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Chiloé Island Tours
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Things to Do in Chiloé Island
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Penguin Colony Boat Expedition at Puñihuil
Board a small boat from Puñihuil to three volcanic islets—the only shared breeding site of Humboldt and Magellanic penguins. A protected monument, it also shelters otters, cormorants, sea lions, and seasonal sightings of pygmy blue whales.
Kayaking Through Chepu’s Sunken Forest
Paddle at dawn through a ghost forest of dead tree trunks rising from still water. The 1960 9.5-magnitude Chilean earthquake sank the land, flooding the valley with saltwater. Today it’s a misty wetland alive with birds and rare river otters.
UNESCO Wooden Churches
Explore 16 UNESCO-listed wooden churches built with boat-building joinery, many without nails. Dating to the 1730s, these Chiloé churches blend Jesuit design with Huilliche craftsmanship in native cypress and larch, a tradition found nowhere else.
Darwin’s Fox & Valdivian Rainforest Trek
Track the endangered Darwin’s fox in Chiloé’s Valdivian rainforest at Tepuhueico Reserve. With just 200–450 remaining worldwide, guided dawn and dusk walks also seek pudú, the world’s smallest deer, and the elusive kodkod wild cat.
Curanto Earth-Oven Feast with a Chilote Family
Join a Chilote family to prepare curanto, an ancestral feast from Chiloé’s Chono roots. Mussels, meats, and potato dumplings from native varieties steam over hot stones beneath nalca leaves, linking 5,000 years of food culture to today.
Blue Whale Watching in the Corcovado Gulf
Venture into the Corcovado Gulf, a vital blue whale nursery off southern Chiloé. In summer, blue and humpback whales surface alongside endemic Chilean dolphins, while black-browed albatross glide above these nutrient-rich waters.
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