20 Best Hotels in The Southern Coast, Chile

The all-inclusive Chucao Lodge is a high-end way to experience fly-fishing and more at Lago Yelcho and other top spots in the Palena area. The lodge has a cozy large living room with fireplace, hot tub, and terrace looking out to wonderful views of Patagonian nature. Once a week the lodge chef prepares an asado, a Chilean-style lamb barbecue. You can opt for a daily or weekly rate, but either way it's all-inclusive, with meals, transport, and fishing included. Although it's focused on fly fishermen, the lodge recognizes the needs of non-fishermen---or the neglected families of fishermen---and offers horseback riding, visits to hot springs, and more.

With spacious rooms and a spectacular location on the south end of Lake General Carrera, this hotel is a great place to relax, reflect, or honeymoon. It's also the perfect base for excursions in the southern part of the Carretera Austral. Each room and cabin has a gorgeous view of the turquoise-colored lake and the glaciers of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field. There's also an excellent restaurant on-site.

Halfway up a hill in the center of Caleta Tortel in southern Aysén, Entre Hielos is the best option for your stay in this roadless (but charming) village, where residents move about on cypress walkways. The lodge has earned a stellar reputation among travelers for its excellent food and attentive service. The lodge was well designed by its architect owner and sports a rustic yet stylish decor.

It's a major hike up the lengthy staircase of Tortel if toting heavy luggage, so call the lodge ahead of time to get help carrying your bags.

A great find after a long day driving down the Carretera Austral, this hotel has comfortable and modern rooms complete with cable TV and telephone, and the in-house restaurant serves excellent meals and generous breakfasts. The hotel provides fishing, boating, and other excursions to several rivers, lakes, and nature areas in the region.

Open year-round, this warm and inviting (but not fancy) place takes you in while you wait for the ferry boat out of Chaitén. Accommodations are clean and tidy.

Rooms at this hotel along the river (yet just four blocks from the town center) are simple, clean, and paneled in wood, while the salon is warmly decorated with Patagonian flair, with local antiques and a cozy, large fireplace. Request a second-floor room for a view of the Coyhaique River. The in-house restaurant, El Ovejero, serves delightfully presented regional dishes like lamb and salmon.

Providing green spaces, excellent facilities, and a comfortable place to sleep, this accommodation option also has a great on-site café that offers a healthy, hearty breakfast with homemade bread. The owner (Veronica Gallardo) goes out of her way to take care of your needs. A stone's throw from the waterfront, the hostel is well situated near the center of the tiny, sleepy village of Puerto Puyuhuapi.

You realize how much attention has been paid to detail in this quaint lodging when the proprietor points out that the weather vane on the peak of the single turret is a copy of one at Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's home in Isla Negra. In the small but tasteful rooms, terra-cotta floors complement the rustic carved-pine beds, spread with nubby cream linens, and the inn's various nooks and crannies have plenty of wide windows and natural wood.

The home of Ursula Flack, the last of the town's original German settlers, is a great choice for travelers. They have simple but charming rooms, two cabins, and a lovely flower garden surrounding the house. Nowadays, the hosteria is run by her daughter, Hildegard Hopperdietzel. If you hang out in the dining room, no doubt sipping tea and eating a healthy dose of kuchen (German cake), be sure to ask them about the local microbrewery run by Ursula's son, Helmut.

Guest rooms here are simply decorated with carpeting, wood-paneled walls, and big cozy beds, and lots of sunlight comes in through the windows. During summer, the hostel organizes fishing, rafting, and other outdoor adventures for guests. For years, this was the only modern lodging in the Futaleufú area. Nowadays, it is slipping in quality but is still a solid choice.

This classic Futa-style boutique hotel is run by friendly owners and stands out for its first-class rooms and facilities, including a pool, gym, sauna, and bikes for guests. They can also organize fishing and other outdoor excursions in the area upon request.

For a special price, it's possible to have an all-inclusive stay.

On a hill overlooking the modest port, this hotel came into being because the owner, who runs a catamaran service to Parque Nacional Laguna San Rafael, needed a place to pamper vacationers for the night. After a blustery day at sea, the hotel provides firm queen-size beds and first-rate hot showers and bathtubs. The restaurant is also a fine dining option for the area, with good service and nice views. 

This small, rustic B&B within walking distance of the town plaza provides a countryside homey ambience with picturesque views of the surrounding mountains and Espolon River. The hotel has simple but well-done rooms, each with a private bathroom and high-quality linens. The breakfasts are outstanding, with fresh-baked bread made in a wood-fired stove, organic eggs, fruits, and pastries. This is a laid-back spot to experience Futaleufú from a more authentic point of view.

Seven gray-shingled cabanas, each designed to be distinct from its neighbor, sit high on stilts against the backdrop of the misty mountains. Broad front porches and tall windows let in lots of light. The interiors are rustic yet luxurious, with handcrafted furniture and hand-woven woolen blankets. There are also two cabanas, with kitchen and wood stoves for heating at the Río Gonzalo Farm. To access, you must cross a hanging wooden bridge. The complex includes an attractive visitor center and handicraft shop stocking books, guides, and maps, as well as organic honey and jams. A copper-hooded corner fireplace welcomes you at the adjacent café for meals from early morning until midnight year-round.

Rustic, native wood cabins with tremendous views of Lake General Carrera highlight this tranquil spot to relax when you're not on your Patagonia adventures. Cabins are well equipped with box-spring mattresses, reclining chairs, whirlpool baths, minibars, and a wood-fired stove for heating. The restaurant serves regional and international cuisine. Excursions can be arranged.

The rooms in this small, boutique hotel are spacious, with river views. The entire hotel is a mix of stone and wood tastefully decorated in a way relating to the hotel's overall theme: the indigenous Tehuelche nomadic tribes in Aysén Patagonia. Rooms have all the amenities one would expect in a hotel of this category.

Located inside a forest and just steps from the seashore, this rustic B&B is a nice setting for a stay and yet it's just a five-minute drive from town. The tranquil rooms are big and comfortable, well furnished, and dressed in high-quality linens.

Located 13 km (8 miles) south of Puerto Puyuhuapi, this first-class lodge takes care of your every need, whether you're in the mood for hiking and kayaking, excursions to glaciers at nearby Queulat National Park, or just relaxing with a massage and splashing in one of three indoor and outdoor hot-spring pools. The lodge is accessible only by boat (there is parking near the dock where the lodge arranges your transport). Pathways wind among flower beds and between the low-roofed but spacious accommodations, with decks extending over the lakefront. Options include daily rates and multiday packages.

At the southernmost end of the Carretera Austral, or Southern Highway, this is the modern hotel in town. The interiors combine wooden floors and ceilings with tasteful decor and comfortable beds. It's a good choice for the end of the road. 

Occupying 15 peaceful acres at the southeastern edge of the Lake General Carrera, this property boasts charming but basic redwood cabins, grazing horses, and a beautiful main lodge, where all meals are served. Excursion packages are offered: you can trek in nearby mountains, raft and kayak on the lake or more lively rivers, and take scenic flights over ice fields and glaciers. The remoteness and changeable weather of the region mean these excursions aren't always guaranteed to happen as planned. If it's too windy for your plane ride, you might opt to borrow a mountain bike or relax in the waterfront hot tub.