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Active Chile: Andean Skiing and Atacama Desert Adventures

12 days from £5,890pp

(based on two people sharing & excluding flights)

Chile

  • Portillo Ski Resort

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Overview & Highlights

Seize the opportunity to ski in Portillo, Chile, where the season begins in July. Then head up to the Atacama Desert for limitless outdoor fun.

Few places on Earth match up to the variety Chile can offer in one holiday. As summer gets into full swing in Europe and North America, Chile’s higher Andean slopes are blanketed in a fresh carpet of snow and winter sports enthusiasts head for the ski runs high above Santiago. Chile’s well-established ski resorts have always welcomed a steady trickle of adventurous international visitors between late June and mid-September. Our holiday offers you the opportunity to ski this year in the Andes, where you’ll spend 4 days at the resort of Portillo. There’s another excellent reason to head for Chile in the northern summer: it’s the dry season in the high-altitude Atacama region, on the border with Bolivia. For the actively inclined, this is an invigorating spot to go walking, biking or horse riding among volcanoes, altiplanic lakes and horizon-stretching salt flats. This holiday operates every Friday between July and September.

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Outline itinerary

Day 1

Transfer to your hotel in Santiago.

Day 2

Transfer to Portillo ski resort in the Andes.

Day 3-4

Three full days to ski at your leisure in Portillo.

Day 6

Transfer to Santiago airport and fly to the Atacama Desert.

Days 7-10

Explore the volcanoes, salt flats, canyons and geysers around San Pedro de Atacama.

Day 11

Fly to Santiago and overnight near the airport.

Day 12

Depart Santiago
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Things to do

We proudly offer the widest range of activities, excursions and one-of-a-kind experiences across all our destinations, tried and tested personally by our travel experts.

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Go skiing in Chile
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View erupting Atacaman geysers
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Explore the Valley of the Moon
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Dip into high-altitude thermal pools

Accommodation

Browse our unrivalled portfolio of accommodation . Every option has been carefully chosen by our team of travel experts, so you can rest assured that you’ll relax in utter comfort.

Hotel Bidasoa

Santiago and the vineyards / Chile

Hotel Bidasoa

Portillo

Chile / Santiago and the vineyards

Hotel Portillo

Tierra Atacama

Chile / Atacama Desert

Tierra Atacama

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Holiday Inn Airport Santiago

Chile / Santiago and the vineyards

Holiday Inn Santiago Airport

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Juliet Ellwood Travel Expert After graduating with a degree in Anthropology and History and having been fascinated by Latin America since childhood by the book featuring photos of Nazca, Juliet first visited the region in 2003. Since then, Juliet has visited the majority of countries in Latin America but has particularly extensive experience with Peru, a country she loves for many reasons but not least, its incredible archaeological richness and delicious food!
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    After graduating in Computer Science, Paul spent seven months travelling from Colombia to Argentina and came home hooked on Latin America.

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    Hannah had an early introduction to Latin America when her family moved to Ecuador and she returned to study in Buenos Aires for a year before backpacking across the continent.

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    Lina's passion for the continent where she was born really took off when she moved to Córdoba (Argentina) to study, spending the holidays travelling between Argentina and her native Colombia.

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    Heloise started her Latin American journey as an exchange student in Santiago, Chile. With extended summer holidays this was the perfect opportunity to backpack through Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Brazil.

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