Chile Land Of Contrasts

San Alfonso del Mar, with the largest pool in the world

Parinacota, Lauca National Park, Andes Mountains

It just doesn't cut it to call Chile a land of contrasts - this is a land of extremes.

It's a preposterously skinny tendril of a country creeping 4300km around the foot of South America: while Arica basks in tropical heat at its tip, Punta Arenas shivers at its icy tail just short of Antarctica.

Nowhere else can you stand in the world's driest desert (near San Pedro de Atacama),

Brasil

Chile Total Area 756,950 km2 (38th)292,183 sq mi

Isla de Pascua

Llanquihue Lake and Osorno Volcano, Frutillar

Atacama Desert - Región de Antofagasta

Conguillío National Park, Región de la Araucanía

Cordillera de Sal = Salt`s Mountain Range

Queulat Hanging Glacier, Aysen Region

Valle de la Luna -Atacama desert

Puerto Williams, Region de Magallanes, the southernmost town in the world

Chilean Plateau

Glacier and Lagoon San Rafael, (Chilean Patagonia)

Antillanca - Región de Los Lagos

Little Island in Chiloé, Región de Los Lagos

Maipo Valley- Chilean red wine coming from there

La Portada, Antofagasta