina and Chile at the time we filmed there. Moreover we got special permissions by park rangers in some of the locations such as National Parks or filmed on private property with the permission of the owner (e.g. Torres del Paine).
Furthermore I'd like to point out that I took several weeks of practice in training spaces in Europe to ensure safe flights in Patagonia with my drone, especially due to the harsh weather and wind conditions.
In order to protect nature and wildlife in this sensitive part of the world I highly recommend to follow these rules as well if you plan to do something similar. Please check with the local laws before you fly, don't fly in National Parks without special permission, please check the weather conditions before you fly and take your time to calibrate your drone before each flight.
DRONE & PATAGONIAN WEATHER
Consider the extreme weather conditions and come prepared with special equipment as listed above such as a good drone backpack, special propellers, waterproof housing for sd cards and a durable HDD.
FILMING LOCATIONS
Following I list all the places we visited during our Patagonia Travel:
- Bariloche & Villa La Angostura
- Chaiten
- Puyuhuapi
- Villa Santa Lucia
- Cerro Castillo
- Puyuhuapi
- Puerto Rio Tranquilo
- Laguna San Rafael National Park & Eploradores Glacier
- Queulat National Park / Parque Nacional Queulat
- Queulat Glacier / ventisquero queulat (colgante)
- Villa O'Higgins
- Lago O'Higgins & Bernado O'Higgins National Park
- O'Higgins Glacier
- Candelario Mansilla
- El Chalten & Fitz Roy & Cerro Torre
- Los Glaciares National Park
- Torres del Paine
- Region Los Lagos
- Region de Aysén
- Provincia Rio Negro
- Provincia Santa Cruz
- Region Magellanes y Antartica Chilena
ABOUT THE PATAGONIA EXPEDITION
The Patagonian Expedition is a 95% self funded video documentary project following my trip in 2012/2013. Our aim is to show you the beauty of the rather unknown parts in Patagonia alongside with the famous spots:
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Exploradores Glacier & Villa O'Higgins, Carretera Austral in Chile (Patagonia Expedition #04)
In the 4th episode of the Patagonia Expedition we are going to ice hike on the Exploradores Glacier in the Laguna San Rafael National Park before we continue our way down to the end of the Carretera Austral in Villa O’Higgins.
My Guide for Chile:
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Cam1:Sony A7 II
Cam2: Sony NEX 5
Cam3: GoPro
Drone: Phantom 3 Pro
Drone Backpack: Manfrotto D1
Amazon Tripod
Joby Gorillapod
Audio Recorder: Zoom H2n
SDHC Memory Card
Waterproof Memory Card Case
Backpack Osprey Farpoint 40
The Carretera Austral is a 1200km long road in the south of Chile which connects the most remote areas of the country. The ruta 7 is a paradise for adventure seekers as it is a mostly unpaved road which brings you to the lesser known parts of Patagonia in the stunning Los Lagos and Aysen Region.
Our plan was to get from Puerto Montt till Villa O’Higgins by thumb to get in touch with locals and fellow adventurers along the way. After making our way down from Puerto Montt to Puerto Rio Tranquilo in the last episodes we decided to stay in one place for a few days to be able to do more activities. In the last previous episode we finished with the visit of the Marble Caves, in this episode we went on a full day „big ice“ excursion at the Glaciar Exploradores.
The Exploradores Glacier is situated on the northeastern slope of Monte San Valentín inside the Laguna San Rafael National Park and is a part of the Northern Patagonian Icefield. This ice field is the smaller of two remnant parts in which the Patagonian Ice Sheet in the Andes Mountains of lower South America can be divided.
Nowadays it is completely contained within the boundaries of Laguna San Rafael National Park. Once the Patagonian Ice Sheet was an extensive ice sheet that covered all of Chilean Patagonia and the westernmost parts of Argentine Patagonia during the Quaternary glaciations. Today, with its glaciers largely in retreat and only an area of 4,200 km2 (1,600 sq mi), the northern patagonian ice field is still the second largest continuous mass of ice outside of the polar regions.
This part of the trip was executed within 1week by using altogether 3 public buses and one ferry - following I list all the places we visited & Things to do at the Carretera Austral:
- Exploradores Glacier / Laguna San Rafael National Park
- Northern Patagonian Ice Field
- Cochrane & Rio Baker
- Villa O'Higgins
- Cerro Altavista
- Puerto Rio Tranquilo
- Marble Caves / Capillas de Marmol
- Lago General Carrera
I'm excited to share all our experiences in Patagonia over the course of the next 6 weeks with you. In the next episode we will do a boat excursion to the impressive O’Higgins glacier, cross into Argentina on foot and meet impressive characters along the way.
The Patagonian Expedition is a 95% self funded video documentary project following my trip in 2012/2013. Our aim is to show you the beauty of the rather unknown parts in Patagonia alongside with the famous spots.
