The Top 8 Hikes in Pucón, Chile
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CHILE
While our first go at visiting Chile was mostly due to a necessary visa run - during our 3-month stay in Peru and Ecuador - we have now officially landed with the sole desire of exploring as much of Chile as possible. Take a look at our in-depth adventure travel guides, and learn why Chile needs to be on every adventure traveler's bucket list.
LANGUAGE: Spanish
CURRENCY: the Chilean peso (~ $1 USD = 890 pesos)
POPULATION: 18.4 million, 40% live in the Santiago area
SIZE: 756,096.3 square kilometers
TIME ZONE: UTC−4 and −6, -3 and -5 in the summer
CAPITAL CITY: Santiago
BEST TIME TO TRAVEL: January (the middle of the summer) is the most popular time to visit, especially in the southern Patagonian region
TOP DESTINATIONS: Patagonia, Torres del Paine National Park, the Atacama desert
NUMBER OF NATIONAL PARKS: 41
COST OF TRAVEL: relatively expensive, especially for South America (as of 2022 it is the most expensive country on the continent)
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