Explora Patagonia National Park

Style

Pumas and peaks

Setting

Tucked under Tamanguito

You may be in the secluded steppe of Chile’s Chacabuco Valley, but Explora Patagonia National Park has more than mastered adventure-fuelled forays. Bespoke itineraries, made by the park's expert guides, sort your days for you, which you’ll find filled with hikes around the southern slopes, kayaks along the crystalline Cochrane Lake and bike rides by the lagoons. Back at the lodge, award-winning chefs prepare local Chilean cuisine for evenings under the stars, masseurs await for restorative rub-downs and rooms are primed with floor-to-ceiling windows and cushy king-size beds for scenic slumbers. Rest up, we’re doing it all again tomorrow…

Facilities

客房

13, including five suites.

Checkout

10am; check-in, 1pm. Both are flexible, subject to availability and an additional charge.

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Rates include all meals and drinks (excluding certain wines), a range of activities and explorations, entry fees for the national park, and airport transfers.

Also

Staff can arrange for explorations to be in vans fitted with ramps, so everyone can explore with ease. All of the lodge’s communal spaces are wheelchair-friendly and one of the rooms is accessible – just let staff know if you’d like handrails added by the bed and in the bathroom.

Hotel Closed

The hotel closes annually between 1 May and 30 September.

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At the Hotel

Tailored-to-you exploration itineraries; free-to-use trekking poles, and cycling and kayaking gear. In rooms: free bottled water, tea- and coffee-making kit, hairdryer, and bespoke bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

You may not be spoilt with choice here, but you’ll certainly bag vast views of Mount Tamanguito wherever you choose to lay your head. For extra space, we’d suggest going for one of the five suites, which all have their own living areas fitted with hand-carved furnishings and rustic-red hues that lean into the steppe’s serene surroundings.

Spa

Set a short walk from the lodge, the small outdoor spa has a treatment room for post-hike massages, and a number of outdoor hot tubs.

Packing Tips

Your sturdiest hiking boots and an eagle eye for wildlife spotting.

Also

Patagonia National Park’s land belongs to the North Face- and Patagonia-alumni Doug and Kristine Tompkins, who donated it to the Chilean government in 2018 to help fund and protect conservation efforts in the region.

兒童

Little Smiths are welcome, but there’s no kids’ club and explorations are better suited for the adults.

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Food & Drink

Top Table

Ask for a table by the window for vast views of the Tamango and Tamanguito mountains.

服裝規定

Taupe tones and your best wide-brimmed cowboy hat.

Hotel Restaurant

Helmed by chef Pablo Jesús Rivero – owner of accoladed Buenos Aires restaurant Don Julio – Rincón Gaucho serves seasonal fare, made with locally sourced ingredients, under the lodge’s vaulted ceilings and against sweeping mountain silhouettes. Menus are an ode to Chilean cuisine, so expect plenty of roasted lamb, cooked in a traditional gaucho style that enhances the natural flavours.

Hotel Bar

Head to the restaurant for calafate sours (a Patagonian take on pisco sours) and a long list of local wines to sample at a mountain-facing table.

Last Orders

Breakfast is served between 7am to 9am; lunch is from 1pm till 3pm, and dinner is 7pm to 9pm.

Room Service

In-room dishes are available during restaurant opening hours.

Planes

The remote location will make things a little trickier, but not impossible. If you’re flying from Europe or the US, it’s likely you’ll have at least one layover in Santiago in order to reach Balmaceda, which is the hotel’s closest commercial airport and a six-hour drive away. If you’d rather limit time on the road, there’s a small domestic airfield in Cochrane (a 25-minute drive away), that you can take a charter flight to from Balmaceda. Transfers from both airports are included in the rates – just let staff know where you’ll be arriving and they’ll be waiting.

Automobiles

For those planning a road trip through Chilean Patagonia before reaching the lodge, there are rental booths at Balmaceda Airport and a public car park in the National Park. From Balmaceda, the route to Explora is straight down Route 7 (Carretera Austral).

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Explora Patagonia National Park has you covered when it comes to filling your days… Explore the steppe on foot with guided hikes around its mountains, or grab a pair of wheels from the hotel and set off for a bike ride through the Chacabuco Valley. Aquaphiles can spend a day kayaking down the Cochrane River and through its crystal-clear lagoons. Or, if that’s all sounding a little too arduous, explore the park with a 4x4 tour or head to the Patagonia National Park Museum to learn more about the region’s landscape and cultural history. And after all that, it would only be right to stop by the spa for some truly transformative treatments.

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