South America Travel: Central Chile in 2 Weeks — Country Itinerary

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This is a high level overview of travel throughout central Chile over a two week period.

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Countries covered in this itinerary

• Chile

The itinerary

Chile City Base	Nights	Day Trip
Santiago	5
Valparaíso	3	Viña del Mar, Reñaca, Isla Negra
Casablanca Wine Valley	1
Santiago	1
Pisco Valley	3	Valle de Elqui
Santiago

Journey outline

• Day 1 – Santiago
• Day 2 – Santiago
• Day 3 – Santiago
• Day 4 – Santiago
• Day 5 – Santiago
• Day 6 – Santiago / Depart for Valparaíso
• Day 7 – Valparaíso / Day Trip to Viña del Mar, Reñaca
• Day 8 – Valparaíso / Travel to Isla Negra (Pablro Neurado’s house) en route to Casablanca Wine Country
• Day 9 – Casablanca Wine Country / Depart for Santiago
• Day 10 – Santiago / Depart for Pisco Valley
• Day 11 – Pisco Valley
• Day 12 – Pisco Valley / Day Trip to Valle de Elqui
• Day 13 – Pisco Valley / Depart for Santiago
• Day 14 – Santiago

Maps of locations covered

• Santiago, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Wine Country
• Santiago, Pisco Valley, Vicuña

Transport times

• Santiago to Valparaiso — 1 hour, 25 minutes
• Valparaiso to Viña del Mar — 20 minutes
• Viña del Mar to Reñaca — 15 minutes
• Reñaca to Valparaiso — 35 minutes
• Valparaiso to Isla Negra — 1 hour, 15 minutes
• Isla Negra to Casablanca — 45 minutes
• Casablanca to Santiago — 55 minutes
• Santiago to Vicuña — 6 hours, 15 minutes
• Vicuña to Pisco Elqui — 45 minutes

Mode of transport — bus; inter-Chile flights are very expensive. The bus system services many cities within the country, but they are very slow and distances are long.