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Diving into the Mapuche-Culture at Lake Budi
(26.02.2009)
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2-days-trip to the ative inhabitants of Chile
Lake Budi is located about 80km west of Temuco directly at the sea shore and it is Chilés only salt water lake. Around the lake, the percentage of native Mapuche population counts for 80%. Their culture is visible here since the people around Lago Budi still carry out their traditions. There are small tourism projects that address to guests with interest in the Mapuche way of life. From these offers, we have composed a fullday excursion and a 2days/1night-program:
Guests who come for the day will be welcomed in the common house of a small village and introduced to the culture and ideology of the Mapuche. Visitors will also learn about traditional music instruments and artefacts. Afterwards, they will visit a herb garden with medicine plants and learn interesting facts about ancient cures.
Guests who take the 2days/1night-programm will be introduced into the world of Mapuche games in the evening. Surely, the locals will be more familiar with the matches of Palin, Füw, Aukantun or Aguar Küzen, but without a doubt it will be great fun for everyone! Guests will sleep in the guest house of a Mapuche family or in a “Ruca” (traditional round house), equipped with comfortable beds and a private bathroom.
On the second day visitors may look over the shoulder of the local artists weaving traditional handicrafts. Later, guests will cross Lake Budi by boat in order to get to know the inhabitants of one of the lake´s islands. During both programs, guests will be served traditional Mapuche dishes with home-grown ingredients.
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For adventurers - the Secret of Patagonia
(05.01.2009)
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New, adventurous route for active travellers
For active travellers who are keen of discovering, we can offer a new, adventurous route, where
lonesome lakes hide between snow-covered rocks and hills with dense, green virgin forest and where clear creeks purl through beautiful valleys: A multiactive outdoors lake crossing through northern Patagonia, from Puerto Montt to Bariloche (Argentina). The basic version of this tour is 4 days/3nights and can be extended on demand. During the first two nights, passengers will overnight in domes or lodges. From there they start to their chosen adventure: fly fishing, horseback riding in different valleys and forests, mountainbiking, trekking at Yate volcanoe or a kayak tour on lake Tagua Tagua, before leaving to Argentina on the third day. Again, there are several attractive options to cover the distance: overland by mountainbike, or by horse, or by kayak. Only shortly before the Argentinean border, travellers will overnight on a lonesome island an lake Las Rocas, in the house of the only person living there, a very hospitable lady. The lake crossing ends on the fourth day in Bariloche. Competent guides will accompany all activities of this all-inclusive-program.
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Copper mine Chuquicamata
(04.11.2008)
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Chuquicamata, the world-wide largest opencast copper mine
Chuquicamata, approx.15 kilometers away from Calama, is the world-wide largest opencast copper mine, consisting of two digging places, of which the larger one is 3.5 kilometers (km) long, 3 km broad and 1 km deep. Day by day more than 100,000 tons of rock are blasted and afterwards loaded on gigantic trucks, which need almost 45 minutes in order to transport the broken stones from the bottom to the finishing plant.
Copper was already extracted in Chucicamata before the Inca ruled the territory, digging of larger extent began in 1882 after the first plant had been installed. The mine, formerly on private property, now belongs to the national copper company CODELCO (corporación del Cobre de Chile) and can be visited all year round. During their guided stay the interested visitors gain an impression from the extents of the opencast pit and the copper preparation in which the important export product is, in a complicated mechanic-chemical process, released from impurities.
An additional feature may well be added to the tour in the foreseeable future, as CODELCO plans to expand into underground mining within the open cast mining area.
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Monte Verde
(03.11.2008)
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Monte Verde - nominated Chilean historical monument
Monte Verde, only 28 km/18mi west of Puerto Montt, is an archaeological site of the oldest known human settlement in America (late Pleistocene, 12500 years ago). The area will be officially designated as a historical monument in September. In mid of September the area will be officially announced a historical monument. It is also expected that this will result in a UNESCO World Heritage listing in the foreseeable future, which will also raise public awareness of the importance of the site.
