Chile Travel Agents

Our 14 day 5 overnight destination trip to Chile, planned by Angel, was extraordinary. We experienced a very broad view of Chile and its citizens. We started with 2 days in Santiago & Valparaiso that are home to half the population with Juan. They are both attractive cities. But nature is the real distinction. We started with 3 nights in the extreme Atacama Desert in the north. This was fooled by 3 days in the spectacular Andes lake country around Puerto Vargas, a charming small city on the... read more

Our 14 day 5 overnight destination trip to Chile, planned by Angel, was extraordinary. We experienced a very broad view of Chile and its citizens. We started with 2 days in Santiago & Valparaiso that are home to half the population with Juan. They are both attractive cities. But nature is the real distinction. We started with 3 nights in the extreme Atacama Desert in the north. This was fooled by 3 days in the spectacular Andes lake country around Puerto Vargas, a charming small city on the largest lake in Chile. We chose to drive around on our own. The highways were very adequate and in excellent condition.Puerto Nogales followed with two boat cruises through spectacular fjords to a working sheep “estancia” (the best fresh grilled lamb ever) with both a horseback ride & a hike and then to a glacier. The 3rd day was to the Torre des PainesNational Park. It was just rated as one of the six best np in the world outside the US. A scenic 21/2 hour drive brought us to Punta Arenas and its 9,000 penguin colony. All the guides were good. Even the taxi driver to PA, Jose, was informative. The 3 hour flight back to Santiago that ended our voyage was over the the heart of the rugged Andes.
We selected economy lodging. They were all clean and relatively small without big crowds. The owner were usually there.
We learned much about Chile. We actually prefer them to large impersonal hotels.
I would highly recommend Chile with Angel as a trip adviser.

Hotel Review

Hotel Alma Sur (Rey Don Felipe)

Punta Arenas

Small place with comfortable rooms and good breakfast.

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Cleanliness & Comfort

Convenience to city

Activity Reviews

Private Tour - Estancia Visit or Grey Lake Navigation.

Puerto Natales

Beautiful catamaran ride. Horseback ride and lamb bbq. Founded in 1892z

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

The trip there & horseback ride

Transport

Torres del Paine National Park - Private Panoramic Tour

Chile

Unfortunately the peaks were in the fog-still scenic

Quality of Experience

The colored lakes

Food

Box lunch of mediocre qualuty

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Transport

Amazing - everything on our two week trip was flawlessly executed. We had never used Kim Kim before and now I will never plan a trip another way! It was so well organized and Lorena was very responsive. Highly recommend! read more

Amazing - everything on our two week trip was flawlessly executed. We had never used Kim Kim before and now I will never plan a trip another way! It was so well organized and Lorena was very responsive. Highly recommend!

We had a amazing time with our guides and a fantastic support from the team kimkim.
We can highly recommend to book your holiday with kimkim.
We were really looked after any any respect.
Everything was well organised and communication was excellent.
thank you for a great and memorable holiday.
Peter and Gerhard
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We had a amazing time with our guides and a fantastic support from the team kimkim.
We can highly recommend to book your holiday with kimkim.
We were really looked after any any respect.
Everything was well organised and communication was excellent.
thank you for a great and memorable holiday.
Peter and Gerhard

Hotel Reviews

Altiplanico Puerto Natales

Natales

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Cleanliness & Comfort

Pullman Santiago El Bosque

Las Condes, Santiago

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Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Altiplanico Atacama

San Pedro de Atacama

Authenticity & Character

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Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Hotel DoubleTree by Hilton Santiago Kennedy

Santiago

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Activity Reviews

Evening Astronomy Tour

San Pedro de Atacama

Mixed group with 2 language. very hard for the guide and to long for the guest's.

