US EMBASSY
Avenida Andres Bello 2800
Santiago, Chile
telephone (56) (2) 232-2600
fax (56) (2) 330-3005
web address: http://www.santiago.usembassy.gov
email address: SantiagoAMCIT@state.gov
packing ideas:
swim suits, flashlights (for night time in San Pedro),
flip-flops, sunscreen, cold-weather gear for high desert
nights
*Denotes already arranged
14 Mar—
• Daws/De Priest arrive AA#945 8:10 AM
• Get money at airport
• Go to far end of arrival curb. Centropuerto blue bus
leaves every 10 minutes. Drops passengers at Los
Héroes Metro station on Alameda.
• Take Metro to Santa Lucia stop.
• Hotel Galerias address: San Antonio 65.
Phone 2/470-7434
• Bus to Viña del Mar???
15 Mar-
• Williams’ arrive 8:40 AM on AA947
• Get money at airport
• Go to far end of arrival curb. Centropuerto blue bus
leaves every 10 minutes. Drops passengers at Los
Heroes Metro station on Alameda.
• Take Metro to Los Leones stop.
• Hotel Los Españoles address: Los Españoles 2539.
phone: 2/232-1824
• Daws/De Priest transfer to Los Españoles hotel
• After getting settled in, hit the city!
• Cerro San Cristobal and Metropolitan Park
• La Chascona—home/museum of Pablo Neruda
• Lunch at Mercado Central for seafood lunch. Watch
fishmongers shuck and fillet.
• Walk to Plaza de Armas
• Visit Pre-Columbian museum
• Presidential Palace
• Walk to Parque Forestal. Coffee at Café Mosqueto or
late afternoon cocktail at Catedral
• Later evening, get pisco sours and take traditional
Chilean bistro food at Bar Liguria
16 Mar-Sun. Wine Country
• 8AM--Almacruz tour to Colchagua Valley* (prepaid).
Departs from Hotel Galeria. Go to Santa Cruz. Visit
Santa Cruz Hotel, Museo de Colchagua, wine tours.
• 1 PM Reservations for lunch at Pan Pan Vino Vino*
(Phone 72/84835) www.panpanvinovino.cl
• 9:30 PM Dinner at Happening* (Av. Apoquindo 3090 phone
2/233-2301 Metro: El Golf RESERVATIONS Confirmed
17 Mar (Mon)—Andes Mountains. See about arranging this
through our hotel–-for example,
Manzur Expediciones (requires reservations)
Address: Sotero del Rio 475, Of. 507
Telephone: (2) 777 4284
Leaves from: Plaza Italia (Metro Baquedano)
Departure time: 8:00 am
• Visit Cajon de Maipo, located 45 min-2 hrs away.
Options:
o glacier trek in El Morado National Park
o hot springs at Termas de Colina
o horseback riding
o lunch at Refugio Alemán
o Return to Santiago.
• 9:30 PM Dinner reservations at Astrid y Gaston*
Address: Antonio Bellet 201 phone 2/650-9125.
Metro: Pedro de Valdivia
18 Mar—Bus to Valparaíso
• La Sebastiana (home of Pablo Neruda)
• Museo Naval y Marítimo
• Cementerio De Disidentes (non-catholic)
• Walking Tour from Port to Heights of Valparaiso
(p119-122 Frommer’s)
19 Mar—LAN flight #340 Santiago to Calama. Departs 6:20AM,
arrives 8:25 AM
• Transfers to San Pedro are already booked with
“Licancabur” Company. Go to counter at Calama
Airport. Pay direct there in cash. $16.000 per
person. Check into Hotel Kimal.
• DO NOT DRINK WATER IN SAN PEDRO--ARSENIC
• Museo Arqueologico Padre le Paige-near the plaza
open 9-12 and 2-6
• Salar de Atacama* 3PM-7:30PM Tour the pueblo de
Toconao, Atacama salt flats, Chaxa lagoon,
amazing desert sunset. Leave from the office
$8.000 CDL
• 8PM 2½ hr sky tour*. $12.000 per person
(U$D25). Alain Maury
[mailto:alain@spaceobs.com]
20 Mar
• ARQUEOLÓGICO*: 08:00 AM - 11:30 PM
• VALLE DE LA LUNA*: 15:00 PM – 19:30 PM
21 Mar
• GEYSER + PURITAMA*: 04:30 AM – 13:00 PM
• Laguna Sejar—12 mi from San Pedro (p193 Frommer)
• Confirm transfer Lincancabur* to airport for
tomorrow
• Confirm LAN and American flights for tomorrow
22 Mar—LAN flight #379 Calama to Santiago. Departs 8:25AM,
arrives 10:25 AM. Lincancabur* will transfer to airport.
Santiago ideas before departure
• wineries Santa Emiliana or House of Morandé
• museums of contemporary art and Bellas Artes
AMERICAN AIRLINES DEPARTURE:
Williams—AA912 departs 9:40 PM arrives Miami 5:05 AM
AA1379 Departs Miami 7:30 AM arrives Dallas 9:45 AM
Daws/De Priest—AA940 9:25 PM arrives Dallas 6:10 AM
AA1627 9AM departure—arives KC 10:30 AM