Puerto Montt
Travel Blogs from Puerto Montt, Chile
Sailing the Patagonian Fjords
We spent a few days in Puerto Montt before journeying by ferry to Puerto Natales, taking four days (3 nights) through the Patagonian Fjords. Thanks to Mike Chavez and Ruth Johnstone for their top tips for this leg of our journey. Hope you ...
Showdown at the OK Corral.
... just been around and wiped out the whole crowd. Darn you Wyatt! If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm in Puerto Montt, Chile. It's a gateway city to Carretera Austral, the Navimag cruise to Puerto Natales and the apparently magical island of Chiloé. ...
Moving south.....
... to German and Maria Elena who have been great to us. Are heading to Puerto Varas further south and allegedly nicer than Puerto Montt where we have to be tomorrow for our boat departure even further south. Few hours later arrive in drizzly weather. ...
Scuppered by the weather.. farewell Chilean lakes!
... the car was costing us a fair packet, about 50 USD a day, and the sun was shining in Santiago... We returned to Puerto Montt by lunchtime (still pouring down), and confirmed with Avis that they would refund us for the two final days. While Rich ...
Photos from the Puerto Montt Harbor
Puerto Montt is a cool, authentic port town in Patagonian Chile and basically the last stop before the southern tip of Chile. I booked the Navimag ferry for a four day cruise through the Chilean fjords and spent a ...
We are sailing
... worked (I am sure its not called that on a boat). 2 hours later there is an announcement that the we are going back to Puerto Montt and will be updated later. Are not told why which is disconcerting. Notice an hour or so later we are now going south ...
The Chilean Lake District
Sunday March 27th Caught my midday flight to Puerto Montt, unusually arriving at the airport with plenty of time, with the plane again not full. Takes some time in getting a bus to the city, so give up on the idea of getting to Castro today, and ...
Das Boot
Ellen and I are spending four days on a boat travelling up the coast of Chile, through fjords, bays, channels and open sea. They call the boat a ferry, but that's just a pretty word to describe what it really is, a freighter. A thousand kilometres into ...
Jack Daniels And the Dunkin Donuts
... the waiting taxi drivers, onto the elevator, up to the Departures tier. Everything smelled of cigarettes. And what did I see? LINES. Nacional. Puerto Montt, Balmeceda. I did not know what fate called next, but, I could not stand in line. I had to sit. ...
Carreterra Austral
... of men. C'mon ladies, how do you feel when someone compliments you on your outfit? I think you can relate. Driving in Chile is an adventure. In Santiago, it was clear that traffic lights were perceived to be only a general recommendation that could be ...
Into Chile
... filled with combustible gas which had crashed, blocking one half of the road. But finally we were in Chile and after a few more hours we arrived in Puerto Montt. Last Sunday we left the Atlantic ocean behind us and now, after only 4 days, we were ...
Where on earth am I?
... completes the cycle: from dried-up inland seas high in the desert, to the fjords and channels of what is technically called a submerged coastline. If there aren't some more surprises, I'll be amazed. Walt Kilroy Puerto Montt, Chile 30th November ...
Puerto Montt
After the Island of Chiloe is was time to head back into the Lake District of Chile. Puerto Montt is the southern most city, a port and the end of the lake district. Honestly, the city could not hold my interest and I decided to continue travellig after 2 ...
Puerto Montt and the Navishag!???!!!
... (don't think they were paying their taxes!) with great views out over the moody bay! Being Sunday, everything was closed so with Puerto Montt not having much to offer, we cuddled down for more movie watching, cakes and a TV dinner to boot! Up early to ...
Off on our Cruise
... and we meet some great people which we ended up continuing on with once we left the ship on Thursday when we got to Puerto Natales. The scenery was mostly mountains in the background as we traveled through the fyords. Hopefully I will be able ...
Off the Beaten Path
... the lady of the house for her advice of where to go. She recommended a route south that would circle up north leading us back around to Puerto Varas. We decided to take that route. We had also decided to rent a car but found out there was a US$600 one way ...
Seattle, Dallas, Santiago then Puerto Montt
... and not cross large amounts of time zones. We stood in lines in Santiago's airport's customs and then got on another plane to Puerto Montt. We left our backpacking gear (which we brought for Torres del Paine) at the airport and piled a taxi high with ...
Feb. 11, 2006 - Puerto Montt
Saturday, February 11, 2006 (Puerto Montt): Today was "moving day", traveling by plane for 12 hours from San Pedro to Antofagasta to Ojos Del Salado to Santiago (3-hour stop-over) and finally arriving at Puerto Montt. The drive into town was almost ...
The Navimag (the Mariner sets ´sail´)
Whilst not REALLY a cruise ship and not REALLY a cargo ship, the 3 night ferry trip from Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt was a real highlight of Chile so far (even if it was a bit late getting into Natales). Carrying around 300 or so passengers, cows and ...
The Lake District
... . Now car-less and adrenalin deprived it was time to head South again in time to meet up with our Navimag ferry in Puerto Montt. This vessle would be our home for 3 nights as we headed southwards though the fjords and canals to Southern ...
gettin a little bit shaky round here
... we couldn't land in Santiago nor in Concepción (the epicenter of the quake) and we were therefore turning around and landing in Puerto Montt. After landing, they finally told us that there had been an earthquake (at 3:30 am), but that was it! ...
Back to basics: Eat, Drink, Sleep, play cards
... and planning for the time ahead. Some really great travellers on board to chat with made it a cool trip in the end! Arriving in Puerto Montt was the great rush to get to the bus station to get out of there (another pretty dead fishing town). So onwards ...
Chilean Lake District
After spending a day visiting the local vineyards around Santiago (and tasting a good few glasses of vino) we caught a flight south to Peurto Monte and then a short bus ride to our next destination, the port town of Peurto Varas in the Chilean Lake ...
The bus ride from pucon yesterday finally ...
... became evident, the houses in the towns covered in hand made shingles quite disimilar from the New England sidings i am so used too. Puerto montt came up suddenly after 6 hours , water surrounding the land with a deep harbour at its most southerly point, ...
Puerto Montt
... party but I am not keen on being forced into 'organised fun'. Anyway I still signed up for the Pachamama bus from Santiago to Puerto Montt. It took 5 days and stopped at places on the way. Despite my misgivings it turned out to be a lot of fun. There ...
Puerto Montt
... night :) The following morning, we met up with Uzi and Lea (Dana´s parents), who were on a cruise trip and were stopping in Puerto Montt (that is the reason we came to here). We had a great time with them, this was a month after leaving Israel, so ...
Ankunft in Puerto Montt
... um Puerto Montt ist sehenswert. Die Stadt selbst bietet einen kunsthandwerklichen Markt und Fischspezialitäten im Hafengebiet Angelmo. Puerto Montt ist auch Station oder Ausgangspunkt diverser Kreuzfahrten (v. a. Patagonien und Chiloé) und auch bei ...
Row row row the boat
Von Puerto Montt nach Puerto Natales, 3 Tage mit der Fähre durch die Kanäle Patagoniens. Unser Programm für die nächsten Tage sah gemütlich aus, wir wollten Karten schreiben, Bücher lesen, die weitere Reise planen und die tolle Landschaft geniessen. ...

