Nestled between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, this narrow strip of land which the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda affectionately called “my thin country”, is never more than 221 miles (355 kilometers) wide, and its coastline extends from north to south for more than 2,700 miles (4300 kilometers).

Because it stretches so far from north to south, Chile is home to many different climates and landscapes, ranging from the world’s driest desert in the north to temperate valleys in the central region, and the sub-arctic conditions of the far south.

Chile is a land of red and yellow deserts, lush green forests, white Andean peaks, blue lakes, sandy beaches, fertile farmlands and vineyards, soaring volcanoes, and icy glaciers and fjords. Acknowledged in 2021 as the World’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination, for anyone with an adventurous spirit, Chile will not disappoint!