Best Time to Visit Chile for Budget Travel: Affordable Destinations in South America
🇨🇱 Chile integrates humanities, art, modernity, and history. It has the mysterious Easter Island 🗿, the “sea vineyard” of Valparaiso, the 400-year-old historic city of Santiago, the star-picking Atacama Desert 🏜, and the nature lover’s paradise of Torres del Paine National Park.
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🇵🇪 Peru is mysterious and simple, with the intriguing ancient Inca civilization, unlocking the highland ancient sites, checking in at the long coastline in Lima, decoding the secrets of the “rainless city,” and exploring the magical species of the Amazon rainforest.
.. It is an ideal choice for adventure and cultural exploration.
🏙 City Highlights
🇨🇱 Chile
✅ Santiago: Today, Santiago is a modern city, the capital of Chile, and the national center for politics, economy, culture, and transportation.
✅ Easter Island: An island in the South Pacific, located west of Chile, it is one of the most isolated islands in the world, famous for its hundreds of mysterious giant stone statues.
There are over 600 large stone statues and large stone platform ruins on the island.
🇵🇪 Peru
✅ Lima: The capital of Peru and the national economic and cultural center, located on a coastal irrigation oasis. Lima is known as a “World Heritage Site” awarded by UNESCO.
✅ Machu Picchu: Known as the “Lost City” of the Inca Empire, Machu Picchu means “ancient mountain” in Quechua, and it is a famous Inca Empire site in Peru.
✅ Nazca Lines: These giant drawings form the outlines of animals and plants such as lizards, spiders, squids, long-clawed dogs, eagles, seagulls, peacocks, and cacti. However, when the sun rises, these giant drawings disappear. The Nazca Lines are also known as the “Eighth Wonder of the World.”
🚗 13-day itinerary for Peru + Chile
D1 Shanghai/Beijing/Hong Kong – Paris
D2 Paris – Lima
D3 Lima / PISCO
D4 PISCO / Ballestas Islands / Lima
D5 Lima – Cusco / Urubamba
D6 Urubamba / Machu Picchu / Cusco
D7 Cusco – Santiago
D8 Santiago – Easter Island
D9 Easter Island
D10 Easter Island – Santiago
D11 Santiago – Paris
D12 Paris – Shanghai/Beijing/Hong Kong
D13 Shanghai/Beijing/Hong Kong
🚶 Travel Tips
🎫 Visa: A U.
S. visa allows entry to Peru and Chile without a visa.
⛅️ Weather: The UV rays in South America are very strong, so be sure to bring high SPF sunscreen, a hat, and sunglasses.
🔌 Plugs: The voltage in South America is 220V, remember to bring a power adapter.
💳 Card Payments: Some small shops only accept cash, it’s best to exchange some US dollars in advance and then convert them to local currency upon arrival.
