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Coyhaique Slideshow
Top Hotels in Coyhaique
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El Reloj Hotel Coyhaique
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Mirador Cabanas Coyhaique
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Hosteria Coyhaique
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Hotel Belisario Jara Coyhaique
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Coyhaique
Travel Blogs from Coyhaique, Chile
Carretera Austral
This is a top pick! ... later than expected and after what seems like days of travelling on the bus I feel about 3 years older. Compared to Chile Chico, Coyhaique feels like a big city. In the centre is a strange pentagon shaped plaza from which a series of roads emanate ...
Los Antiguos
This is a top pick! ... a bus to Chile Chico just across the border in Chile, a boat from Chile Chico to Puerto Ibaņez and then a bus up to Coyhaique, but this was way beyond our Spanish abilities at this point. In the end we went for some food instead and when ...
Ruta 40
This is a top pick! ... . We sort out our onward travel arrangements, deciding to take the bus on the long circuitous route around Lago Buenas Aires, to Coyhaique, because the ferry across the lake is fully booked, and we have also heard that the roadtrip is an experience not ...
Chile Chico
This is a top pick! ... , very pretty. We got to the other side of the lake and we greeted by a hoard of minibuses ready to whisk us off to Coyhaique, the biggest city in the area. Once there we got yet more bus tickets to take us north to Chaiten, and after that the only job ...
The Day I Crossed Chile in a Taxi
This is a top pick! I'd decided to keep my watch on Seattle time until I reached the ship. The plane landed in Balmaceda at 11:30 AM, coming in over green fields, little lakes, farmhouses, sheep. It was rural and sparse and, I soon discovered, windy. I asked the flight ...
Heading Down the Carretera Austral
This is a top pick! ... bushings on the rear shocks gradually disintegrated. Luckily, the road was in much better condition and we managed to limp into Coyhaique still in one piece. After the remoteness of three days on the Carretera Austral, it seemed strange to arrive in ...
The Waiting Game
This is a top pick! ... saying when we worked in Sri Lanka). Everyone who hears our story here simply tells us.....be patient, this is life in Coyhaique! We recently heard from our friend David Catmur in Aylmer. He wrote...."Some time ago I read Lord Lytton's biography ...
Dust in the Wind
This is a top pick! ... does not portend well for the spread of democracy in Iraq. Another topic discussed was the lack of racial diversity in Chile. The conquistadores pretty completely wiped out the native population. Chile was one of the few countries in the Americas ...
Retroactive Ramblings
This is a top pick! ... we thought it would be a good opportunity to fill you in on our travels of the week prior to 'The Accident'. The road south from Coyhaique is decent tarmac for the first 95 km and it was a great feeling to be riding smoothly on our new shocks. The frosted ...
Kiaīs Perspective
This is a top pick! ... couples from Santiago treated us to a lovely dinner, and kept the wine flowing as we discussed politics and life in Chile. (Bradīs theory was right...they still think Pinochet was their best leader for turning around their economy and bringing in the ...
Stranded in Coyhaique
Hey Everyone, We are in Coyhaique, Chile. The road here was not simple and the road away seems even more daunting. To get here we took a 7 hour ferry ride from Castro across a bit of the Pacific to Chaiten. We were supposed to arrive late in the ...
Back on land and in the tent
... mornign in Pueto Chacabuco from which we took a two buses to make our way to the only city in 1000km north or south, Coyhaique. Nothing particular to do here and running low on time so we searched for various options to go to Calafate in Argentina. ...
Carratera Austral - Day 4
In Villa Cerro Castillo we had horseback riding. We woke up early in the morning and the guide and the horses were already waiting for us. The guide said that it is going to be about three hours on the horses, 40 minutes walking to the Laguna and back ...
Carratera Austral - Day 3
Third day of the Carratera we woke up and waited for our first tremp to come. It didn't take a lot of time and car stopped for us. The driver name was Sergio but we called him "Bob the Builder" (Bob HaBanay). He also took us to Puerto Munta, a village ...
