tourists can rent canoes and rafts to float down the river

Summer vacatin, Part 5, Valdivia, Chile

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May 1st 2007
After our tumultuous ferry ride back to the mainland from Chiloe and after reassuring Carlos that we are not going to die, we took the bus back to Puerto Montt. From their we headed to Valdivia, our last stop on our summer vacation. Valdivia is located where the Calle-Calle, Valdivia and Cau-Cau Rivers join and was founded in 1555 by Pedro de Valdivia. During the 19th century, to jump-start ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Viña del Mar

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more