Places: Chile

[CaptainKlepper]

Fjords seem to be a popular topic at the moment.
Chile: I was recently in Chile, sadly w/out my boat, but was very impressed with the Reloncavi Fjord, which I was able to skirt along on a dirt trek. On a map of Chile, find Puerto Montt, then follow the hi-way south to a ferry crossing at La Arena (Not Punta Arenas). This is the fjord. There's plenty of rural peoples that live on this fjord and rely on boats to get them here and there. Sea lions, porpoises, and Chile's black headed swans abound. Who knows, you might even see some penguins. This fjord is probably 30+ miles long and 5+ miles wide. There are quite a few Salmon farming operations here, -if you bought salmon filets at the supermarket recently they may have come from here.
While here, check out Lago Todos los Santos, and the Petrohue river that runs out of it. Careful about this river! It's regularly run by local tour providers, but has some obvious class V water in places. Other places of interest in this region would be the island of Chiloe, especially around Castro and the Chiloe National Park.
There seems to be a few hundred miles of wonderful adventure country from Chiloe, south on down to Puerto Williams, in well protected waters, that I have yet to check out. This region has numerous glacier bays, isolated villages and innumerous channels. It is regularly serviced by ferries or cruise ships. A word of caution on renting kayaks in Chile: The selection isn't worth writing home about.

[Kapitän von Klepper]

I finally have a few of my S.O's photos to post:

http://foldingkayaks.org/gallery/Kaptains-Chile

Hope you find it inspiring!

[Christov_Tenn]

Bomburst's motor yacht! But not the car he coveted

Seriously, I may need to hone my somewhat dull and aged Romance Language skills and pay beautiful Chile a visit. Thanks for the pictures.

Chris

[krudave]

I finally have a few of my S.O's photos to post:
http://foldingkayaks.org/gallery/Kaptains-Chile
Hope you find it inspiring!

Very cool. Loved the photos of the graveyard. Note: two "r"'s in surreal.

[sroberge]

I am trying to organize a trip to a chilean fjord next january if someone is interested. I have everything figured out and i been to the departure city in patagonia before. I also have some support on the ground as well.

[sroberge]

This trip (mentioned below -west of Puerto Natales) is tentatively scheduled for january 2021. We are two kayakers that are confirmed so far. let me know if interested