Chiloe Full Day Tour: Explore Castro, Dalcahue, and Traditional Fishing Villages
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4 Ratings
Embark on a full-day tour of Chiloe, exploring the charming fishing villages of Dalcahue and Castro. Discover traditional life in Chiloe, visit UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and immerse yourself in the local culture.
Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

After being picked up at your hotel in Puerto Varas, you will be taken to Chiloe Island. You will take a 30 minute ferry crossing during which you will be able to observe sea lions and dolphins

Points of Interest

  • Hotel Cumbres Puerto Varas
What's Included
  • Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off
  • Lunch
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Professional Guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

In the morning, we’ll fetch you from your hotel in Puerto Varas for our trip to the island of Chiloé, involving a pleasant 30-minute ferry ride where you’ll get the chance to spot sea lions and possibly, dolphins.

Upon reaching the island, our journey leads us south to the seafaring village of Dalcahue. Here, we’ll take our time to immerse ourselves in the beauty and culture of this charming small fishing hub. You’ll gain extensive insight into the traditional lifestyle in Chiloe now and in the past years.

Our exploration carries on to Castro, Chiloe’s capital, where we get to see traditional palafitos (shore-hugging stilt houses) and explore the grand wooden church (acknowledged as a UNESCO World Heritage Site). We’ll wander around town and pause at the handicrafts market, adorned with wood and woolen items from the locality.

As the afternoon moves towards evening, we’ll make our way back to Puerto Varas via the eastern coastal route, catching sight of several small fishing villages on the way.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Sheri621
Feb 5, 2020
A great day visiting Chiloe - We had a wonderful time with our guide, and driver. We learned a lot about the area, had a nice lunch at a local market and saw the Palafitos and beautiful churches.
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Dickpitini
Jan 18, 2020
Not great - I was told that there would be a maximum of 12 persons on the tour. There was more like 30 persons in a large bus. They didn’t know that my lunch was included, which caused much confusion
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Bigfin2016
Feb 17, 2020
Waste of a day - Did this trip in February. To sum it up it consists of 11 hours in a minivan to visit three churches in Chiloe, none of them is interesting unless you are an academic interested in the technical details of wooden church building in the mid 19th century. However good the guides are (and our guide was excellent) this piece of Chile is not worth visiting. The drive to Castro in Chiloe island comprises a 70km motorway run to a ferry and then more than two hours driving along a scruffy, semi industrialised road with no redeeming features to Castro. On arrival the only logical question is "why bother". There are so many beautiful places in Chile I would suggest that people give this excursion a swerve and prevent the total waste of a day of their lives.
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