Back on the road South!
... found a rear sprocket and new chain, no front sprocket but that was looking good still. Got back to Leonardoīs workshop in Chile and set about fitting the sprocket only to find while the size and number of teeth were correct on the sprocket, originally ...
Day 169: Jan. 31, 2008 Comodoro to Perito Moreno
Day 169: January 31, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia to Perito Moreno I got up at 8:00 and showered before awakening Will; then, I wrote while he showered. We ate breakfast at the hotel and packed our gear. I could have gotten everything into one bag but I ...
Down the Carreterra Austral de Chile - Fabuloso
These last few days of traveling, thereīs been a lot of time and lots of peace and quiet too, mixed with some adventurous moments. Íīve been thinking about you all--mother and daddy (Jus and Eddie), you especially would absolutely love this ...
Tight Lines
... the hot-spots, where the good lies were, what to use, etc. He even marked our map for when we were driving back to Coyhaique. Taking Emilios advice we set off north and eventually found Lago Tamango where "Pancho Malo" lived. This guy was a star. ...
3 border crossings and over 1,000kmīs later...
... with nothing around and so few people coming through! About 30 minutes after crossing the border we had arrived in Coyhaique. Having settled into a hostel we were ready to go exploring but in what seems Chilean style, the heavens opened up and ...
Like a scene from īOut of Africa
... one hour away from the diesel stop. All thoughts turned to crossing the border that night and starting again tomorrow in Chile. Again how wrong we were. It was getting later and we reached the border, after travelling through a ...
Rafting the Fu
... would be booming. It is not. Why? Because the government wants to dam the river for Hydroelectric energy. Governments perspective: Chile is reliant on gas from Argentina to fuel the need of a very skinny country with a sparse population. They are ...
26 hour bus ride from hell!
... got the okay, Vic and I were almost afraid to walk back onto the bus but when we did, everyone was so happy for us that everthing was okay! We finished with another hour's drive and at last landed in Coyhaique....dogs and ...
Trekking autour du Cerro Castillo
Ce trek autour du Cerro Castillo, portant ce nom par qu il resemble a un chateau fort de Walt disney, s avere fantastique et nous sommes heureux avec le temps bien qu il fasse tres froid. Apres une douche et une nuit reparatrices, on se place sous l ...
Road number 7
We continued to ride on route number 7. It's a gravel road with some little fragments of tarmac. Rogal did not find us last night and we do not know if he finished riding early yesterday due to heavy rain or kept on going to Coihaique. The morning was ...
Chilly Chile
Arrived in Coyhaique with just under Ģ7 in our pockets and made straight for the bank... success! We were back in the game. Coyhaique was hot! It didn't have the breeze of Puerto Guadal. We found a lovely place out of town set in the pine trees. The ...
Coyhaique and Cerro Castillo
4 days walking around Cerro Castillo. One day was so windy that we couldnīt walk and we had to go ...
Ruta 40 durchs weite Patagonien / Ruta 40
Perito Moreno Ciudad Perito Moreno ist eine kleine Stadt an der Ruta 40 in der Steppe Patagoniens, nicht zu verwechseln mit dem Gletscher Perito Moreno. Der erste Tag der Busfahrt verlaeuft gut, wenn auch anstrengend. Die erste Strecke ...
Coyhaique, So Relaxing and Beautiful
After all that stress of getting the dogs to the Patagonia area of Coyhaique, Vic and I decided to treat ourselves to a realaxing stay at a Hostal away from the town. We chose Las Salamadras which is on the banks of the Rio Simpson. We found a taxi ...
Day 188: Feb. 19, 2008 Los Antiguos to Coyhaique
Day 188: February 19, 2008 Los Antiguos to Coyhaique, Chile I slept very well but Liz had a fitful sleep. We heated water for instant coffee and ate the remainder of our cheese and salami for breakfast so that it would not be an issue at the border. ...