Chile Bike Tour

Lakes, Volcanoes & Pampered Pleasures

From $5,899 - $6,799 pp dbl. occ. | 7 days / 6 nights

(+$1,020 to $2,230 for sgl. occ.)

Snow-blanketed volcanoes towering above shimmering lakes. Fine local wines and inspired cuisine. Untamed stands of dense forest. This is Chile's Lakes and Volcanoes District. A place where old-world charm comes alive in lakeside German villages and ancient indigenous cultures thrive. Discover a region of enchanting beauty that is at once wild and refined.

Highlights

Embark on an epic road-biking trip through Chile's Ring of Fire—complete with forests, lava fields, waterfalls and rivers
Relish the comforts of luxury hotels including the Relaix & Châteaux &Beyond Vira Vira at the foot of Villarrica Volcano
Savor local flavors as you indulge in a wine-pairing tasting menu and Chilean-style barbecues
Witness a total solar eclipse on our 12/12/20 departure and a 94% eclipse on our 12/14/20 departure. We expect these trips to fill fast—book early!

Chile

Start Puerto Varas / End Pucón or Temuco Airport

Itinerary

Day 1 Explore a rugged landscape of peaks, lakes and forests | Bike along the shore of Chile's second-largest lake, flanked by snowcapped Calbuco and Osorno Volcanoes | Visit a working dairy farm and sample homemade manjar, Chile's staple sweet.

Day 2 Pedal through the quaint colonial village of Frutillar, where German culture, cuisine and architecture are well preserved | Quiet lakeside roads lead past bucolic farms, green pastures and grazing cows | Relax at our hotel in Parque Futangue, a remote nature reserve of virgin forests, lava fields and waterfalls.

Days 3-4 Following a river through green fields and fertile farmland, pass the quaint town of Llifen, famous for its hot springs | Ride through the Valdivian rain forest to the magical Huilo Huilo Biological Reserve, recognized by National Geographic as a World Legacy award-winner | In the heart of the reserve's wilderness, Nawelpi Lodge is the perfect luxury base for exploring the area on foot.

Days 5-7 Villarrica Volcano and its namesake lake create a dramatic backdrop for Pucón, Chile's adventure capital | Ride a portion of the stunning Seven Lakes Route | Bike the Ironman route, following the Trancura River and enjoying views of several mighty volcanoes in the distance | A ride into Villarrica National Park offers splendid vistas and first-rate cycling | Unwind at the elegant Relais & Châteaux &Beyond Vira Vira lodge, a 56-acre oasis set among lush trees and a natural lagoon.

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The earlier you book, the more choice you'll have and the lower your price. And you can always change your mind — you won't be charged to transfer to a different trip before your final payment is due. View cancellation policy.

If you must cancel your reservation, your cancellation fee will be determined according to the policy outlined below. Exceptions to our cancellation policy cannot be made for any reason, including weather, terrorism, civil unrest or personal emergencies. There is no refund for arriving late or leaving a trip early. Private room or tent, bike rental and internal air charges are considered part of the total trip cost and are subject to cancellation fees. Percentage charges are calculated on total trip cost.

Cancellation Fees (Per Person)
Days Prior to Trip Start	Scheduled Trips	Private Trips	Custom Trips
126+ days	$200**	$600	30%
95-125	$200**	30%	50%
61-95 days	30%	50%	75%
31-60 days	60%	75%	100%
0-30 days	100%	100%	100%

** Rather than paying the cancellation fees, you may choose to keep your trip deposit ($600) in a holding account to use on a future Backroads trip with no expiration date.

Bike Cancellation Policies: If you are renting a Specialized Roubaix, Ruby, eBike or Co-Motion Tandem, a full cancellation fee will apply in the event you cancel your trip reservation inside 30 days.

Transfers: You may transfer from one trip to another up to 95 days before trip departure without penalty—except Private or Custom Trips.

Release of Liability: Guests are required to provide a signed Release of Liability, Assumption of All Risks, and Arbitration Agreement and a completed Personal Information forms prior to trip departure; you will receive these materials shortly after reserving your trip. You may also complete your forms online. We are unable to allow guests to participate in any aspect of a Backroads trip without a signed release form.

