Chile 2

Chile 2

Visit the driest desert in the world that still has the most amazing variety of flowers. See the “Desierto florido” a climatic phenomenon that occurs in the Atacama Desert. The phenomenon consists of the blossoming of a wide variety of flowers between the months of September and November in years when rainfall is unusually high. Also visit archaeological ruins and the Andean highlands.

Chilean Central Valley lies between the Coastal range (“Cordillera de la Costa”) and the Andes Mountains. To the north is the semi-desert region known as El Norte Chico, (the “little north”). To the south lies the cooler and wetter Valdivian temperate rain forests ecoregion, in Los Lagos Region, the gate of Patagonia. The Central valley is a fertile region and the agricultural heartland of Chile. The capital of Chile, Santiago and it main port, Valparaiso are located in Central Chile.

Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui, Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.

Excursions/tours on Chiloe, Easter Islands or other islands in the future.

Northern Patagonia includes part of the Los Lagos region where most of South America’s temperate rain forests, and the region of Aysén.

Southern Patagonia includes four provinces: Última Esperanza, Magallanes y Tierra del Fuego. It is the southernmost, largest, and second least populated region of Chile. Southern Patagonia is famous by its globally known places and geographical features including Torres del Paine, Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego island, and the Strait of Magellan.