Chile, All or Multiple City Thread

[Margus]

Santiago:

Hostal La Chimba (Ernesto Pinto Lagarrigue 262, in Bellavista neighbourhood)

From the outside you couldn´t tell it is a hostel as it is behind a high wall and locked gates. You can park the bike in the garden. It is a clean, colourful place with kitchen use, friendly management and a good WiFi connection (and two computers in case you don´t have a laptop with you). The only bad thing is that it gets very noisy on weekend nights as it is in bars and restaurants area. Dorm beds are 8000 and double rooms are 20 000 Chilean pesos (breakfast included).

[Singaporedream]

we enjoy camping at Calama with our retired police inspector. he is 75 years old now. it's one of our best campsite. with that amount of $, we had facilities of a cabanas. the owner is very helpful and friendly. if you want to meet nice people, go to S22 27.598 W68 54.999
Casas del valle. Francisco bilbao 1207. near stadium.

visit to the copper mine is free. we book thro our campsite management. just have to pay a donation to a children's home. can park vehicle at S22 19.480 W68 55.726

El Tatio is about 80km from San Pedro De Atacama. it took us about 4-5 hours to travel that 80km. We go there to watch the world 3rd largest Geyser field. Advisable to reach there on the day before and stay in the refugee. very nice place to stay. homely. we paid 2500cpl to sleep in the hall. you will not want to camp outside. it could go down to -9degree celcius in the night. if u join a tour from san pedro de atacama, you have to wake up at 3am to catch the morning splash. we reach the refugee at 5pm. good thing is that there are no tourist.we could go around freely, enjoy the privacy, use the natural hot pool alone. quickie is good.
refugee at S22 21.056 W68 00.941

camping at s.P. de atacama S22 54.796 W68 12.016
4000cpl per person. best campsite. camping Los Perales, Tocopilla 481. there are campsite at 2000cpl but bikers would not want to camp there.

route to valle de luna, flamingo park, salt pool are not easy. you will end up like us bathing in the sand with the bikes. drop me a message if you want the route from my GPS, not easy to find a road in.

thumbs up for hostel recommanded in Iquique! (twin traveler)

[Zigeuner53]

On Vicuna Mackenna just before the Baquedano Metro station - in Providencia -
5000 for dorm includes breakfast - parking for 2-4 bikes inside
nice place

Terra Extremus hostel is at corner, a little noisier and has parking for 2 bikes no free breakfast