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Private Trip Pricing

10 or more Guests: from $5,899 pp dbl occ

9 Guests: from $6,399 pp dbl occ

8 Guests: from $6,599 pp dbl occ
2-7 Guests: Give us a call or reach out here!

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2020 March

3/11–3/17

2020 November

8+ 11/24–11/30

2020 December

12/3–12/9

2021 January

8+ 1/6–1/12

8+ 1/8–1/14

8+ 1/24–1/30

8+ 1/26–2/1

2021 February

8+ 2/22–2/28

2021 March

8+ 3/5–3/11

8+ 3/10–3/16

8+ 3/15–3/21

8+ 3/24–3/30

8+ 3/31–4/6

2021 April

8+ 4/2–4/8

2021 November

8+ 11/5–11/11

8+ 11/14–11/20

8+ 11/23–11/29

2021 December

8+ 12/2–12/8

8+ 12/11–12/17

8+ 12/13–12/19

8+ 12/28–1/3

8+ 12/30–1/5

2022 January

8+ 1/5–1/11

8+ 1/7–1/13

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Prices

From $5,899 - $6,799 pp dbl. occ.
7 days / 6 nights

(+$1,020 to $2,230 for sgl. occ.)

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Premiere Hotels

Hotel AWA

Puerto Varas (1 night)

Futangue Hotel & Spa

Parque Futangue (1 night)

Nawelpi Lodge

Huilo Huilo (2 nights)

&Beyond Vira Vira

Pucón (2 nights)

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Activity Level

This trip is rated Levels 2-4

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What's Included

Services and equipment are included.

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Why Travel with Backroads in Chile

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Premiere Hotels

Accommodations may vary based on departure date. Any difference from what is listed below can be found by clicking on your desired date on the View Scheduled Dates or Private Dates tabs.

Hotel AWA

Puerto Varas (1 night)

Savor superb lakefront views from floor-to-ceiling windows at this design hotel featuring contemporary architecture that melds modern style with local materials. (pool, spa)

Futangue Hotel & Spa

Parque Futangue (1 night)

Surrounded by gardens, meadows and lush forest, this remote hotel is set within the borders of a private reserve. (pool, spa)

Nawelpi Lodge

Huilo Huilo (2 nights)

From the comfort of your luxury bungalow in the heart of the Huilo Huilo Reserve, connect with nature while falling asleep to sounds of the rain forest and the rushing Fuy River.

&Beyond Vira Vira

Pucón (2 nights)

Lauded by Travel + Leisure, this luxurious hotel and full-fledged farm is perched above the Liucura River at the foot of a snowcapped volcano. A Relais & Châteaux member. (spa)

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This Trip Is Rated Levels 2-4

Every Backroads trip is designed to appeal to a wide variety of interests and fitness levels. We know your pace may vary from one day to the next—and your traveling companion's may differ somewhat from yours. So we present a range of mileage options, and each day you decide exactly what and how much you want to do.

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Day	EASYGOING				ACTIVE				AVID
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	miles	feet gain	miles	feet gain	miles	feet gain	miles	feet gain	miles	feet gain
1			18	900
2	16*	800	28*	1600			42*	3100
3	15*	800			30*	1900	45*	3900
4	Walking & Hiking (3–8 Miles)
4	Optional Activities in Huilo Huilo (Mountain Biking, Kayaking, etc.)
5			20*	1000	32*	1900			43*	2700
6			12*	1100	30*	1800	47*	4200
7	12*	700

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* Includes shuttle.

Learn more about how we determine our activity level and fully support a range of abilities and interests.

Please note that our distance and elevation figures come from Ride with GPS. Other sources may give differing elevation figures due to different GPS and mapping technologies and other external factors.

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Meals

All breakfasts, 7 lunches, 6 dinners

Available Bike Options

The key to a stellar day’s ride is a bike that’s perfectly in tune with your cycling style… Backroads has you covered with the best bike fleet in the world! Read on for your available bike options for this trip.

