Camping La Higuera

Chile is of course known for its towering mountains. But beaches? As a nation with one of the longest coastlines in the world at a whopping 6,500 kilometres, it has those too. If you’re curious about checking them out, travel around 45 minutes by car to the coast for the long and sandy Playa Los Cañones and Playa de Reñaca. The hilly port city of Valparaíso is around the area too, about 50 minutes from the site, for visits to popular poet Pablo Neruda’s former residence (Casa Museo La Sebastiana) among streets covered in graffiti. While in this creatively inclined city, you can also poke around the Art Nouveau mansion and fine arts museum of Baburizza Palace or saunter through the 370 acres’ worth of nature at the Viña del Mar Botanical Garden.