I was here in 2024
Reviewed on September 18, 2026 · Drafted with AI assistance
A port falling down its hills, with lifts from 1900 that still carry people up every day.
When to go
High 30° · Low 15° · 15 mm of rain
Keep exploring
Castro
The capital of Chiloé, its palafitos standing over the water, and a rain that shapes the day.
Puerto Varas
Germany beside a Chilean lake, with the Osorno volcano in front and the start of the Carretera Austral next door.
San Pedro de Atacama
An adobe village at 2,400 metres that serves as the door to the driest desert on earth.
Santiago
The base for everything: the Andes behind it, a metro that works, and the cheapest domestic flights if you buy them from here.
Torres del Paine
A national park in Chilean Patagonia: 2,400 km² of granite, lake and glacier, and the most repeated postcard in the south.
