The Chilean Tourism Network is a web- magazine formed by a community of professional tourist guides and other tourism entities from CHILE , specialized in different areas of our country; this time we are offering our travel advice from the areas of Atacama Desert; Santiago; Lakes District ( Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt ); Patagonia (Punta Arenas and Torres del Paine.)
Our mission : is to help mainly the English speaking traveler ,with your next trip to this areas of Chile by giving you the details and travel tips which you should know to make your travel experience as fun as possible within your budget and needs. Even though English is not our native language, due to the fact that we are 100% Chileans , we strive to give the most honest advice, regardless all our grammar mistakes!
We offer unique connections such as: Home Hosted meals, Home Lodging; our belief is that you can’t truly experience a place’s ”flavor” of a place when you are limited to big Hotels chains or Tours provided by regular travel agencies , that’s why , for example, we have a few families willing to accommodate you and your family on your next trip to Chile. Interested? Request Availability.
Do you want to Participate ? Do you have an interesting travel advice?
Please , leave us a comment in the area of your interest and we will publish it as well. Our advices are pointed to people who want to know this area of Chile in a different way, open to spontaneity, unplanned cultural exchange and a different lifestyle; people with a flexible spirit, knowing the reward is discover the real people, the real customs, the real Chile
A message from The founder…
Alex Maureira
During these years I’ve noticed what the visitor really enjoys is “being part” of the country, seeing, touching and even tasting it, and the best of it is most of those things could be done FOR FREE!
Unfortunately most of the traditional travel agencies have forgotten this, and in their routes they just show beautiful buildings(nothing wrong with this) and places that sometimes are very far from our culture, charging overpriced tours that leave you not only with an emptiness in your heart , also in your pockets.
I am Alex Maureira , a qualified tour guide from Chile , I am 100% Chilean and , I’ve been involved in tourism industry for 16 years!; the last 13 years, guiding groups all over my country , I am 38 years old and I have a beautiful family with a beautiful wife who works in Hotel business, but when we are at home she is the best chef ever!! , we will post some ” how to” cooking Chilean recipes so stay tuned !!. We open this web-magazine motivated by our same travelers, who saw me, got into trouble when I took tourists away of the regular route .” Why do you take the tourists to those places. there is nothing there…! That was the phrase that I heard most in past years, of course, not from the travelers, they just loved to see something different: real neighborhoods, local flea markets, art galleries, schools, street shows, taste home meals or just seating in a local cafe to share a converstation with locals , believe it or not , most of this activities involve NO MONEY at all!!. So I dedice to tranfer all this knowledge to whoever want to take our travel tips, NO CHARGE !
So, finally, We decided to connect the best tourist guides and tourism entities of the most visited areas of our Country and provide an unparalleled “on field” travel advice FOR FREE!!! .
WHY SHOULD YOU TAKE OUR TRAVEL ADVICE ANYWAY?
THE TEAM , We can say proudly that is the best that we have, a group of associates in loved with Chile and committed too offer a real insight into their country and region.
RELIABILITY , Alex for example, which is our founder is a Qualified Guide by C.I.A.D.E of the University of Chile with 15 years of experience and full time dedicated to his passion, people!. Also a great care has been taken over all our associates COMMITMENT to provide you HONEST travel tips far from commercial interests.
Important: We are not a Travel agency!
PRIVACY , Our network understand your concern about your data and keep all that information in deep secrect.
WE DON’T SPAM!!!
SAFETY , Our Network Guides are all profesionals , we don`t spam so , suscribe to our web-magazine for real updates.
VALUE, WE OFFER FREE TRAVEL ADVICE ,we are not a big company, neither a travel agency, we are an organization of professional tourist guides spread all over Chile with field connections to make your travel experience more convenient not compromising on quality, nevertheless, many travelers had wanted to give something back to us for the help, we accept voluntary donations through pay-pal , is easy and safe for everybody. And if you want to contract our associates services you can contact them directly through their e-mail or website , just click on their names in any of their articles .
FUN , Our entire Network team are native and some of us country side people with a unique sense of humor , that gives always a special taste to every day , so prepare yourself to discover our culture, but in the funniest way, so please bring your BEST sense of humor to our country and be welcome to the Chilean Tourism Network !!!.
I am a Canadian citizen. My wife and I are planning a trip to Chile in 2010. We plan to spend 2 weeks in March which we understand is not in the peak season for tourists but yet very pleasant. We would arrive in Santiago and hope to spend some time in the area of Valparaiso. We would also like to visit a few wineries, but primarily we want to experience Chilean culture and food. What suggestions do you have? Please provide an estimate of costs for Home Hosted meals and Home Lodging.
I look forward to your suggestions and comments. Do you have any references from Canadian tourists?
Leonard Harapiak
Thank you for your comment, I will give you an answer through e-mail
Alex, Angela and I really enjoyed your input to our tour of Chile.It made Chile come alive for us.
I promised to send you some information from some magazine, but my notes are unclear! Can you tell me what I promised to send to you?
We are planning on traveling to Chile from the 24th of Nov to 10th of Decemeber 2011. our route will take us to Puerta Montt/Puerta Varas and surrounding area, then to Puerta Arenas and back to the wine regions around Santa Cruz. Can you list some of the key areas that we must see/visit and activities that we should do.
Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Raj