Atacama

 Attractions Chile Atacama is a highland depression on the east side of the Cordillera de la Costa stretching to the Preorcordera of the Andes in the east. Here and there you can find solonchaks formed by rivers descending from the Andes. Sometimes, like a mirage, the visitors are presented with lagoons favored by flamingos and coots.

Easter Island Statues

Isla de Pascua

 Attractions Chile Chile's land includes the amazing island of Rapa- Nui, abandoned by stormy historical vicissitudes far to the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. Easter Island, as it is also called, is known primarily for moai, stone statues of compressed volcanic ash.

Torres del Paine

Torres del Paine

 Sights of Chile Appeared 11 million years ago, a miracle of Chilean nature, the Torres del Paine National Park is the only biosphere reserve in the Torres del Paine and Cuernos del Paine mountain range

Humberstone

Humberstone, Chile

 Attractions Chile In the north of Chile, only an hour drive from Iquique, spread in the open air museum among the abandoned landscape of infinite spaces. The streets of the ghost town of Humberstone shiver. Today, Humberstone is a real ghost town

Andes Christos

Valparaiso

 Attractions Chile Andean Christ (the main thing in pronunciation is not to lose the letter "n") is a monument to the Redeemer who stands more than 100 years on the border with Argentina. For a long time, the two countries could not decide where the border passes. The dispute could end in a war, but ended with the opening of the monument.

Maipo

Maipo

 Attractions Chile Another cross-border attraction is the Maipo volcano, which is near Argentina, 100 kilometers from Santiago . Maypo rises by 5 thousand meters. In Chile there are peaks and helper, but this one has become popular due to its amazing shape.

La Portada

Antofagasta, II Región de Antofagasta

 Attractions Chile La Portada in Spanish means "gateway". True truth: this national monument is like a huge arch. It covers an area of ​​30 hectares, stretches 43 meters high and stands surrounded by picturesque coastal cliffs

Los Flamencos National Reserve

Reserva Nacional Los Flamencos

 Attractions Chile 80 thousand hectares of the reserve - this is nature, untouched by man. Historians and archeology lovers come here to take part in the excavations on the ruins of the village of Tulor in the Lunar Valley. The walls of the houses in this village are round, made of clay.

Lauka National Park

Parque Nacional Lauca

 Attractions Chile The National Park is located on the border with Bolivia at an altitude of 4, 5 kilometers above sea level. Its name comes from the name of the Lauka River, which begins here. The park is protected by UNESCO

Lake Chungara

Chungara lake

 Attractions Chile Lake Chungara is located in the national park Lauka and is located at an altitude of more than 4 thousand meters above sea level. There is no other such lake in the world. The inhabitants of the lake are endangered birds and water creatures that are protected by the state

No exaggeration, today Chile is one of the most interesting countries for tourists. The territory with a thousand-year history, beautiful landscapes, stunning mountains and natural complexes attracts millions of travelers every year. Here you can feel the scope of the creator who did not spare bright colors for Chile

There are a lot of places of interest in this country that you can easily spend a week looking at. Therefore, it is better to focus on the most important, suitable for the first, most exciting, acquaintance with Chile.

When choosing where to start researching these places, you need to take into account that Chile is a very long country . Each region has a specific set of natural and man-made beauties and tourist attractions . So, Northern Chile (Arica-Parinacota, Tarapaca, Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo) is the driest desert in the world, archaeological ruins and highlands of the Andes .Central Chile (Valparaiso, Santiago, O'Higgins and Mole regions) is the heart of the country with its main cities, famous vineyards and, surprisingly, some of the best ski resorts in the southern hemisphere . Southern Chile (the regions of Biobio, Araucanía, Rios and Los Lagos) - Mapuche land with their ancestral lakes, rivers and the mythical island of Chiloe . The Far South (Aizen, Magalanes and Antarctic Territories) is Western Patagonia with fjords, capes, ice caps, lakes and forests . And, finally, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is the home of one of the most olee mysterious terrestrial civilizations, located so far from the middle of the Pacific Ocean that fly here from mainland Chile almost 6 hours .

Chile is the largest resort pool in the world. It belongs to the resort of San Alfonso del Mar in Algarrobo and its length is 2 km

Even if you go to Chile to admire nature, the local cities are quite interesting and certainly worth the attention . This is Santiago and Concepción , the two largest cities of the country, Iquique, the tourist center of Northern Chile, the charming La Serena, the main Chilean port of Valparaiso, declared by UNESCO as a heritage of mankind, to the extreme tourist Viña del Mar with beaches, casino and the famous music festival, Valdivia, "the city rivers ", restoration San Pedro de Atacama, expensive and one of the three most popular resorts of the country, and Punta Arenas, one of the southernmost cities in the world .

Robinson Crusoe Island, more precisely, its prototype, exists and belongs to the territory of Chile. Sailor Alexander Selkirk lived on it more than 4 years, inspiring D. Defoe to write a famous book. The Chilean government renamed the island in 1966, and now it is possible to fly here by plane ATA.

If we talk about natural attractions, even a month in Chile, tourists will hardly have time to enjoy the very-very . Chiloe Island - the largest island of the country , covered with dozens of myths and legends and with a preserved pre-Hispanic culture at the local residents . On the endless plains of Patagonia are the famous national parks of Naguel-Huapi, Los Glaciares and the reserve of the Valdez peninsula with protected colonies of marine inhabitants . hen a sleepy fishing village of Pichilemu has become an international mecca for surfers and surf destination number 1 in Chile .

And winter sports enthusiasts expect first-class ski resorts El Colorado, Portillo, La Parva and Vale Nevado. Well, in the far south of the country there is the Torres del Paine National Park, which, to the dumbness, amazes the imagination with inexpressibly beautiful rocky landscapes.