Backroads Titanium Bikes (Included in your trip price)

Our custom-built titanium bikes are specially designed for you—and we offer different models for varied terrain so your bike is ideally suited to the region. Our custom-made bikes are included in your trip price.

Touring Bike (Included)

Performance Road Bike (Included)

Backroads Custom Electric-Assist Bike (Included in your trip price– Available until 4/1/20)

Wishing for a little extra assistance up those hills? Our custom Backroads Electric-Assist Bike lets you experience the thrill of exploring on two wheels while providing a boost when you want it. We've modified a selection of our great Titanium Bikes with the intuitive BionX "pedal-assist" system.

Backroads Custom Electric-Assist Bike (Included)

NEW! Backroads Custom Electric-Assist Bike (Included in your trip price – Available beginning 4/1/20)

Our newly redesigned Titanium Electric-Assist Bike is a lightweight yet powerful machine unique in the world of eBikes. It provides plenty of power (and then some!) to flatten the hills and more than enough battery range to cover the distance. Other outstanding features include the same comfort as our Touring Bikes and lower top tubes for easier mounting and dismounting.

Backroads Custom Electric-Assist Bike (Included)

Also Included

Expertise and services of our experienced Trip Leaders
Snacks and beverages between meals
Additional guides and experts from the region on many trips
Van shuttles to support a variety of route options
Comprehensive Travel Planner with detailed pre-trip information
Private guided tours at museums, historic sites, wineries and other select attractions as noted in the Travel Planner
All gratuities at hotels and restaurants
Special events, including wine tastings and other select attractions as mentioned in the Travel Planner
On biking and multi-adventure trips, use of fully equipped Backroads titanium bike plus helmet and accessories
Trailercycles, carriers, and kid-sized helmets for Family Trips
Equipment and experienced guides for kayaking, rafting, snorkeling, sailing and canoeing as described
Park and other entry fees
Fares for trains, ferries and other modes of travel as listed in the Travel Planner
Select coach transfers
Baggage transfers and porterage

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Get the Straight Talk about This Trip

We want to make sure you're on the right trip and that you have the best experience possible. Every Backroads trip is unique and this one is no exception.

Shuttle Time

In order to experience the full grandeur of Chile's Lakes and Volcanoes District, we spend more time shuttling on this trip than on a typical Backroads trip. This enables us to explore the incredible variety of ecosystems and scenery this region has to offer. Rest assured, the views from these shuttles are spectacular.

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Why Travel with Backroads in Chile

The Best Leaders in Chile

Backroads has the best-qualified people to lead your trip in Chile, and our guests back that up, rating our Trip Leaders an average of 9.75 out of 10 for all-around quality of performance. Get the facts (and no fluff) on how we recruit and develop the very best people for your trip.

Only the Best Hotels

On this trip featuring Premiere Hotels, you can count on the best lodgings Chile has to offer. In fact, the hotels we've chosen in this region have higher retail room rates than those offered by any other active travel company—even when their trips cost more.

The Right Local Pairings

Our Trip Leaders combine deep local expertise with a firm grasp of North American expectations around quality of service. By the same token, we pair experienced Backroads leaders with local guides who know how to cater to your needs while cracking open the culture or natural history in ways that are meaningful, memorable and often magical.

A Second Van When You Need It

Backroads is the only active travel company providing two support vans in Chile—because we know it's essential to ensure a truly great travel experience. It doubles our ability to be there when you need us to offer hydration, lighten your load or give you a lift if it's time to take a break. Read more on why two vans make all the difference.

Experts with Secrets to Share

In choosing the ideal experts to enrich your travel experience, we look for people with a wealth of local knowledge, but also the ability to convey their insights in English. Too often travelers find themselves smiling politely, not quite understanding what they're being told. Our experts share intriguing facts, anecdotes and inside stories that stay with you forever.