Beside beautiful landscape you can expect loads of information and our personal experiences and struggles along the way.
--- my travel equipment ---
insurance
packing list
Online Language Course
The whole trip was executed over the course of 2 months using mostly local transport such as busses, cars and trucks. A big thank you goes to Lufthansa for providing the flights into and out of South America in their new Premium Economy Class!
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Crossing Chile Argentina border at Villa O'Higgins Trip Therapy - GoPro Hero HD
Il secondo reportage dalla Patagonia cilena. Da Coyhaique fino a Villa O'Higgins. Il lago General Carrera e le sue cattedrali di marmo, la frontiera più avventurosa e old school del mio giro del mondo senza aerei.
Un viaje por la carretera Austral de Chile y la Isla de Chiloe / Austral Road Chile
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Un recorrido en coche y ferri por la Carretera Austral de Chile y la isla de Chiloe para explorar uno de los paisajes más sorprendentes y de difícil acceso de la Patagonia Chilena. A la Carretera Austral de Chile se la considera la carretera más espectacular de Sudamérica: lagos, ríos turbulentos, los Andes patagónicos y la presencia de campos de hielo y glaciares por todas partes. Un recorrido de más de 1000 km tan abrupto que muchos tramos hay que hacerlos en ferri. Comienza en Puerto Montt y discurre por lugares fantásticos como el parque nacional Pumalin, Chaiten, las termas del amarillo, el río Futaleufú, el parque nacional Queulat, Puerto Cisnes, Puerto Aysen, Cohaique, el lago General Carrera, las catedrales de marmol...etc. De camino a Chiloe el ferri pasa por la isla de Melinka, Puerto Gala y otros destinos hasta llegar a Chiloe donde finalmente terminamos nuestro recorrido.
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A route for the Austral road in Chile and the Chiloe Island.
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Top 10 Tipps & Sehenswürdigkeiten in Chile
Mit dieser Liste der 10 besten Sehenswürdigkeiten in Chile möchte ich die Planung deiner Chile Rundreise vereinfachen und Lust machen auf eines der vielfältigsten Länder Südamerikas!
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Meine erste Rucksackreise nach Chile war zugleich meine erste Reise nach Südamerika und zudem mein Anlass spanisch zu lernen. Chile eignet sich besonders gut als Einstieg für Südamerika.
Ich war schon 2 mal zum Backpacking in Chile und habe es geschafft 13 der 15 Regionen dieses weitläufigen Landes zu besuchen.
Hier nochmal die Liste meiner 10 besten Sehenswürdigkeiten in Chile:
- Atacama Wüste, San Pedro de Atacama,
- Streetart in Valparaiso, Valparaiso
- Osorno Vulkan, Puerto Varas
- Villarrica Vulkan, Pucon
- Carretera Austral & Fjorde nahe Puerto Montt
- Futaleufú Fluss, Futaleufu
- Marmorhöhlen, Puerto Rio Tranquilo
- O'Higgins Gletscher and O'Higgins See, Villa O'Higgins
- Torres del Paine Nationalpark, Puerto Natales
- Isla Magdalena & Los Pinguinos, Punta Arenas
Sehenswürdigkeiten in Chile: Deine Favoriten?
Stimmst du mit dieser Liste überein oder fehlt etwas? Lass es uns in den Kommentaren wissen!
Lust auf eine Reise nach Chile?
Auf meiner Übersichtsseite zu Chile findest du alle benötigten Infos um deine Reise zu planen! Für die Vorbereitung ist die Packliste für Südamerika und das Backpacker Survival Kit hilfreich:
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Southern Chile with Audley Travel
A road trip through Chile’s less-explored south takes you into a wilderness of calving glaciers, bright cobalt lakes, cave formations and wide-open plains.
Our specialists have just returned from an epic journey following the Carretera Austral, a highway that extends from the capital, Santiago, into the southern reaches of Patagonia. They had their video camera to hand, and have captured footage of the wildlife and scenery they encountered — all of which you could experience on your own tailor-made Chile drive.
Waterfalls, waterfalls, everywhere. Glacial lakes of gleaming blue, grasslands of grazing guanacos and caves of swirling marble formations only accessible by water. You can see all this as you head south. As you can see from the video, gravel roads are par for the course, but traffic is scarce — you don’t need to be an experienced off-roader to drive this route.
Along the way, you could take a boat trip to see the San Rafael Glacier and stop at the outpost-like town of Villa O’Higgins — one of the last bastions of development before you enter the ice fields of Patagonia. And, even before you get that far, you could pass through the neat vineyards of Chile’s Casablanca wine region.
You’ll find more inspiration on road-tripping Chile in our guide to driving Chile and Argentina.
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