fun things to do with kids in chile - family travel    
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Chile – where else can kids ski on July 4th, go swimming at the beach on Christmas, watch condors soaring on the currents, eat German pastries, and set foot on Tierra del Fuego? Chile is an amazing long skinny country on the backbone of the Andean cordillera that stretches from the driest desert in the world, to the "utmost ends of the earth," windy and fierce Tierra del Fuego.
Tip: Don't miss our top picks for children's books on Chile, recommended by the staff of Travel for Kids, see below.
  Santiago
    Northern Chile
    Central Chile
    Lakes Region
    Chilean Patagonia
      Tip: The seasons in Chile are reversed from those in the Northern hemisphere. Summer is December to March, winter is June to August.
family tours chile patagonia

Cruise through the Antarctic waters of the Straits of Magellan, from Punta Arenas in Chile to Tierra del Fuego and Ushuaia in Argentina. Kids will never forget seeing immense blocks of ice plunging into the ocean, Magellanic penguins, guanacos and condors, Cape Horn and icy glaciers. Sail with this tour company that offers trips for families

    Wildland Adventures Family Travel
kids books chile
     
To Go Singing through the World - kids books Chile  

Growing up in a remote town in Chile, Pablo Neruda wrote poems in his math book, the wild country sang to him, and he dreamed of adventure. Enchanting story of Neruda's childhood, filled with his own poetry, fabulously illustrated. "Under the volcanoes, beside the snow-capped mountains, among the huge lakes, the fragrant, the silent, the tangled Chilean forest …" (Picture book)

 

     
Mariana and the Merchild
Caroline Pitcher, Jackie Morris

Captivating retelling of a Chilean folk tale, the sea-wolves howl during a ferocious storm, but when the sea is calm again, an old woman finds a Merbaby in a shining crab shell. Gorgeous illustrations. (Picture book)

 

 
Mariana and the Merchild - kids books Chile
     
Land of the Wild Llama  
Land of the Wild Llama
Audrey Fraggalosch, Michael Denman, William Huiett

Get to know the amazing wildlife of Patagonia – guanacos (wild llamas), rheas, ibises, mountain lions, Andean geese, chinchillas, grey foxes. Two-page fold out with plants and animals glossary. (Picture book)

 

     
Tierra del Fuego
Peter Lourie

Tierra del Fuego, the tip of South America, land of terrible storms, attacking pirates, nomadic Patagonian tribes. A trip to find out what Tierra del Fuego is like today. (Picture book)

 

 
Tierra del Fuego - kids books Chile
     
Easter Island - kids books Chile  
Easter Island
Caroline Arnold

Discover the mysterious moai, huge stone figures, and Polynesian culture of Easter Island. A fascinating story of the first settlers from Polynesia, legends, daily life, how the moai were made – carving with stone tools, moving the multi-ton statues, decorations and engravings. (Chapter book, photographs)

 

     
The Day the Stones Walked
T.A. Barron, William Low

In the old stories of Easter Island, the moai come alive and walk in times of trouble. When a great wave hits the island, a young boy hears chanting songs of stone and voices deeper than the sea. Illustrated with luminous paintings of the amazing moai and Easter Island. (Picture book)

 

 
The Day the Stones Walked - kids books Chile
     
Chile - kids books Chile  
Chile
Kremena Spengler

Fun facts about Chile today – school, sports, holidays, foods, arts and music, government, transportation, geography. (Picture book)