Chile Chico is situated only 500 kilometres north of Santiago. Planes from Santiago land in La Serena (health and seaside resort at the Pacific) three times every day. Visitors from distant countries hardly know this region. The blue Pacific with its hidden fishing villages and little villages in the wild Andes is part of this region as well as lonely valleys and endless mountain trails.

Visitors to this region will find a mixture of the old Chilean culture and the achievements of the new century. The hospitable people you are able to meet here, are farmers, herdsmen, workmen and cattle breeders. They live in small villages surrounded by huge and colourful mountain massifs, river valleys, andean landscapes, steppes and a wide sierra’s. Old Chilean Traditions are still part of their every-day lives, the people live in harmony with nature. Furthermore Chile is known as a very safe travel destination and it is not surprising that many women choose to travel by themselves.

The sky is bright blue more than 300 days a year and the crystal-clear and absolutely clean air attracts astronomers like a magnet. The well-known observatories of the European Union, USA and Canada are situated here.

How to get there

Fly to Santiago de Chile and take a 55 minutes connection flight to the airport of La Serena, from where we will pick you up. Our meeting point and base will be the Hacienda Los Andes in the Rio Hurtado Valley just 92 km away from La Serena. From the base we start and return. There is storage, a safe box and all communication facilities e.g. e-mail, phone, fax and radio.

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