Travelogues Valparaiso Region

15.04-16.04. Valparaiso 17.04.-19.04. Santiago In Valparaiso, we stayed in a very nice hostel, listened to Cumbia, and spent a day waiting 6 hours for the police because a...

Day 54 of 175: World Cruise - Hanga Roa/Easter Island

Arrived! This has been our longest journey so far: we traveled for 22 hours. Here it is warm and light until around 9 PM - just summer ;-) Santiago de Chile is just as we...

Not far from the capital Santiago, there are two cities that could hardly be more different from each other. They are Vina Del Mar and Valparaiso. The journey to these two cities...

San Antonio, the large harbor in the small town, after the reconstruction of Valparaiso (after a major earthquake) now has only the small port left. However, the focus is much...

Bus trip from Viña del Mar on the Chilean Pacific coast across the Andes to Mendoza in Argentina. Unfortunately, the upper panoramic window of our comfortable,...

Today we embarked on various excursions. Maria joined a guided hike. Tommy first went on a submarine tour to a German shipwreck from World War I (the Dresden) and then took two...

At exactly 11:00, we were picked up from our hotel by our chauffeur and were able to quickly head to the port of San Antonio. San Antonio is located about 100 km west of...

Arrived! This has been our longest journey so far: we traveled for 22 hours. Here it is warm and light until around 9 PM - just summer ;-) Santiago de Chile is just as we...

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We are still completely immersed in the wonder of Easter Island. Today, we learned quite a bit more about Easter Island. Starting in the second half of the 17th century, the...

After our fantastic tour through the Uyuni Desert, we were dropped off at the Chilean border, which we had already prepared for the evening before. Due to the historical events...

Aside from the sites visited on the first day with our landlord (=official licensed guide🙄), there are some other places to explore - some with and some without a mandato

This morning, the sky was already red before sunrise. This is usually a sign of bad weather, but it was beautiful all day, calm, and quite warm at over 25°C. We have since...

Today we are heading to the Chilean Juan Fernández Islands. The main settlement is San Juan Bautista, located in the center of the northeast coast of Robinson Crusoe Island....

Unfortunately, the bad weather continued, it was a very rainy Sunday. Nevertheless, we decided to go to church in the morning. It was the first Sunday Mass of the new year 2020...

And here are the details regarding the frequently mentioned note in the daily reports: “… more about this at the end of this description …” …

18.12. I start in the very early morning around 6:00 in San Pedro. A bus transfer to the airport in Calama picks me up from the hostel. On the way through the barren desert...

Good things come in threes: so first we went up again to Rauno Kau. Surprise! The road was still closed, but the hiking trail was open, which we followed to the entrance

We have now left the Juan Fernández Archipelago with Robinson Crusoe Island and are heading towards Easter Island. The distance is over 3,000 km and we have four days at sea for...

From Santiago, I set off on a three-day trip to the Pacific coast to visit the cities of Valparaiso and Viña del Mar. On the way to the bus station heading towards Valparaiso, I...

From Santiago de Chile, you can reach the sea in Valparaiso in just two hours by bus. Many travelers say they prefer Valparaiso to Santiago, and we can understand why. We also...

I just wanted to apologize for not hearing from me for so long, but I'm currently on Easter Island. And you wouldn't believe how difficult it is to get a good internet...

29/12 - 03/01 'I could walk through this city a thousand times and always discover something new!'. This statement summed up our last day in Valparaíso perfectly. Valpo...

Today, we drove clockwise along the round road to Ovahe Beach. On our first visit, we had little time—today, we wanted to take it a bit more relaxed.

After about 5 hours of flight over 3800km of Pacific Ocean, we arrived at one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. Easter Island, or in the local language Rapa Nui,...

Easter Island is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is geographically part of Polynesia, but politically it is part of Chile!

One week of Polynesian vibes on Easter Island simply enchanted us. There is so much to discover on Rapa Nui - we would have loved to stay longer.

Rapa Nui Chile: a sun and rain mix at 27 degrees We were particularly excited about visiting Easter Island to finally see the famously described MOAI statues live. We started...

Valparaiso- Chile: foggy 20 degrees/Santiago de Chile sunny 32 degrees Yes, yesterday was a crazy day. Arrival at the port at 8 AM in thick fog, so no chance to dock. It was...