Ideal place where between sunbathing, walks in colorful surroundings and cultural and historical monuments, you can enjoy privacy, under the lulling original stories of local people about mystical creatures and spirits - this is the island of Chiloe, or rather, the Chiloe archipelago. @
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How to get here
Continent and the archipelago is connected by a regular ferry connection from Ankud to Puerto Montt
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Climate
The climate here is pleasantly cool, there is a high humidity. The oceanic waters are usually cold and not very welcoming, their temperature ranges from +9 to +11 ° C. The air temperature of the western part of the island reaches +7, 5 ° C in winter and +12, 8 ° C in summer, precipitation falls more than 2900 mm per year. The eastern part has more to rest, the climate here is much softer. In summer the temperature is kept at around +14 ° C.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions Chiloe
The heart of the island is the amazing church of Saint Mary, one of the many wooden churches once built in abundance by Jesuit missionaries. A total of about 150 capillas churches (12 of which are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site) humbly live, sheltering in the dense forests of the island.
The attractive fishing towns of Ancud and Castro are bribed with an inexpressible charm of local color. Piling houses "Palafitos", picturesquely covered with shingles and shingles, are buried in dairy fog, periodically reflected in lead-turquoise sea waters.
- In the motley local market, to pick up knitted things, wicker baskets and woolen fabrics with traditional national ornaments
- To discover the curanto, smoked meat that the local chefs skillfully prepare
- Admire the evergreen rain forests of Valdivia in the western part of the island
National Park
The natural riches of the archipelago of the races ypany on Chiloe National Park, carefully guarding the rare relict tracts of coniferous and evergreen forests. The park also includes the island of Metalqui. Two conventional zones of the reserve: Chepu, belonging to the commune Ancud, and Anay, located around the communes of Dalcahue, Castro and Chonchi - for the most part lie in the foothills of the Cordillera Piuchén. On the territory of the park you can find the South American opossum, South American deer, leopards, wild boars, hummingbirds. There is a private park nearby - park Pumalin.