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Caleta Gonzalo, Parque Pumalin,
Carretera Austral, Patagonia

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Introduction

The Caleta Gonzalo cabins were originally constructed and built at this location by the foundation run by Douglas Tomkins and his wife Kris. Unfortunately, Douglas died in a kayaking accident on Lake General Carrera in 2015, further down the Carretera Austral.

Douglas and Kristine Tompkins were successful clothes retail entrepreneurs who developed and later sold “the North Face” and “Esprit” brands. With their money they sought to purchase vast areas of natural wilderness with a view to protecting these areas from the destruction that comes along with development and man’s incursion.

One of the first parks in Chilean Patagonia that Douglas and Kris purchased was the “Parque Pumalin”. This is now one of the 17 National Parks that form the Route of the Parks.

They set up several foundations, however, in 2019 they merged these bodies into one entity and created the Tompkins Conservation Foundation. This is an environmental, eco conservation organisation.

The Tompkins Conservation Foundation

https://www.tompkinsconservation.org

About

The Cabins at Caleta Gonzalo look, on the outside, to be simple, rustic buildings. However, the interiors have been created very much in the North American, lodge style, using quality materials and decorated in the North American way. The wooden floors and wooden walls combine beautifully with the choice of bedding materials to create a very comfortable atmosphere inside.

In addition to the cabins there is also a cafeteria, also created to reflect a high quality interior.

Although these cabins were administered by the Tomkins Foundation, they are now administered by the Chilean National Park organisation known as CONAF.

El Barranco Lodge, Futaleufu,
Carretera Austral, Patagonia

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Introduction

For those who have stayed at a lodge in the mountain areas in the U.S.A., you will feel quite at home here at El Barranco. This lodge emits a similar style to those found in north America with a “log cabin” feel to it.

The ten rooms are spacious and decorated in a warm, cosy way.

About

The El Barranco Lodge is like a high-end log cabin. The construction makes use of actual tree logs throughout its exterior and interior and this, in turn, creates an immediate warm and welcoming sensation.

The guest rooms are in a separate building on two floors behind the reception and restaurant building, and in-between these two buildings is an outdoor swimming pool.

The ten rooms are quite spacious with good sized beds, nicely covered in well-chosen materials and, in line with the natural wood concept, the rooms emit a cosy feeling too.

Bathrooms also make use of old tree trunks mixed in with modern appliances.

Apart from the swimming pool there is also a sauna and massage room and a restaurant offers local cuisine.

Hostel Paraiso Patagonico, Chaiten,
Carretera Austral, Patagonia

Introduction

There are not many accommodation alternatives in El Chaiten, therefore, the Hostel Paraiso Patagonico is an option if you need a logistical stop off.

About

The Hostel Paraiso Patagonico is a private home that offers visiting guests a place to stay under a bed and breakfast plan. The 6 bedrooms are very simple. The owners also have a kitchen where guests can cook their own meals.

Hosteria Catalina, Hornopiren,
Carretera Austral, Patagonia

Introduction

The word “hosteria” in Castellano defines an accommodation option between a hostel, family home and rustic-level hotel. In Hornopiren there are very few accommodation alternatives, but Hosteria Catalina offers 6 bedrooms, with private bathrooms, plus two 6-person cabins. The ambiance is that of a family home in a simple, rustic, lodge-style setting.

About

The Hosteria Catalina is rustic, but cosy and a stay here is to be within a family atmosphere with home-cooked food and friendly chats beside the fireplace. There are 6 homely bedrooms, each with a private bathroom. Then, separately, there are two self-contained cabins, each with a capacity for 6 people.

The lodge also offers to arrange services such as horseback riding, trekking and cycling.

Hotel Radisson, Puerto Varas,
Lake Region

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Introduction

The Hotel Radisson offers 98 guest bedrooms. It is located on the lake-shore road, in central Puerto Varas and on one side of the hotel is the local casino. The rooms on the lake side enjoy a view of Lake Llanquihue (pronounced yan-kee-way).

About

The hotel uses a good mix of stone and natural wood to create the cosy, “lodge” effect, but is also a modern hotel. There is a modern restaurant offering high-level cuisine with accompanying wines, a small indoor swimming pool and a business centre.