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Panoramic excursion to the Torres del Paine National Park (with Box Lunch)

Puerto Natales

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Food

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Full day Hike Porteria Lago Sarmiento - 6/7 km approx

Puerto Natales

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Food

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Half day Moon Valley and Mirador Ckari

San Pedro de Atacama

great guide 👍

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Tatio Geysers

San Pedro de Atacama

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Panoramic private city tour around Santiago de Chile - Half day

Santiago

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Cejar & Tebinquiche Lagoons

San Pedro de Atacama

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Guides, Drivers and Staff

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Transport

Transport

I was pleasantly surprised how well everything worked. The people picking us up were always on time and very pleasant.
We had many guides, and they were all very good.
Specifically I remember our guide on Easter Island Emilia. Very knowledgeable and willing to share with us her love of her home island.
I was not very happy when there were non English speakers on the tours: the guides had to speak in both languages, and I don’t think we got the entire story. read more

I was pleasantly surprised how well everything worked. The people picking us up were always on time and very pleasant.
We had many guides, and they were all very good.
Specifically I remember our guide on Easter Island Emilia. Very knowledgeable and willing to share with us her love of her home island.
I was not very happy when there were non English speakers on the tours: the guides had to speak in both languages, and I don’t think we got the entire story.

Hotel Review

Holiday Inn Santiago - Airport Terminal

Santiago

Our first stay was better than the second. The first stay was in the newly renovated part and the accommodations were great. Not in the old part of the hotel

Authenticity & Character

Location

Just walk across the street from the international terminal

Staff

The bar service was very poor

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Activity Review

Valparaíso & Wine Tour

Santiago

Loved the tour, the winery tour and the tour guide

Trip to Chile

We had one of our best vacations ever thanks to Erin and her team at Kimkim.
Everyone of our airport transfers were waiting for us when we cleared customs and baggage claim and drove us to our destinations giving us good information regarding that region of Chile.
The hotels Erin selected were excellent with nice rooms, good locations for exploring the cities, and great breakfasts.
The activities that were scheduled for us were both challenging and interesting (kayaking,... read more

Trip to Chile

We had one of our best vacations ever thanks to Erin and her team at Kimkim.
Everyone of our airport transfers were waiting for us when we cleared customs and baggage claim and drove us to our destinations giving us good information regarding that region of Chile.
The hotels Erin selected were excellent with nice rooms, good locations for exploring the cities, and great breakfasts.
The activities that were scheduled for us were both challenging and interesting (kayaking, hiking in a temperate rain forrest, fishing, and penguin viewing. )
The restaurants in each city that were recommended were all excellent with local seafood, fresh vegetables, and fine wine.

We particularly enjoyed staying at the Matetic La Casona Hotel with its' beautiful rooms, garden areas, excellent restaurant and, of course, the fine wines. It was nice to get out of Santiago with its' warm temperatures and smoke from the recent fires.
We spent a day touring Valparaiso which was quite entertaining with its' fish market, murals, funiculars, and views.
The San Francisco of Chile.

We enjoyed staying in Puerto Varas with the beautiful beach setting, lake, and volcanoes in the background.
Jass was a perfect host with pickup at the airport and kayaking on a fjord. Learning about the fjord, salmon and mussel farms was interesting but the river was so wide and big the actual kayaking was not much fun. Would have preferred a smaller river to learn about the trees, birds, and animals.

The trekking trip to Alerce Andino National Park was interesting but not a high point. Good for training to climb a mountain with all the stairs you have to negotiate. Our guide Marcella has a spider phobia she pontificated on that was the most entertaining part of the hike.

The fishing trip I took with Matthew (?) was the best day of the trip for me. Rowing me down a quiet, beautiful river with large brown trout hungry to grab my lure, identifying multiple water birds, and cooking me a riverside lunch was perfect.
June enjoyed her penguin trip as well.

We dined at the Casa Varas and Brasas restaurants in the evening and found them both excellent.
The frozen piscos and ceviche at Casa Varas and the king crab and baked Alaska dessert at Brasas were highlights.

Puerto Natales was the gateway to Torres del Paine National Park and a perfect base to launch our different activities.
Our hotel Remota was hip and cooly designed and built using local wood and resources.
It was a long walk from town and we usually took a taxi.
It could use a better sauvignon blanc in the wine list.

