Putre, Chile Travel Blogs

Parque Nacional Lauca
Mar 30, 2006 (15 photos)

... drive up, up, and up. On the way to the Altiplano we pass a tiny village of Poconchile where the oldest church in Chile, Iglesia de San Geronimo, dating from 1580, is. It is remarkably simple with its whitewashed adobe walls and twin bell towers. Inside it ...

Lauca National Park
Apr 6, 2008 (56 photos)

Putre

Sky is the limit - What is freedom?
Apr 7, 2008 (27 photos)

I am writing these few words from about 5000m above sea level, on top of a mountain that was reachable without serious organization and guide.  The view around me is breathtaking and there is for only sound but the gentle breeze of the cold wind of ...

Sometimes you do have to make it up as you go...
Oct 6, 2008

... expensive after we got used to Peruvian prices. The most we ever spent on a place to stay in Peru snags us a cold water room in Chile, no towels, bathroom down the hall. It´s cool, it´s kitschy, but I think we´re moving on to Argentina for the time being, ...

Putre
Nov 15, 2008 (17 photos)

... , els 2 suïssos fan xip-xap... unes termes d'aigua natural rica en proteïnes i minerals i, amb efectes medecinals... Després, al tornar a Putre anem a sopar: Sopa de xampinyons i, truita -peix- amb quinua (cereal típic de Xile) i l'Eva menja també sopa i  ...

Northern Chile Vol I
Oct 30, 2008 (46 photos)

... can make you feel better in seconds with their warm welcome and a cup of coca tea. 6km tips for Northern Chile Vol I -        About those asking which city to choose between Antofagasta, Iquique and Arica I ...

Putre si Parcul national Lauca, Salar de Surire
May 4, 2009 (40 photos)

Salutare! Suntem iar in Arica, dupa 3 nopti si 4 zile in Putre, o mica localitate situata la 3800m altitudine, in muntii Anzi. Am uitat sa va spun ca, datorita binecunoscutului farmec al domnului Dragos, am mai cules o backpackeritza de pe drum. ...

Sky is the limit - What is freedom?
Apr 7, 2008

I am writing these few words from about 5000m above sea level, on top of a mountain that was reachable without serious organization and guide.  The view around me is breathtaking and there is for only sound but the gentle breeze of the cold wind of ...

Even the best lack of plans can go wrong!
Feb 3, 2009

The next day I made a trip up to Parque Lauca stopping in Putre to arrange a tour, only to find a one day tour would cost US$80! So I decided I´d try the second option and hitch hike up to the park, something I´d never done in my life... Well it didn´t work ...

2 days tour to Lauca
Apr 12, 2008 (11 photos)

... . It was like a sauna, and i stayed so long in it i could hardly breathe when coming out. At night we arrived in Putre, and stayed in a lovely residence. Everything was organised with the tour. It was frewzing cold in the night, and we had like 3 duvets. ...

On to Peru, well that's what I thought
Dec 19, 2008 (12 photos)

... motoradventure tours in Orsono' she suggested to try the border at Bolivia as they have different custom arrangements with Chile and as I was heading to Putre and lake Chungara I will be right at the border crossing anyway. I arrived at Putre about 4.00pm ...

Putre´s Puna and Altiplano
May 19, 2009 (7 photos)

Our last adventure in Chile took us to the high elevations of Putre and surroundings. The area was literally breathtaking.  At 4500 m above sea level just walking down the street was a cardio workout.  Putre is a tiny community of roughly 2000 ...

Pallisa en cotxe
Sep 1, 2008

... "pallisot" en cotxe, 12 hores travessant el desert d'Atacama de Sud a Nord. Però hem arribar a per fi hem arribar a Putre, la nostre base d'operacions pels propers dos dies. Estem molt cansats, però que molt cansats... tot i això, avui estem ...

Putre
Jul 27, 2006 (10 photos)

The last days spent in Chile, where in Putre (which is next door to the Bolivian border and East of Arica), where we visited the highest non-navigable lake in the world. The lake is 4500m in altitude above sea level, which makes it breathtaking in both ...

Chile
Nov 5, 2007

Drove across the altiplano to the Chilean border post, gave a coca-chewing Quechua-speaking grandmother a lift, drove across into an even more stunning landscape of volcanic lakes, snow caps, and surprised to see flamingoes on the water at this ...

In and up to Putre and The Lauca National Park
Oct 1, 2009 (14 photos)

A fantastic 2 days of our trip so far... The accommodation was excellent, reccommend it to anyone. A great place with great people. TBC

Sang, suor i llàgrimes
Sep 3, 2008

... del Pedraforca... tanta feina a pujar, i tan poca a baixar!!!!!! Esgotats, parem a fer una coca-cola miraculosa a Parinacota, dinem a Putre i fem un intent fallit de banyar-nos en unes termes (no ho hem fet perquè les hem vist molt cutres), migdiada (en ...

Mal d'alçada
Sep 2, 2008 (4 photos)

... , m'he comprat un parell d'estovalles... ara faltarà comprar la taula. I ja estem un altra vegada al poble de Putre, descansant, i aviat, esperem, sopant alpaca i fent la cerveseta del dia. P.D. Sílvia, les formigues eren argentines... i en jako s'ho ...

Tour of Parque Nacional Lauca (Chile)
Oct 10, 2008

Stayed in Hotel Kukuli for two nights. Pretty nice place quiet and included desayuna.

PN Lauca
Jan 1, 2005

Parque Nacional Lauca, Chilean Altiplano

CHILI, Putre National Parc Lauca
Apr 3, 2009 (35 photos)

I organised a day tour in Arica to go to the National Parc Lauca and later that day they would drop me in Putre, a little village of no more than 3000 inhabitants, high in the mountains at 3550 m of altitude. We had a group of mostly elderly people but ...