Hotel Puelche, Puerto Varas,
Lake Region

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Introduction

The Hotel Puelche (puelche means gust of wind), is a typical boutique-style hotel. It is small, only 21 rooms, emitting a “homely” feel and decorated throughout with natural wood and warm colours.

About

The Hotel Puelche offers 21 well-spaced guest rooms, each decorated in such a way to create a very homely and cosy atmosphere. In fact, one could be forgiven for thinking that you are in a private house and not an hotel given the style and ambience.

Adjacent and connected to the hotel is a restaurant, this is in addition to the hotel separate breakfast room, that serves burgers and good level cuisine.

Park Inn Radisson Hotel, Puerto Varas,
Lake Region

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Introduction

The Park Inn hotel is administered by the Radisson brand. It is one of the older, historical hotels of the village that Radisson has invested in to renovate into a more modern and comfortable hotel.

Due to its location, which is in a residential sector, on an elevation overlooking Puerto Varas village, from some of the rooms there is a nice view of the village and the Lake Llanquihue (pronounced yan-kee-way).

About

The hotel maintains its original German-style architecture, and has a cosy charm to it. However, the 86 bedrooms have all been renovated to a high level of comfort with modern furniture, good colours, and nice beds.

There is also a small business centre with on-site meeting facilities as well as a restaurant that offers views over the village.

Hotel Cumbres, Puerto Varas,
Lake Region

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Introduction

The Hotel Cumbres is a 90-room property situated on a hill a five-minute walk from Puerto Varas village centre. On one side of the hotel there is a direct view to Llanquihue (pronounced yan-kee-way) lake and the conical snow-covered Osorno volcano at the far end of the lake.

About

Hotel Cumbres Puerto Varas emits a lodge style atmosphere with is use of natural stone and wood combination throughout the hotel.

The 90 rooms are spacious and decorated with warm colours and natural wood furniture creating a welcoming, warm sensation.

There is a small spa on the top floor with pool, sauna and gym.

Hotel Galpon Aire Puro,
Puerto Varas, Lake Region

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Introduction

The Galpon Aire Puro is a converted 1920’s barn. It has been done in a careful and intelligent way by the American owner Vicki Johnson to offer 8 spacious private rooms and private bathrooms. If you wish to meet other travellers and enjoy a relaxed, home-like atmosphere, then this is a great place in which to do that.

The building also includes its own boutique-style shop and cafeteria.

However, the property is laid out on three levels and therefore if you have issues with climbing stairs then this would not be a good choice.

The property is based upon the “bed and breakfast” concept found in the UK and USA.

About

The owner of Galpon Aire Puro, American Vicky Johnson, who settled in Puerto Varas over thirty years ago, invested love, vision and money into what was a 1920’2 Puerto Varas barn and converted it into a high-level, 8 room, boutique-style, spacious house that accommodates guests on their travels.

The style of the interior of the building is that of a lodge with natural wood everywhere. Guests staying here can enjoy privacy when they sleep, but also join other guests in the common living room and even use the communal kitchen to prepare meals.

Unlike a traditional hotel, the Galpon Aire Puro is a bed and breakfast set up, but as mentioned, guests can use the kitchen to prepare their own, additional meals.

On the first floor there is a lovely-smelling “chocolate factory”, and emporium, and coffee shop all of which just adds to the cosy feeling of this place.

Hotel Casa Molino, Puerto Varas,
Lake Region, Chile

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Introduction

The Casa Molino is in an up-market residential area beside the western end of Lake Llanquihue (pronounced yan-kee-way), just north of the village of Puerto Varas. The house is large with 11 very spacious and decorated tastefully to a high-quality level.

The house is located 3km from the centre of Puerto Varas, however, the road leading to the house requires existing from Puerto Varas to go over the main Route 5 road, then take a country lane parallel to the Route 5 to a point where you need to turn back and go under the Route 5 leading to the lake side. On the other hand the walk along the old railway track to the village is 15mins or by bike, even quicker.

Note: Experiencechile.org will arrange a car rental and / or transfers to and from the hotel as long as we are handling your travel itinerary.

About

This 11 bedroomed, boutique hotel sits in the middle of a large grass garden directly facing the Lake Llanquihue and the perfectly conical, snow-covered Osorno volcano on the opposite end of the lake.

The spacious house has been decorated internally as a traditional, country-style lodge and personifies the idea of a boutique hotel – small, warm and personal.

