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  Llama looking thoughtful on shores of Lago Chungara, northern Chile

  © Chris Beall

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  View over Santiago from top of Cerro San Cristobel

  © Brent Winebrenner

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  Slightly nervous tourists crossing river, Queulat National Park, southern Chile

  © Aaron McCoy

Chile : Overview

From salty desert top to glacier-crowded bottom, Chile is a gobsmacking reminder of nature's beauty and power. This narrow trickle of a country is jammed with enough geysers, mountains, beaches, forests and volcanoes to keep adventure nuts slavering for a lifetime.