Imagine a place where wind-carved peaks meet crystalline icebergs and the horizon feels endless — that’s Southern Patagonia. Witness the dramatic spires of Torres del Paine, where copper towers pierce luminous skies, then sail among luminous blue icebergs calved from ancient glaciers. It’s raw, cinematic wilderness that invites slow, soulful travel and unforgettable stories.

Punta Arenas, the southern gateway to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, is famed for dramatic coastal views, colorful historic buildings and maritime and colonial history. Visitors enjoy Strait of Magellan vistas, wildlife (Magellanic penguins & whales), nearby glaciers and pampas and museums, cemeteries and former whaling sites that reflect its multicultural past.

Sitting off Chile’s rugged west coast, Chiloé Island is the archipelago’s largest jewel — a place where folklore breathes through colorful myths and weathered wooden churches rise like stories carved in timber. Here, houses perch on stilts above the tides, fields hold heirloom potatoes in astonishing variety and a patchwork of forests, wetlands and coastline shelters wildlife at every turn. Chiloé feels less like a destination and more like a living tale, where tradition and nature mingle in quietly unforgettable ways.

Eight miles west of San Pedro de Atacama, in the heart of the Atacama Desert, unfolds the enchanting Valley of the Moon. Part of the Los Flamencos National Reserve and declared a Nature Sanctuary in 1982, this spot offers a unique lunar landscape: rock formations and sand dunes patiently shaped by wind and water, as if time had carved a secret planet under the northern Chilean sun.

Chile’s Atacama Desert is said to be one of the best places in the world for stargazing because of its extremely dry climate, high altitude, minimal light pollution and near absence of humidity, creating crystal clear skies with perfect visibility of stars and constellations.

El Tatio is the third-largest geyser field in the world and largest in the Southern Hemisphere. It’s located in the Andes Mountains of northern Chile more than 14,000 feet above sea level. This geothermal field boasts over 80 geysers that spew steam and boiling water best witnessed in the early morning.

The driest place on Earth, the deserts of Atacama boasts natural wonders like salt flats home to pink flamingos, red rock formations and mysterious blue lagoons at Laguna Chaxa, Piedras Rojas and Altiplanic Lagoons.

Chile’s San Pedro de Atacama sits 8,000 feet above sea level and offers outdoor activities like trekking, hiking, amateur astronomy, archaeological sightings and sandboarding in one of the most unique places in the world.

With an unimaginable food scene, delicious Chilean wine and streets filled with art, history and culture, Santiago is worth getting to know.