The small restaurant has a menu specially prepared for our guests, combining a selection of southern Chilean varieties with an international touch.

The tranquillity of the location allows for bird watching as well as just relaxing. There is also a small beach, with jetty, accessible from the end of the garden.

Hotel Awa, Puerto Varas, Carretera Austral, Lake Region

Introduction

The Hotel AWA is a small, independent, family operated hotel located on the shores of Llanquihue (pronounced “yan-kee-way”) Lake, amid 20 acres of lake-shore land, about 20mins from Puerto Varas on the way to Enseñada, Osorno Volcano and the Vicente Perez Rosales National Park.

The emphasis of the owners is that the service here is personal and to a high level.

Using the hotel as a base, from here there are excursions to the stunning local nature, activities such as kayak, fly fishing (with helicopter transfers), rafting and trekking as well as cooking experiences with the hotel chef.

ExperienceChile.Org will be pleased to include this hotel under an all-inclusive program whereupon you will also have the services of your own, personal guide.

About

In line with the other, recently constructed top-end hotels in Chile (period 2010 – 2020), the Hotel Awa is now part of this select group of innovative, high-end accommodation options that offer more than just a place to stay.

The Awa is a modern, minimalist design, boutique lodge. The interior decoration involves a well-planned mix of raw cement with natural wood on the walls, and lava rocks around fireplaces, together with soft, warm lighting and quality materials for bed coverings. Each part of the architecture has been thought out to be practical as well as impressive with, for example, an indoor swimming-lane pool whereupon one end of the actual pool has a transparent window between the water and the exterior facing the lake.

Amid the facilities the hotel offers is a spa with a massage cabin, steam room and whirlpool, and restaurant that makes use of fresh organic fruits and vegetables from its own vegetable garden and serves local as well as international cuisine.

Every one of the 22 rooms and 4 independent villa suites enjoy a view down to the lake.

Hotel Manquehue, Puerto Montt

Introduction

Hotel Manquehue, Puerto Montt, is part of a very small chain of hotels in Chile, the others being at Santiago airport and Calama.

The Hotel Manquehue in Puerto Montt is a corner-site hotel with 142 rooms. The hotel is modern, offering good facilities, including an indoor pool on its top floor.

About

The hotel in Puerto Montt has 142 rooms and is decorated in a modern, up-market, boutique-lodge style, using stone and natural wood on its walls and leather on its furnishings.

It is located in the central part of Puerto Montt a few blocks back from the sea promenade in what should be a quieter area.

Hotel Club Presidente, Puerto Montt

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Introduction

The Hotel Club Presidente hotel in Puerto Montt is part of a small chain of hotels in Santiago and Puerto Montt.

The apart hotels are set up with self-catering facilities in the bedroom.

About

The Puerto Montt Hotel Club Presidente offers 51 rooms. It is a “small” hotel, located in the middle sector of the city on the coastal road, facing the sea.

On the top floor is a small, indoor swimming pool and café area. From here there are long-sight views over the city and areas beyond.

Breakfast is served as a buffet and available each morning in the restaurant.

Explora Lodge, El Chalten

Introduction

The first thing we wish to express is that considering this lodge opened in 2021, during the Covid-19 Pandemic, we have not yet had an opportunity to inspect it, or stay overnight. Consequently, we are unable to say that it has been inspected or approved.

However, we have confidence in the Explora brand and therefore we are quite prepared to suggest that this lodge should be as good as their other properties. Only from looking at the pictures we are categorising his lodge as a “Premium Lodge”.

The Explora Brand is synonymous with providing high end accommodation amid remote, natural wilderness areas; with an emphasis on guests getting out each day to explore the environment “on the doorstep” and beyond.

Explora has now opened a base in the Huemules Reserve, 17km north of El Chalten village.

In line with the other Explora lodges, guests can book a number of nights under an all-inclusive program.

About

The Explora Lodge 17km north of the village of El Chalten offers 17 standard guest rooms and 3 suite rooms.

Just like other Explora properties, the exterior is understated, even “dull looking”, which is a way for the lodge visibility to be as minimum as possible. Even the choice of a brown colour on its exterior enables its presence to blend into the natural colours of the surrounding nature.

