Chile & Easter Island - Nothern Patagonia (Chapter)

This is the Northern Patagonia chapter from Lonely Planet’s Chile & Easter Island guidebook.

For a century, Northern Patagonia has been the most rugged and remote part of continental Chile. Exuberant rainforest, scrubby steppe and unclimbed peaks crowd the horizon, but the essence of this place is water, from the clear cascading rivers to the turquoise lakes, massive glaciers and labyrinthine fjords.

• Explore the misty fjords and trek the temperate rainforests of Parque Pumalín
• maps
• Pedal or drive past farms, rushing rivers and hanging glaciers while tracing the length of the mythic Carretera Austral
• transport
• Giddy-up into pioneer Patagonia on remote Andean trails
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Hornopirén, Parque Nacional Hornopirén, Parque Pumalín, Chaitén, Futaleufú, Palena, La Junta, Puyuhuapi, Termas De Puyuhuapi, Parque Nacional Queulat, Around Parque Nacional, Queulat, Coyhaique, Reserva Nacional Coyhaique, Reserva Nacional Río Simpson, Monumento Natural Dos, Lagunas, Parque Nacional Laguna San, Rafael, Reserva Nacional Cerro, Castillo, Villa Cerro Castillo, Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez, Chile Chico, Reserva Nacional Jeinemeni, Puerto Río Tranquilo, Cruce El Maitén, Puerto Guadal, Puerto Bertrand, Valle Chacabuco (Parque and Nacional Patagonia).