Best Time and Budget Tips for First Time Travel to Chile 🇨🇱

✈️ Visa & Currency
📌 Visa: A Chinese passport requires a Chilean visa to be processed in advance, but if you have a US/Canada visa (valid for more than 6 months), you can enter without a visa and stay for up to 90 days!
📌 Currency: Chilean Peso (CLP), 1 CNY ≈ 128 CLP. It is recommended to use credit cards in big cities and have some cash on hand for small towns 💰.

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🏞️ Cities & Attractions Recommendations
📍 Santiago —— Capital City Must-Visit
✅ San Cristobal Hill | Take the cable car up the mountain for a panoramic view of the city
✅ Presidential Palace | Watch the changing of the guard ceremony and feel the history of Chile
✅ Lastarria Neighborhood | Artistic cafes & unique markets
📍 Valparaíso —— The Most Beautiful Graffiti Art City
✅ Colorful Hillside Town | Take the funicular 🚋, and visit world-class graffiti walls
✅ Valparaíso Port | Take a boat out to sea, watch sea lions and boats穿梭往来
✅ Artistic Districts | Various specialty shops, 100% photo-worthy
📍 Atacama Desert —— Mars on Earth
✅ Moon Valley | At sunset, the desert turns into a Martian landscape
✅ Flamingos at Salt Lake | Stunning pink flamingo lake scenery
✅ Best Stargazing Spot in the World | Milky Way visible to the naked eye, breathtaking
📍 Torres del Paine National Park —— Hiker’s Paradise
✅ The Three Towers of Paine | One of the most classic hiking routes
✅ Grey Glacier | Take a boat to see the giant glacier up close
✅ Lago Pehoé | The lake water is so blue it’s stunning, a fairyland for photos
📍 General Carrera Lake —— Sapphire Blue Dream Lake
✅ Marble Caves | Take a boat through natural marble caves, the lake water is breathtakingly beautiful
📍 Easter Island —— Mysterious Moai Statues Island
✅ Moai Statues | World Heritage Site, explore the mysterious civilization
✅ Crater Lake | The most spectacular natural landscape on Easter Island
✅ Anakena Beach | Blue sky, white sand + coconut trees, a South Pacific holiday paradise
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📅 Best Time to Travel
🌞 November – March: Summer is suitable for exploring Torres del Paine and the desert
❄️ June – August: Suitable for viewing snow-capped mountains and skiing
🌊 All Year Round: Easter Island has a spring-like climate all year
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💡 Travel Tips
✔️ Language: Mainly Spanish, with English spoken in some places
✔️ Transportation: Uber is convenient within cities, and between cities, you can take a plane or bus 🚌
✔️ Internet: It is recommended to buy a Chilean SIM card, available at airports and in the city 📶

📩 Customized Local Tour Routes | Join Group Tours Upon Arrival Feel free to ask any questions~👇