This Explora Lodge is covered in natural, finished wood, and its interior is in a modern, quality-level style and quite minimalist. Out of the guest rooms and the main hotel are fine views down the Electric Valley and Marconi Glacier.

Pudu Lodge, El Chalten

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Introduction

Pudu lodge is located in the northern sector of El Chalten village. This is useful for the northern trail heads. The lodge is simple in both appearance and construction. Rooms are reasonably spacious, but decoration of the rooms is at a minimal level, suggesting that this is more to the liking of those seeking a simple place for the night and not any luxury.

About

Pudu, which is the name of a small deer native to Patagonia, was created by a group of mountaineers who love the area and wanted to offer an accommodation base to like-minded people. Therefore, if you are more of a trekker and do not seek the homely luxuries of other hotels then this is the place for you.

The location of the lodge is excellent for the northern-start trails (northern sector of El Chalten, where the lodge is located).

There are 28 bedrooms, all reasonably spacious, with decent bathrooms, but interior decoration is almost minimalist. It offers good accommodation without the “frills”.

The communal dining hall offers guests an opportunity to meet and chat. There is also WiFi for those who wish to connect to the outside world.

Hotel Los Cerros, El Chalten

Introduction

The Hotel Los Cerros is a small, modern, boutique-style hotel located in the centre of El Chalten village atop a small hill. Considering that “cerro” in Spanish means hilltop, the name is appropriate.

About

The hotel offers 44 well-equipped bedrooms and a nice, small spa. It is a modern hotel decorated in a cosy, “up-market” boutique style. Its exterior comprises part natural stone and that, combined with wood-covered walls and red roof combine to create a welcoming, natural feeling.

Due to its location, on top of a small hill, it offers nice views over El Chalten village as well as to the surrounding, natural landscape.

It has a nice restaurant with good food and a cosy communal living room area.

Laguna Condor Lodge, El Chalten

Introduction

This is a small camp comprising 8 small, wooden cabins and a main lodge, located in the woods 20km north of El Chalten village and next to the River de las Vueltas.

About

The Laguna Condor is like a summer camp in the USA. Eight, small, wooden cabins offering comfortable accommodation with twin bed and matrimonial bed configurations along with private-en-suite bathrooms.

The main lodge is large and rustic with a wooden exterior and interior. Here is where guests congregate to eat their meals and relax in front of the fireplace.

The camp is located beside the Rio de las Vueltas as well as being nestled within a wood and offers a full outdoor experience, but with comfortable accommodation.

Facilities in the camp include an exterior hot tub and outdoor Patagonian barbecues, called “asados” in these parts.

In the main lodge there is Wi-Fi.

The point of being based at laguna Condor Camp is to enjoy nature and participate in hiking, mountain biking, kayak and ice hiking. If this is what you are after, then this is a good place to consider staying and we will include it in your itinerary.

Transfers

In order to get to and from the camp from El Chalten there is a transfer service that operates at these times:

  • From El Chalten to the Lodge: 08:00hrs and 17:00hrs from the Fitz Roy Expeditions office at Av. San Martin 56, El Chalten.
  • From Laguna Condor Lodge to El Chalten: 09:15hrs and 17:50hrs
  • Drop offs at Los Huemules Reserve, Hosteria El Pilar, El Chalten Hotel, the Bus Terminal and Fitz Roy Expeditions office.

Hotel Senderos, El Chalten

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Introduction

The Hotel Senderos is a small, cosy, boutique hotel located in front of the bus terminal in El Chalten. It offers 21 bedrooms, each decorated in a warm, alpine style.

About

The Hotel Senderos is very much a boutique hotel. It is small, warm and cosy and gives the feel of an Alpine-style lodge.

It has wood everywhere, on the walls and ceiling, which gives off the cosy feel.

The lounge has an open fireplace, the restaurant is simple, but welcoming for breakfast and dinner.

The location is in opposite the bus terminal, so very handy if you are arriving and / or departing El Chalten by bus. It is also not too far from the El Chalten welcome centre and where there are some trail heads.

Hotel Poincenot, El Chalten

Introduction

The Hotel Poincenot is a small, modern boutique style hotel located in the centre of El Chalten village from where there is easy access to the trails heads each end of the village.

About

The hotel has a welcoming exterior with is natural stone cladding and on the inside is a mix of up-market hostel with its spacious and high-ceilinged lobby mixed with boutique style.

