Traidcraft Meet the People Tours, Fair Trade / Responsible Holidays in Chile

Chile

The land of Earth, Fire and Ice, Chile is a stunningly beautiful and varied country. These tours give us a fascinating insight into Chile’s cultural and recent political history as well as experience of its amazing natural scenery.

We spend our first few days in Santiago getting our first tastes of traditional Chilean food and whilst touring the sights we begin to learn about Chile's history and the effects of Pinochet’s regime on the people of the country. After visiting the crafts producers at Fundacion Solidaridad we begin our journey south passing through amazing natural scenery including the impressive waterfalls of Salto del Laja and the Huerquehue National Park. As well as visiting Traidcraft’s suppliers of wine at Lautaro and honey at Apicoop, we will visit various cities and Mapuche communities and begin to understand a more little about life in Chile.

Our journey South ends in Puerto Varas in Chile's spectacular lake district. On our penultimate day we fly from here back to Santiago where we will have some time to reflect on our journey and all that we have learnt along the way.