Chile's Must-See Marvels

In the Arica y Parinacota Region, visitors will find the Chinchorro mummies, some of the most ancient in the world with vestiges more than 7,000 years old.

Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is a unique island with a millennia-old history, where extreme isolation led to the development of distinctive cultural characteristics.

The Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art is an art museum dedicated to the study and display of pre-Columbian artworks and artifacts from Central and South America. 

Valparaíso is a port city on Chile's coast known for its steep funiculars and colorful clifftop homes that showcase a rich 19th-century European immigrant heritage through its architecture and cultural institutions.

The Churches of Chiloé represent another remarkable cultural treasure showcasing the syncretism between Spanish colonizers and indigenous Huilliche people during the 16th century. 

This ruca or house belongs to the Mapuche, one of the largest indigenous groups in Chile.

Adventure seekers and stargazers flock to Chile's Atacama Desert—the world's driest non-polar desert—to witness its otherworldly red rock formations, observe the clearest night skies in the Southern Hemisphere, soak in steaming geysers, and explore stunning salt flats where pink flamingos wade in ethereal turquoise lagoons.

 

In Chile's Patagonia region, Torres del Paine National Park captivates visitors with its iconic trio of granite towers and horn-shaped Cuernos del Paine peaks, while offering a dramatic landscape of soaring mountains, bright blue glacial icebergs, and golden pampas where rare wildlife like guanacos roam freely.