However, the bedrooms all look good, with good space, well decorated and modern bathrooms.

The name of the hotel “Poincenot”, like other hotels in El Chalten village, is taken from one of the mountain summits, which, in turn was named after the French climber Jacques Poincenot. He, unfortunately, died during the first known attempt in 1951, to reach the summit of Mount Fitz Roy, when crossing the River Fitz Roy.

Hotel Destino Sur, El Chalten

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Introduction

The Hotel Destino Sur looks like an attractive, good quality hotel from the outside with is mix of stone and wood construction. Rooms are well decorated and overall it is a very decent hotel.

About

Destino Sur comprises 36 bedrooms, a small spa, lounge areas, small bar and a restaurant. It looks, from the outside, like a good quality mountain lodge hotel with an attractive use of a lower stone wall exterior complimented with upper wood panelling and a slate-tile roof.

It is in a good position in the village, close to the main San Martin street and in a well-positioned for walking access the trail heads each end of the village.

Rooms are decent, with good space and well decorated.

Hosteria Pilar, El Chalten

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Introduction

The Hosteria Pilar is a small, family, country house with ten bedrooms. It is located 17 km north of El Chalten village and ideal for the trail heads to Piedra del Fraile, Laguna de Los Tres and Piedras Blancas Glacier.

In order to get here you will need transport from El Chalten village, either a taxi or bus, or perhaps your own rent a car (which we can, of course, arrange from El Calafate).

About

Hosteria Pilar was built in 1994, in the style of a simple Patagonian house, after its owners arrived to El Chalten and loved the area and mountains so much that they decided to make this their home. In doing so they created a warm, homely and cosy atmosphere.

As passionate hikers and climbers they decided that the location where Pilar is today offered both the mountains and “countryside” combination, which they loved. The name Pilar is a recognition to the northern slope of Fitzroy called Pilar Casarotto or Pilar Norte. Casarotto is the climber, Renato Casarotto who climbed, in 1979, on his own, the northern side of Fitzroy.

Hosteria Pilar, although 17km north from El Chalten village, is idea for the treks to Piedra del Fraile, Laguna de Los Tres and Piedras Blancas Glacier because, in each case, you start on foot, from outside the Hosteria. The De las Vueltas river runs close to the lodge and behind there is a thick forest of native Patagonian trees.

Estancia La Quinta, El Chalten

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Introduction

The Estancia La Quinta is located within the Los Glaciares National Park, just 2km outside of the entrance to El Chalten village. It is iconic due to its 100 year-old cattle ranching history.

Accommodation is homely, rooms are typical of being in a family home, with nice beds, simple furnishings, and en-suite bathrooms.

The Estancia offers trips to Viedma Glacier, bird watching, adventure activities, cultural tours and a chance to get close to the cattle!

This is an ideal base from where to enter to El Chalten and trek each day, yet return to a quiet place to relax and enjoy a great dinner.

About

The Estancia is a working cattle ranch with over 100 years of history. The buildings are styled in the traditional estancia way and reflect a war, homely environment. If you seek peace and quiet at the end of each, active day, then a stay here is just the medicine.

To illustrate the point about quietness and relaxing, there is a reading room, or area where you can select reading material from the historical library containing over 1,000 Patagonian-themed books.

El Puma Lodge, El Chalten

Introduction

El Puma Lodge is a modest 17-room lodge in the centre of El Chalten. Rooms are spacious and decorated in a country style.

There is a cosy communal living and breakfast room.

About

El Puma lodge is a modest accommodation option in the heart of El Chalten village. It has 17 bedrooms, a communal living room and breakfast room. Ideal for a no fuss place to rest after a heavy days trekking.

El Chalten Suites, El Chalten

Introduction

Chalten Suites Hotel in El Chalten is a modern, city-style hotel offering city-style accommodation and restaurant. More information here.

About

El Chalten Suites hotel is located in the heart of El Chalten village beside the main San Martin street. Its natural stone cladding exterior works well in an area that is all about nature. However, its interior has a style more associated with a city hotel.

Its 33 rooms are modern as are the en-suite bathrooms and the restaurant is also up there with that of a modern hotel.

One side, (the San Martin street side) of the hotel offers views to the Fitz Roy mountain.

