South America - Chile (PDF Chapter)

This is the Chile chapter from Lonely Planet’s South America guidebook.

Preposterously thin and unreasonably long, Chile stretches from the belly of South America to its foot, reaching from the driest desert on earth to vast southern glacial fields. There’s wonder in every detail and nature on a symphonic scale.

• hike to the rugged spires of Torres del Paine, Chile’s finest national park
• maps
• swirl, sniff and sip your way through Chile’s best vineyards in the Colchagua Valley
• transport
• wander steep passageways lined with urban art in the hills of bohemian Valparaíso
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Santiago & Around, Valle de Maipo, Cajón del Maipo, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar & Around, Northern Chile, La Serena, Elqui Valley, Copiapó, Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar, Antofagasta, Calama, Chuquicamata, San Pedro de Atacama & Around, Iquique, Arica, Route 11 & Putre, Parque Nacional Lauca, Middle Chile, Colchagua Valley, Pichilemu, Curicó, Maule Valley, Chillán, Nevados de Chillán & Valle Las Trancas, Con-cepción, Los Ángeles, The Lakes District, Temuco, Parque Nacional Conguillío, Villarrica, Pucón & Around, Parque Nacional Huerquehue, Parque Nacional Villarrica, Lago Calafquén, Valdivia, Osorno, Parque Nacional Puyehue, Frutillar, Puerto Varas, Ensenada, Parque Nacional Vicente Pérez Rosales, Puerto Montt, Chiloé, Ancud, Castro, Dalcahue & Isla Quinchao, Parque Nacion-al Chiloé, Quellón, Northern Patagonia, Parque Nacional Pumalín, Futaleufú, Puyuhuapi, Parque Nacional Queulat, Coyhaique, Lago General Carrera, Chile Chico, Villa O’Higgins, Southern Patagonia, Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales, Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Tierra del Fuego, Isla Navarino, Porvenir, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Hanga Roa, Parque Nacional Rapa Nui, Understand Chile, Chile Today, History, Culture, Arts, Cuisine, Sports, Environment, Surviv-al Guide.