Experience the highlights of Chile
From the unique Atacama Desert to the beauty of Patagonia, you will revel in the distinct landscapes of this diverse country. Make the trek to Easter Island, whose mysteries and culture await your exploration. During your journey, you will also visit the lovely Lake District, the bustling city of Santiago and the colorful coastal town of Valparaiso, ensuring you experience the perfect cross section of this incredible country.
At Travel Beyond, we believe your trip should be designed just for you, not for the masses. Our travel consultants create a custom itinerary for each client, offering recommendations for places and experiences that best fit your style. The itinerary below was planned for a past client, but we’re sharing it for travel inspiration and as an example of what a trip to Chile might look like. Let us know when we can design a trip just for you!
Upon arrival in Calama, Chile, you will be met by a lodge representative and transferred to Nayara Alto Atacama, your desert oasis for the next four nights.
The driest place on earth, the Atacama boasts an incredibly dramatic and otherwordly landscape. Red dunes and soaring mountains surround you at every turn and Alto Atacama’s thoughtful design reflects this natural beauty perfectly. It is the perfect place from which to explore the secret’s of the desert and whether staring up into the night sky or traversing the arid terrain, you can’t help but feel more connected to nature and to yourself.
Enjoy the afternoon at leisure. Dinner will be served at the lodge.
Nayara Alto Atacama Meals: Dinner
Spend your days at leisure enjoying Alto Atacama and the activities on offer. All meals will be served at the hotel or with your activities
San Pedro de Atacama has been an oasis for travelers for thousands of years, a place to stop and refresh their mind, body and spirit before continuing their journey through the world’s driest desert. Geysers, valleys, canyons, petroglyphs, giant cacti, flamingos, vicunas, and foxes share the area with you. Cultural excursions, star gazing, archeological discoveries and journeys to the amazing Atacama landscapes are a wonderful introduction to this unique region.
Nayara Alto Atacama Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
This morning after breakfast and checkout, you will be transferred to the Calama Airport for your commercial flight to Santiago.
Upon arrival in Santiago, you will be met by a Travel Beyond representative for your private transfer to Casa Higueras Hotel in Valparaiso. Accommodations will be reserved for two nights, including breakfast daily.
Beautiful, fun, artistic, different, romantic and unforgettable are the words that describe this coastal city with over 300 years of history. Huge palaces now house artists’ workshops, restaurants, shops, quaint bars and nightclubs. As one of the most important ports in the world and powerful commercial center of the late 19th century, Valparaiso is now a UNESCO heritage site, and the colorful maze-like streets are yours to explore!
Casa Higueras Hotel Meals: Breakfast
This morning after breakfast, you will be met for your half-day Valparaiso walking tour.
Valparaiso was once an important port, a relevant commercial and logistic hub in the South Pacific Ocean. However, due to the opening of the Panama canal in 1914, earthquakes and fires affecting the port at the beginning of the 20th century, Valparaiso lost its leading position. Nowadays, it has reinvented itself because it was listed as World Heritage by UNESCO; thus, tourism and Chilean boosting economy have helped its recovery. New hotels, restaurants, art workshops and colorful murals have restored its vitality and colors. Moreover, it became the South American capital of Street Art.
Because of Valparaiso’s unique geography, the houses and buildings are built climbing up and hanging from the hills and surrounding creeks. This vertical maze creates thousands of hideouts and we can find more than one surprise behind corners. In your half day tour by foot and public transportation, you will visit the surroundings of Echaurren Square, the foundation origins of the Port, the old banking area and Concepcion and Alegre Hills which gather most of the handicraft and artist workshops. You will get there in the famous Funiculars and will visit the house of Poet and 1971 Literature Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda, known as La Sebastiana. This house preserves an interesting collection of objects gathered in his trips around the world or during his visits to antiques shops in Valparaiso.
Following your walking tour, you will proceed for your half day Casablanca wine tour including lunch and tasting.