Lo de Tomy Self-Catering Cabins,
El Chalten

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Introduction

The cabins are well-built units with their own kitchenettes, private bedrooms and bathrooms. The complex is named after the son of the owner “Tomy” and located in the centre of El Chalten, very handy for access the trail heads in each and.

About

Complejo Turistico Lo de Tomy comprises a group of self-catering cabins as well as a restaurant, located in the heart of El Chalten village. For those who prefer to cook their own meals at night and maybe prepare their own box lunches then this is a good option. It is also good if you just want accommodation and not cook your own food.

Other benefits to the accommodation arrangement here are that you get more space other than just a bedroom. There is a living room outside the bedrooms, and table to eat off. For two people or a small group of friends this Lo de Tomy is definitely something to consider.

Aguas Arriba Lodge, El Chalten

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Introduction

The Aguas Arriba Lodge is, effectively, a private home located in an isolated spot in the middle of a beech forest beside Lago del Desierto in deep Patagonia. Access is from El Chalten by road transfer (37km) followed by a 20 minute boat trip.

If you want to really experience something unique and invest a few days of your life to be in the heart of remote Patagonia then this is the place.

About

The Aguas Arriba Lodge is a private, rustic, wooden constructed home located approximately halfway along the lake called “Lago del Desierto”, surrounded on three sides by Patagonian beech forest.

It is secluded, isolated and in one of the remotest places on Earth. Access is by road transfer from El Chalten, which will take about one hour, followed by a 20-minute boat trip on the lake. You can also get here by trekking through the woods from the northern end.

The area is contentious because it is within a border dispute between Chile and Argentina. Just 5km to the northern end of the lake is the official Chilean border post and the end of the Chilean Carretera Austral. To the south, from the southern end of Lago del Desierto it is 37km to the village of El Chalten, in Argentina.

The building, considering that is a private home, offers an atmosphere of a lodge with a large open fireplace living room, large picture windows that open up direct views to the natural wilderness in front of the house. The individual rooms have en-suite bathrooms. High-end, home cooking tops off the sense that a stay here is like staying with an Argentine family, but in comfort.

Stress Breaker

The “hotel” serves as a base where you can just totally relax or participate in activities such as trekking through the Patagonian forest, maybe horse ride, fish and take a boat trip on the lake. If the weather permits there is an outer deck where one can enjoy a glass of Argentine wine whilst appreciating absolute quiet, only broken by the sound of water from the lake, and the serenity of the majestic views all around. On a clear day you can also dee the dramatic peak of Mount Fitzroy back at El Chalten.

It is also an ideal stop over if you are coming from Villa O’Higgins in Chile, the final southern village on the Carretera Austral, to El Chalten. The only issue being that the weather can delay your arrival and / or departure.

Hotel Rey Don Felipe, Punta Arenas

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Introduction

The Hotel Rey Don Felipe is located two blocks from the main plaza in the centre of Punta Arenas. It is a modest hotel, but from the outside the building looks like something you would find in historic England, with its Tudor-like façade.

About

The Hotel Rey Don Felipe is a decent “middle range” hotel offer 45 rooms. The location if the hotel makes it convenient to be close to the centre of Punta Arenas, only two blocks from the main plaza. Rooms are decorated in a simple way, but also cosy. The wooden interior wall coverings and furniture create a welcoming feel. It even has a small spa as well as restaurant.

Hotel Dreams, Punta Arenas

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Introduction

The Hotel Dreams is a modern hotel with a casino attached to it at ground floor level. The hotel offers spacious, modern room accommodation and is very close to the port.

About

The Hotel Dreams is a modern hotel offering spacious rooms with spacious en-suite bathrooms and full wall windows offering views to either the city or Magallanes Stretch.

It is part of a national chain of hotels in Chile and each one has a casino attached to the hotel, also operated by the Dreams group.

There is an indoor swimming pool, sauna and jacuzzi

Hotel Cabo de Hornos, Punta Arenas

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Introduction

The Hotel Cabo de Hornos is the sister hotel to the Hotel Costaustralis in Puerto Natales. The Cabo de Hornos (meaning Cape Horn) is an historic hotel for Punta Arenas, but rooms have been remodelled various times and most recently in 2020.

About

The Hotel Cabo de Hornos is a 110-bed hotel located in the centre of Punta Arenas, right next to the main Plaza. The hotel is modern, offering a good restaurant and rooms that are comfortable and now, after the remodelling, are fresh and modern cosy in style.