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Discovering the southern Carretera Austral by car
(19.08.2008)
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A wild countryside is waiting for you
The Carretera Austral was built over many years and its route travels through virgin forests and past rocks, along rivers and lakes, and alongside fjords and beaches. Previously inaccessible areas were opened up, and now there is a 1000km/625mi stretch of some of the most beautiful and least visited parts of Chile waiting to be explored. The road is already partially paved. We have developed and tested an eleven-day rent-a-car tour that promises adventure and recreation: first, the route goes to Coyhaique and through the Natural Reserve Rio Simpson to Puerto Chacabuco. From there, visitors take a catamaran trip to the spectacular San Rafael Glacier. Later, the route leads through the "Cerro Castillo“ National Park, with the incomparable mountain of the same name, an area, where the Tehuelche people have lived for centuries, and where their tracks, such as magnificently preserved rock paintings, can still be found. At Lago Carrera, the crystal clear water has washed an incredible monument out of the rocks, the so-called "Cathedral of Marble“, a real artwork of nature with thin pillars and large rooms. The tour continues along Lago Carrera, which is crossed by ferry. During the whole trip, there are numerous options to actively discover the deep forests, clear rivers, majestic mountains, and blue lakes of this wildly beautiful land Visitors are accommodated in comfortable and occasionally luxurious hotels and lodges. This tour can be extended by a cruise on Mare/Via Australis. We will be happy to advise you.
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Torres del Paine
(04.07.2007)
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New road to the National Park
The new road to the Torres del Paine National Park was finally finished. The distance between Puerto Natales and the park was reduced by 60 km. Now, the great advantage is the possibility to organize a round trip, there is no need to travel the same route twice any longer. Additionally, new hotel projects near the new road are expected that will amplify the tourist offers in the park.
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Clients info-trip
(06.06.2007)
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Looking back to the clients info-trip: 22nd of April – 02nd of May 2007
In the last week of April, travelArt organised an inspection-trip with clients to Chile. Besides Santiago, inter alia it was planned to visit the Lakes-Region and Patagonia. An international group explored hotels, transport companies and the Chilean landscape. The group was accompanied by Brigitte Lämmle (travelArt). The maximum of the information-trip: The visit to Torres del Paine National park with radiant sunshine! After finishing the main program, most of the participants took part in the following trip to the Atacama Desert. In the end it was hard to say goodbye: The group made its way home in different directions. The hole trip was very interesting – and passed bye much too fast, of course!
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The Atacama-Region
(02.05.2007)
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Tracing culture history
Largest desert of the American continent and driest of the earth: Atacama in the north of Chile, borders in the west on the Pacific, in the north with Peru and in the east with Bolivia and Argentina. In the rain shade of the Andees, the east wind is dry and empeds precipitation. Near the coast, the cold ocean current Humboldt prevents the development of rain clouds. The region between the Pacific and Andes is outstanding: Extinct volcanos easily reach more than sixthousand meters and enclose the enormous Atacama salt lake between two mountain ranges. Deep canyons and lagoons, geysiers and thermal springs stand out in the rough landscape of bizarre stone formations, sand dunes and fascinating reliefs in the multicolored volcanic rock. Abandoned towns show evidence of the past salpeter boom, copper is conveyed in the largest open pit mines of the world.
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Astronomical Tour
(07.03.2007)
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Suggestion: Community Observatory at Cerro Mamalluca
If you should be interested in an astronomical tour while being in the Norte Chico of Chile, travelArt recommends you visit to the Mamalluca Observatory. Advance planning before visiting this Region and the observatory of Mamlluca could include a study of the local moon charts before making a reservation with your travelArt-executive, in order to avoid the new moon and to study the different constellations according to the seasonal changes. The Region of the Small North can also be an ideal place to take your own telescope providing a unique opportunity to use your own equipment. It's best to visit sites first during the day to find the most suitable place to set up. Experienced travelArt-guides will be pleased to help you in finding the best location. In case you should be interested in visiting the large astronomical observatories it is important to remember that the major scientific observatories have limited daytime visiting times and all need Advance Reservations. El Tololo, Las Campanas and La Silla, the three major scientific observatories in the area all have offices in La Serena which can be contacted in advance (recommended 3 months prior to visit) with the required confirmation and pass collected the day prior to the visit.
We hope you have fun exploring the infinite Universe!
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