Chilean Villages have a unique and picturesque charm. Their architectural style has a strong 19th Century Spanish influence with lots of adobe. Zuñiga is a wonderful example that is included in this itinerary. It has preserved its colonial ways and has kept the strip malls at bay. Frutillar in the South of Chile has a Bavarian style. It rests on the shores of Lake Llanquihue, facing the Volcano Osorno. This area is very rich in German, Austrian and Slovakian heritage with wonderful old farmhouses preserving the colonial style.

Day one, Sunday
Arrive Santiago’s new international airport. Reception by Anglatin Ltd.® Transfer to Providencia, a Santiago suburb greatly influences by early 20th century French architecture. Check in at hotel. Free time. Comprehensive city tour featuring historical monuments, Chilean gathering places, neighborhoods representing aspects of Santiago life, and places where people work. Welcome dinner. Overnight Santiago

Day two, Monday
Breakfast. Excursion to the lower Maipo valley and the village of Pomaire. The people of this village are experts in working with clay and other handcrafts. Continue to Melipilla for group lunch at a Parrillada. Visit a traditional farm and interview the farm family. Return to Santiago for a free evening to discover the lively street life in the hotel neighborhood. Overnight Santiago

Day three, Tuesday
Breakfast. Travel south through the fruit, vegetable and grape farms of the central valley. Visit the ancient indian village of Doñihue where ancient huaso and colonial traditions are maintained, and where the women specialize in colorful hand weaving. Continue southward through this small valley with a special microclimate. Zúñiga is another village that has preserved its colonial ways and has kept the strip malls at bay. Lunch is at a small guest ranch with a variety of country activities available. The evening is free to sit in the central plaza of tiny Zúñiga and listen to the night birds, children laughing and the town folk talking. Overnight Zuñiga

Day four, Wednesday
Breakfast. Continue through this fertile valley and connect to the national fruit road, so named because so much fruit passes over this road on its way to the two major export ports. Visit two wineries in the brand new emerging wine valley of San Antonio. Lunch and overnight accommodations at winery. Overnight San Antonio valley

Day five, Thursday
Breakfast. Transfer to the Santiago airport. Flight to Temuco. Transfer to Pucón, on lake Villarrica. Free day to enjoy the lakefront hotel and this special resort village under the shadow of smoking Villarrica volcano. Overnight Pucón

Day six, Friday
Breakfast. Return to Temuco, Chile’s fastest growing community and with Chile’s largest population of indigenous peoples (Mapuches). Group lunch. Tour of the lively central market where a grand variety of hand crafts and foods are sold. Visit a Mapuche village and talk with the families about their lives. Return to Temuco. Free evening.
Overnight Temuco

Day seven, Saturday
Breakfast. Tour furniture factory and showroom. Transfer to airport. Flight to Puerto Montt. Connect to flight to Coyhaique, in the center of Chile’s Patagonia. Transfer to fishing lodge. Group dinner. Overnight Coyhaique

Day eight, Sunday
Breakfast. Full day available for fly fishing, visiting the small villages or enjoying the natural surroundings and services of the lodge. Overnight Coyhaique

Day nine, Monday
Breakfast. Transfer to airport. Flight to Santiago. Connections to homeward bound flights.