Chile

Nicks Travel Notes: “Snow boarding down from craters edge at Volcano Villarrica is on the ‘must do list’ for snow fans!”

• Easter Island
• San Pedro de Atacama (desert tours)
• Pucón (snowboard / ski down Volcano Villarrica)
• Glacier Cruise (from Puerto Montt)
• Torres del Paine National Park (the famous Patagonia trek)

• Easter Island has the popular ‘Semana de Rapa Nui festival’ in February.
• Northern desert regions have mild weather all year round.
• Best skiing from June to September

• A 7 day trekking journey to Chiles famous Torres del Paine National Park is this tour option. Includes Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales, Milodón Cave, Estancia Las Torres, Los Cuernos Trail (12km/8mi), Río Francés, Grey Glacier, El Paine granite massif, Mirador Laguna Azul, Sarmiento Lake. A 5 day tour is also offered.
  
  
• An excellent Patagonia excursion incorporating Argentina Patagonia highlights is this tour. El Calafate and includes Perito Moreno Glacier, Upsalla Glacier, El Chaltén, Torre Glacier, Mt Fitz Roy.
  
  
• Atacama Desert Southbound is a tour which opertaes from San Pedro de Atacama to Santiago. Includes Pisco Elqui and Vicuña as well as visiting the ghost town of Chacabuco, a former prosperous nitrate mining town, and later a prison camp during the Pinochet dictatorship. Tour information here
  
  
• Lake District: Santiago to Puerto Montt and back is a spectacular tour which includes Pucón, Puerto Montt, Valdivia, Puerto Varas.

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