Our Superb Bikes Included

A great bike is obviously critical for a great biking trip; you don't want to gamble on one that's been sourced locally to trim costs. This trip features our acclaimed Backroads Custom Titanium bikes, expertly tuned and fitted, and included in your trip price. Learn why our titanium bikes are ideal for most riders.

Everyone at Their Own Pace

We design and support our Chile trips to suit mixed abilities and varied interests—so you can set your own pace, then change things up as the day unfolds. And all guests are free to do the same, traveling together or apart, with no one cramping anyone else's style. Which sounds easy in theory, but it's hard to pull off. Here's more on how we do it.

We Speak the Language

If we told you many companies' leaders can't actually speak the language where they lead trips, you'd say incroyable... ridicolo... không the tha thú. At Backroads, fluency in the local language is a given. Find out more on the best leader recruitment, training and development in the business. (And by the way, that was "unforgivable" in Vietnamese.)

Choose Your Fellow Travelers

With Backroads you won't end up with kids on what you thought was an adult trip; we have exclusive departures for families, so they're off having their own adventures. As you browse our unrivaled selection of trips and dates, you can count on finding a trip in Chile that's geared exclusively to your choice of traveling companions.

A Variety of Routes Each Day

In Chile you head off each morning after choosing among several expertly designed routes—all with detailed directions, mileage and shuttle options. Unlike trips with one fixed daily route (or worse, one guide that everyone's obliged to follow), you're free to enjoy the best of the region at your pace, stopping wherever you want to explore further.

Our Cultural Roots Run Deep

Thanks to our extensive connections in Chile, Backroads takes you off the beaten track and deep into the region's culture in ways that traditional travel can never hope to do. We know the people and their customs, the legacy of art and architecture, the complex history and politics – and if we're not sure, our amazing local experts can fill in the blanks.

We've Set the Standard

For nearly four decades we've worked to earn and maintain our right to call Backroads the world's #1 active travel company. In pursuing that vision on behalf of our guests, we believe we've set the standard for our industry—captured in the Backroads Quality Guide, which clearly sets out the benchmarks of excellence, choice and support that we live by

Quality You Can Measure

Since 1979, Backroads Founder and President Tom Hale has shown that staying #1 means constantly evaluating our performance using the best possible source of information: our guests. As we systematically analyze your feedback on our trip consultants, leaders, hotels, meals and on-trip activities, we never stop working to make a great company even better.

We Know Where We're Going

Tom Hale has been keeping Backroads on track, with one eye on the horizon, since 1979. His passion for active travel, and for ensuring the highest-quality travel experience, is evident in every detail we add to make a guest's trip unforgettable—and the fact he's right there in the office, making it happen. To hear Tom describe his vision, watch our video.

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From $5,899 - $6,799 pp dbl. occ. | 7 days / 6 nights

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Premiere Hotels

Hotel AWA

Futangue Hotel & Spa

Nawelpi Lodge

&Beyond Vira Vira

Activity Level

What's Included

Why Backroads

More On This Trip

Reviews by Power Reviews ®

Premiere Hotels

Hotel AWA

Puerto Varas (1 night)

Futangue Hotel & Spa

Parque Futangue (1 night)

Nawelpi Lodge

Huilo Huilo (2 nights)

&Beyond Vira Vira

Pucón (2 nights)

This Trip Is Rated Levels 2-4

Daily Route Options (drag to see full )

Meals

Available Bike Options

Backroads Titanium Bikes (Included in your trip price)

Backroads Custom Electric-Assist Bike (Included in your trip price– Available until 4/1/20)

NEW! Backroads Custom Electric-Assist Bike (Included in your trip price – Available beginning 4/1/20)

Also Included

Get the Straight Talk about This Trip

Shuttle Time

Why Travel with Backroads in Chile

The Best Leaders in Chile

Only the Best Hotels

The Right Local Pairings

A Second Van When You Need It

Experts with Secrets to Share

Our Superb Bikes Included

Everyone at Their Own Pace

We Speak the Language

Choose Your Fellow Travelers

A Variety of Routes Each Day

Our Cultural Roots Run Deep

We've Set the Standard

Quality You Can Measure