Our private tour of Torres del Paine National Park was quite nice hitting all the major waterfalls and mountain views.
Saw lots of wildlife including condors, Darwin Rhea, caracara, black eagles, flamingos. and guanacos.

The Hotel Grey located in Torres del Paine was also quite nice and we enjoyed a hike to the Chorrillo Los Samones with Pablo and Jorge as our guides. Multiple plants, trees, and birds were identified on the hike along the Pingo River.
The best and most comfortable views of the glacier and the iceberg were in the hotel bar. :)

Erin worked easily with us on our itinerary changing several activities to match our interests. She was up front about the costs and provided detailed information and photos on each of the hotels, destinations, and activities.

I hardily recommend Erin and Kimkim to anyone considering a trip to Chile. You will be rewarded with a trip of a lifetime.

Joe and June Spann
Austin, Texas

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Lago Grey

Torres del Paine

great location with good restaurant and bar.

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La Casona at Matetic Vineyards

Lagunillas

Beautiful, relaxing setting with lap pool, gardens, and on-site restaurant. Great wine!!

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Location

quiet, calming setting after a long flight.

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Solace Puerto Varas

Puerto Varas

Great breakfast, view from our room of the lake and volcanoes, and great location to access the town.

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Accidentally left my electrical conversion equipment in my room at check-out and the house cleaner immediately recognized it and caught me before I checked out of the hotel.

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Remota Patagonia Lodge

Puerto Natales

Cool, hip hotel with its' design and materials. Long walk from town. Needs a better sauvignon blanc wine on the menu.

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Location

long walk from town

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Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Stay at La Casona inside of Matetic Winery

Casablanca Valley

wine tasting with Pablo Took a day trip to Valparaiso...very entertaining. Strongly recommend.

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Trekking in Alerce Andino National Park

Puerto Varas

Too many stairs and guide fixated on spiders.

Kayaking on the Reloncaví Fjord

Puerto Varas

Jass was great but fjord but was wide and large and did not feel very intimate for a kayaking trip.

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All-inclusive at Hotel Remota

Puerto Natales

Presented with a menu of possible activities the first evening, We chose the most difficult hike up to the base of the three towers of Torres del Paine. It was a 14 mile round trip hike with sunshine and warmth on the hike up with the last mile picking our way up over giant boulders and the last two hours in a cold rain with driving wind. One of the most difficult hikes I have ever done especially at age 71 but we were rewarded with some magnificent views, incredible scenery, and a sense of accomplishment at the end. It was 10 hours of hiking interrupted with a half-hour lunch. Nicholas was our young guide at 24 years of age and I think he worried we were going to collapse. So did we. :) The next day we took a tour of Puerto Natales downtown and enjoyed visiting the museum and shopping for souvenirs.

Quality of Experience

Food

Snacks, salad, and a warm beer were waiting for us at the end.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Our guide Nicholas was young and energetic but at the end I think he was frustrated with the old people (us) He would get about 10-20 meters ahead of us and only look back to make sure we hadn't fallen or gotten lost.

Transport

Fly fishing on the Rio Maullín

Puerto Varas

Best day of the trip for me with phenomenal trout fishing, beautiful serene setting, and abundant wildlife. The guide was especially skilled and helpful. Would recommend highly to all those interested in one of the greatest fishing trips of their life. I used a spinning rod and reel since I am not especially skilled at fly fishing.

Quality of Experience

Food

riverside steak dinner with beer!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Trip Briefing at Dittmar Adventures

Puerto Natales

My wife took this trip and enjoyed it.

Explore Chiloé Island & Puñihuil Penguins National Reserve

Puerto Varas

Wife took this trip and enjoyed it.

Torres del Paine Full Day Private Tour

Chile

We checked all the boxes on waterfalls, mountain views, and wildlife.

Half Day Hiking in the Pingo Valley

Torres del Paine

Enjoyed taking this informative hike with Pablo and Jorge in a visitor restricted area.