Chile, South America travel resource.

Chile,South America.

Imagine a long, thin slice of California with a patch of the Sahara desert glued onto the north. Carve some of New Zealand's fjords and British Columbia's forests and lakes into the south. Press all of this against a spine of tall, rugged mountains. This would be Chile, which has some of the world's most varied and dramatic landscapes.
Parts of the country-Tierra del Fuego, for example-feel like the ends of the earth. Yet Chile is one of the most modern and convenient travel destinations in South America. In many places, it has a European feel-along with European-style prices that are high in comparison with the rest of the continent.
Spanish, Irish, English, German and Scottish immigrants, as well as Amerindians and mestizos make up the majority of Chile's diverse population. Among their neighbors are the indigenous Mapuche, a tribe that survived colonization with its traditions intact. The complex history of Chile's settlement has made it possible to find cultural anomalies throughout the country, such as German immigrants who speak Spanish and revere a national hero named O'Higgins.