A visit to Chile wouldn’t be complete without exploring its flourishing wine country. Perfect climatic conditions of hot summers, cool coastal breezes and gentle rainfalls ensure bountiful grape harvests that create delectable varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Carménère, the emblematic grape of Chile which hails from France and is now exclusive to Chile.
Following your tour, you will be returned to your hotel. Enjoy the remainder of your day at leisure.
Casa Higueras Hotel Meals: Breakfast / Lunch
This morning after breakfast, you will be met by a Travel Beyond representative and transferred to the Santiago Airport for your flight to Easter Island.
Upon arrival at Easter Island, you will be transferred to Explora Rapa Nui lodge. Accommodations will be reserved for three nights, including all meals and shared guided activities.
Easter Island lies 2,300 miles west of mainland Chile, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Perhaps one of the most mysterious places on Earth, Rapa Nui, as it is known to its native inhabitants, is home to the infamous Moai statues, whose inexplicable appearance here calls to modern explorers from around the world.
Every evening before dinner, meet Explora guides who will share with you the activities scheduled for the following day. They will assist you with choosing the best excursions according to your individual interests and abilities. Activities are shared with other camp guests, in the company of an English speaking guide.
Explora Rapa Nui Meals: Breakfast / Dinner
Spend your days at leisure, to enjoy the activities and facilities of the hotel. Explora has more than 20 different guided hikes, bike rides, fishing, cultural activities, and snorkeling explorations with different difficulty levels and durations. No matter what option you choose, your explorations will have historical, cultural, and natural elements to help you appreciate and understand this unique and remote island.
Explora Rapa Nui Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
This morning after breakfast, you will transfer to the Easter Island Airport for your flight to Santiago. Upon arrival, you will be met for your private transfer to the Singular Santiago, where you will stay for one night, including breakfast.
Enjoy the remainder of your day at leisure.
Singular Santiago Meals: N/A
This morning after breakfast, you will be met by a Travel Beyond representative for your transfer to the Santiago Airport for your flight to Punta Arenas.
Upon arrival in Punta Arenas, you will be met for your shared transfer to Tierra Patagonia. Accommodations will be reserved for four nights including all meals, local drinks and shared activities. Enjoy the remainder of your day at leisure to explore the area around the lodge.
Over 500 years after the arrival of the first European seafarers in Patagonia, the words to describe the area are still the same: exotic, faraway, vast, infinitely beautiful, wild, and indomitable. Situated in the heart of the National Park, the Torres del Paine Mountains are one of the main attractions of the region and an icon of Chilean Patagonia. The immensity of the ice floes, the majesty of the mountains and the expanse of the lakes are a constant source of wonderment. In addition to its raw beauty, Torres del Paine National Park’s habitat blends together a wide array of ecosystems, making it a treasure for Chilean wildlife, which includes puma, guanacos and Andean condors.
Tierra Patagonia offers a variety of guided hikes and activities, as diverse as your preferences. Every evening before dinner, you will meet with the guides who will share the activities scheduled for the following day. Your guides will assist you with choosing the best excursions according to your individual interests and abilities. Activities have difficulty levels ranging from easy to expert, half day to full day in Torres del Paine National Park. Activities take place in small groups of fellow guests with an English-speaking guide.
Tierra Patagonia Meals: Breakfast / Dinner
Spend your days enjoying the activities on offer at Tierra Patagonia. All meals will be served at the hotel or with your activities.
Torres del Paine National Park is in the heart of Patagonia. The area is known for its beautiful rivers and lakes, its towering mountains, and breathtaking glaciers that demand exploration. You will be actively introduced to some of the great scenery of South America, from the shores of Lake Pehoe to the granite towers of the Paine Ridge.
Tierra Patagonia Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
This morning after breakfast, you will be transferred to the Punta Arenas airport for your flight to Santiago.
Upon arrival in Santiago, you will connect to your international flights home.
N/A Meals: Breakfast