Lakutaia Lodge, Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino, Patagonia

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Introduction

The Lakutaia lodge is owned by the local airline company called DAP and they operate the air route between Punta Arenas and Puerto Williams.

Not surprisingly the hotel is located close to the airport, 2km west from Puerto Williams village.

About

The hotel is a simple, one-block unit, Scandinavian-looking from the outside, modern and practical. It has 24 bedrooms, a restaurant and bar area and offers activities.

Errante Lodge, Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino, Patagonia

Introduction

The Errante Lodge is perched on a hill side, 5.5km west from Puerto Williams village. It is a small hotel, construed by a couple of nature-passionate dentists who arrived to Isla Navarino in 2017.

There are only 11 double bedrooms, each with a private bathroom and two others with a shared bathroom. There is also a restaurant-bar area and a hot tub.

About

The concept of the hotel, which is owned by and created by two, young, Chilean dentists, is to be a point of convergence between travellers, locals and the magical nature of these latitudes.

Owner Jorge Caros arrived to Puerto Williams looking to make a contribution to the local community via dentistry and health care. Owner Constanza Portus joined the
project some years later, building together the hotel, a place where travellers from all over the world could come and experience raw nature in its original state.

This hotel is one of those rarities where the owners are passionately involved with the cooking and wellbeing of guests so that all can enjoy the unique nature that surrounds them.

Hotel Las Lengas, Ushuaia, Patagonia

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Introduction

The Hotel Las Lengas is decorated and furnished in the modern style with, for example, bright, red-coloured swivel chairs in the pubic areas. It has 72 rooms, some with views to the Beagle Channel.

About

The Hotel Las Lengas offers 72 bedrooms, furnished in a modern, minimalistic style and with partial views from the bedrooms to either the Beagle Channel on one side, or the Andes mountains on the other.

The exterior is one would have to say “non-descript”. The interior entrance lobby has a tiled floor and is spacious. Rooms are small regarding space.

In its restaurant you will find an international menu choice of dishes as well as regional options.

Hotel Fueguino, Ushuaia, Patagonia

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Introduction

The Hotel Fueguino is a decent, mid-level hotel with 53 rooms, located on the outskirts of the central part of Ushuaia within close distance to the port.

About

The Hotel Fuenguino is a modest 4-star hotel located on the outskirts of the central part of Ushuaia, not too far from the port. Upon entry into the hotel lobby, one has a sense of being in Italy with its crisp, tiled floor and elegant chair and table furniture in its restaurant.

The rooms are furnished and decorated in an elegant, modern, Italian style offering cosy comfort and modern bathrooms.

Hotel Albatros, Ushuaia

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Introduction

The Hotel Albatros is located in the central sector of Ushuaia. It is a modest-level hotel with a top-end 3 star rating.

About

The hotel has a good location to be close to the port as well as restaurants and shops in downtown Ushuaia. It is a modest-level hotel, so no frills. Good for practicalities, but not if you seek top end comfort.

Hotel Cauquenes, Ushuaia

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Introduction

The Hotel Cauquenes is in a privileged position beside the Beagle Channel and in one of the more affluent, residential sectors of Ushuaia.

About

The Hotel Cauquenes is considered to be a five-star hotel, comprising a manageable 54 rooms enabling it to maintain  a certain cosiness. It offers the feel of a mountain lodge with its mix of natural wood and stone exterior as well as interior. The hotel offers spacious rooms, many of which enjoy a direct view to the Beagle channel. In fact, the hotel also has its own private beach.

Its wine bar offers around 100 different wines to taste and this, combined with its European style food menu makes for a great food and wine combination.

Overall, it sits in a tranquil setting and this, together with its spa, indoor pool (small) and restaurant create the right atmosphere for an enjoyable stay.

Hotel Las Hayas, Ushuaia, Patagonia

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Introduction

The Hotel Las Hayas is located in a wooded area at a height overlooking Ushuaia and the Beagle Channel. Rooms are comfortable along with a good restaurant and other facilities like a pool.

About

The hotel was, at one time considered to be the best in Ushuaia. Even though it is no longer “new”, it has been renovated and still offers a certain “grandeur of elegance” from the past.

