Chile is a country of extremes. From low to high altitude, small crystals of salt to unmovable mountains, dry desert to granite spires, ancient moai to modern skyscrapers, and smallest deer huemul to widest wing-span condors, it’s hard to fathom the massive scales that are at play.
Spanning the extreme ends of this beautiful South American nation, we’ve put together a spectacular 1 month Chile itinerary that covers Patagonia in the south, the Atacama Desert in the north, and Easter Island far off into the Pacific.
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- Hotels – With Genius tier, you can save 10-15% on Chile properties on Booking.com.
- Car rental – Every segment of the trip is a little different but where it can apply, make sure to know your car rental coupon codes.
- Tour packages – We’ve partnered with EcoChile to give you 5% on all pre-packaged tours.
- Travel insurance – This is very much an adventurous itinerary. While not dangerous or over-the-top, with being really far away in Easter Island, in the middle of the desert in Atacama, and in the mountains of Patagonia, you’ll want to make sure you pick the best travel insurance for your trip and also Medjet in case you need a medical evacuation back home.
- Flights – We have an insane hack on how to save hundreds. Don’t miss it in our article on how to get to Easter Island!
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Chile Trip Planning
Before we get into the itinerary itself, it makes sense to give you some context around how the trip was put together, why it’s done the way it is, and useful information on how you should tackle your own 1 month Chile itinerary.
Background Of This Itinerary
This trip came up quite last minute for us and it started with the idea of going to Chilean Patagonia and then expanding to other parts of Chile.
Ultimately, Chile’s most popular destinations are:
- Patagonia
- Atacama Desert
- Easter Island
We later learned from local Chileans that this is considered to be a kind of Chilean golden triangle (not officially coined a tourism term but probably should be!).
It wasn’t the obvious choice in our planning at first but as we deliberated all of the options, it came down to these few thoughts:
- If we’re going to make the most of our month in Chile, we’d want to see the…
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