Southern Chilean Patagonia Travel Guide
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Chilean Patagonia may traditionally claim the bottom half of Chile, but the spirit of the region resides in the southernmost province of Magallanes (in honor of 16th-century conquistador Hernando de Magallanes), the waterway of Seno Última Esperanza ("Last Hope Sound"), and the infamous misnomer Tierra del Fuego ("Land of Fire"). It's one of the least inhabited areas in South America, physically cut off from by the rest of the continent by two vast ice caps and the Strait of Magellan. The only links with the north are via air or water—or through Argentina. It's amidst this seclusion that you will find the daunting rocky spires of Torres del Paine, horseback sheep-wrangling gauchos, islands inhabited solely by elephant seals and penguin colonies, and the austere landscapes that captivated everyone from Charles Darwin to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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Southern Chilean Patagonia Experiences
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Boat Journeys: Patagonia's unusual topography makes water travel the only way to get to know the extremes of Chile.... Read more
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The Sendero de Chile ("Chilean path") trail system is one of the most ambitious trekking trail projects in the world, over 9,700 km (6,000 mi)... Read more
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As the ferry slowly approaches Isla Magdalena, you begin to make out thousands of black dots along the shore. You catch your breath, knowing... Read more
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Antonio Pigafetta was an Italian aristocrat who shelled out a great sum of money for the privilege of playing passenger on Ferdinand Magellan's... Read more
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Just two months ago, a wildfire swept through the renowned Torres del Paine National Park, temporarily... Read more
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Practical Travel Tips
In Chile’s Puerto Williams, the southernmost permanent settlement in the world, a small Swiss freighte... Read more
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