Following Dads trip to Rapa Nui while Mum had issues with the kids in Santiago we felt we needed a short break and had our minds set on a trip to Valparaiso. Since we had the AirBnB apartment in Santiago we could travel light. The plan was to take the short coach ride then stay…
Stressed Out in Santiago
We agreed that while Dad went to Rapa Nui for four nights, Mum would look after the kids in Santiago. We had been to Chile’s capital city before and knew it well enough to plan an AirBnB apartment in an area close to a park and with a supermarket close by. Since the kids loved…
Weather Made a Relaxing Week in Pucón
As we left Valdivia on the coach for our next destination, Pucón, we were excited. Situated on the banks of Lake Villarrica, Pucón is a tourist town in the Chilean Lake District overlooked by the impressive Villarrica volcano. In fact, Pucón was the first place we had been to where there were volcano evacuation signs…
4 Days in Valdivia
Our coach picked us up on time in Puerto Varas and we were soon on our way to the university town of Valdivia. In 1960 Valdivia was hit by a huge earthquake (the strongest recorded earthquake in history) so we were hoping there would be no repeat in history whilst we were there. It took…
Puerto Varas and the Osorno Volcano
A bus took us from the Navimag ferry to Puerto Montt bus station. We needed to get a bus to Puerto Varas where we would be staying for six nights. The bus station was easily navigated and we were pointed to a minibus heading to our destination. We shared the ride with a Dutch girl…
Sailing Through the Patagonian Fjords
After our short visit to El Chalten to view the Mount Fitzroy range we had to get back to Puerto Natales to travel to the Chilean lake district through the Patagonian fjords on the Navimag Ferry. Leaving in the early afternoon we made our way back to El Calafate where we would stay one night…
The Torres del Paine National Park
A three-hour coach trip took us from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales through some pretty unspectacular flat, bushy Patagonian landscape. We were here for one main reason, the Torres del Paine National Park. Initially we were going to camp and trek a bit in the park, but with campsites fully booked when we attempted to…
Crypts and Penguins in Punta Arenas
Our three-and-a-half-hour flight from Santiago to Punta Arenas went smoothly and the kids were given a huge treat when we exited the plane. As we were disembarking they saw the cockpit and the number of buttons and switches there were. The pilots invited us into the cockpit and showed the kids the ‘Christmas Tree’, referring…
Setting Foot in South America (Santiago)
Time travel. That is what we told the kids to get them excited by the flight from Sydney, Australia to Santiago, Chile. We would leave at 12:50pm and land at 11:30am on the same day due to crossing the international date line. Of course, our body clocks would be telling us it was the early…