The hotel enjoys a privileged position within a 5 hectare nature reserve, surrounded by a centennial, Fueguian forest comprising Ñires, Lenga (Beech), sour cherry and Southern beech trees. Also, due to its elevation halfway up a mountain slope, rooms on the Beagle Channel side offer splendid views over Ushuaia and the Beagle Channel. Indeed, to see the dawn break over the Beagle Channel is quite an endearing sight.

Although the hotel is 2.5km (1.5 miles) from the town center, and 1.9km from the port, there are regular transfers operated from the town and airport.

The restaurant, with Beagle Channel views, has and cosy “old fashioned” style and food is contemporary. There is also an English style pub and beauty salon.

For relaxing there is a spa, sauna, hot tub and indoor swimming pool for adults and another for children as well as a squash court.

Hotel Arakur, Ushuaia

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Introduction

The Hotel Arakur sits on its own platform next to a pine wood high above Ushuaia at the entrance end of the city within the Natural Reserve Cerro Alarken.

It offers top-end facilities such as its spa, indoor and outdoor pools, fine dining, well stocked wine cellar, and spacious, well-furnished and decorated rooms with wonderful views over the city or to the mountains behind.

About

The Hotel Arakur was opened towards the end of 2017. It is a large 109-room hotel perched on its own levelled platform of earth in the middle of a natural reserve called Cerro Alarken. From its vantage point visitors get panoramic views over Ushuaia city as well as to the Beagle Channel.

Its lower, stone cladded exterior blends into the natural surroundings and once inside, the polished wooden walls, stone walls and columns together with the large, shiny floor tiles emit an image of space and affluence.

Rooms are all finished to a high standard, spacious and with views either to the Beagle Channel or the mountains. The restaurant offers fine dining combined with top wines and the relaxing facilities of spa and pools make for a nice place to stay pre, or post, an Antarctic Expedition or Patagonia Cruise.

Hotel Martin Gusinde, Puerto Natales

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Introduction

The Hotel Martin Gusinde is a 28-room hotel located in the centre of Puerto Natales, just one block away from the central plaza. If you are seeking a decent place to sleep and nothing else then this hotel will do the trick.

About

The style of this hotel is one of simplicity. Rooms offer limited space but are comfortable. The En-suite bathrooms have showers only and no bath. The restaurant offers simple dishes. Rooms have cable T.V. and WiFi. It is rated as a 3-star hotel by the authorities, but it is a decent 3-star hotel.

Hotel Simple Patagonia, Puerto Natales

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Introduction

The Hotel Simple Patagonia is more or less what the name alludes. It is a “simple” hotel. Nothing flashy, nothing complicated.

About

The local family behind the Simple Patagonia had the idea to create a property reminiscent of the traditional Patagonian estancias, which are known to be spacious, open, yet comfortable.

From the outside the building looks like absolutely nothing. In fact, its hard to believe that there is anything inside, because the exterior is so plain. It is covered by wood panelling with small spaces in-between each panel. This is typical of Patagonia estancia construction as a way to break down the wind.

However, once through the front door the scenery opens up into a spacious lobby area, with dining room and lounge area, the end of which are high floor to ceiling windows that open up the stunning Patagonian landscape.

The construction is a mix of cement floors broken by natural wood, and white and wood-panelled walls that create a sense of cleanliness as well as cosiness.

Hotel Costaustralis, Puerto Natales

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Introduction

The Hotel Costaustralis in Puerto Natales is partnered with the Hotel Cabo de Hornos in Punta Arenas.

Each hotel is different; however, both are city-style hotels offering decent-level accommodation, restaurants and bar facilities. If you like the city style, then in Puerto Natales this is the hotel for you. The Australis is also positioned close to the waters edge from where one can enjoy a pleasant walk.

About

The Hotel Costaustralis, along with its sister hotel in Punta Arenas, the Cabo de Hornos, were designed, as the hotel owners say, “for the modern business and leisure traveller”.

Regarding Hotel Costaustralis, it is located in a central position in Puerto Natales, but also close to the water's edge, the “Fiord of Last Hope”. This means that rooms on the sea-facing side have a view to the fiord, whereas the rooms on the other side have a view to the town, including other nearby buildings.

The style of Hotel Costaustralis is that of a city hotel, with Patagonia-inspired interiors. Rooms are comfortable, offering moderate space, but well equipped.