Traveling to Chile? Congratulations, you won’t be disappointed. In this article, I will help you with some handy tips to plan your trip to Chile. What to do, when to come and good reasons that instead of asking yourself Why travel to Chile, you will start planning a trip right the Read more…
How to travel from Santiago to Valparaiso You have three options to travel from from Santiago to Valparaiso: by car, bus and private tours. In both cases you will take less than two hours and you can go to Valparaiso for the weekend if you wish. Travel to Valparaiso from Santiago Read more…
I wrote this guide of best things to do in Valparaiso based on the more than 30 times I have visited the city. Located just an hour and a half from Santiago de Chile by car or bus, Valparaiso is an ideal destination to visit on a trip to Chile, full Read more…
Chile was chosen South America’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination 2018. In addition, Valparaiso and the Atacama Desert obtained recognition. South America’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination 2018 Chile was chosen for the fourth consecutive year as the best South American adventure tourism destination of 2018 by the World Travel Awards of this year. Read more…
In this post, I will tell in detail everything about safety in San Pedro de Atacama and how I got robbed. Also, this was my first (and disastrous) experience with Worldpackers. Everything happened between December 28 and January 1st, 2017. I hope the facts speak for themselves. Also read: Best things Read more…
The flight from Santiago, the capital of Chile, to Temuco, in the region of La Araucanía, lasted a bit more than an hour. We were three journalists with a mission: spend three days and two nights in the 5 star-hotel Antumalal, only 2 kilometers from Pucón, to taste the the Read more…
Tips to buy souvenirs in Chile Something I always do on my trips is searching for that special thing that will always remind me of the place I have visited. I have a huge collection of travel magnets but I also like to get scarves or tote bags. I do this Read more…
Whenever I’m travelling for long periods of time I start missing Chilean food, notable for the variety of flavours and huge array of seafood products. Sometimes I hear foreigners say that they didn’t find anything particular about our gastronomy, but let me point you the right way with these 6 Read more…
So you are planning to go to Santiago de Chile? Congrats! That’s my hometown. I’m traveling all the time, therefore, I know all the options to get to downtown, from the Santiago’s airport to the city. Check this complete guide: Everything you know before tour trip to Chile. Unfortunately, we Read more…
Travelling to Chile? Be careful with this scam in Santiago Santiago is a big city and is quite safe for Latin American standards. But, as many other big cities, you should have extra care. There are some scams going on, and this one is totally new for me. “En su Read more…
Every time I travel and I say I’m from Chile, people just stare at me, totally blank. When I say that it is in South America and they are still confused, I would say “is that very thin and long country between the Pacific ocean and Argentina”. “Ahhh, Argentina! Then you Read more…