Chile Travel Podcast with Tomás Fuentes

Chile Travel Podcast is a resident’s guide to travelling through a country that stretches across 39 degrees of latitude. Between the Atacama Desert, the central valley, and the cool, damp south, journeys are measured in changing climates and landscapes as much as in kilometres. The show treats travel as a process of learning one place at a time. Over the series, the host’s range includes Santiago, Valparaíso, the Atacama Desert and the Chiloé archipelago. Each episode connects one place to the next, so the listener gradually sees how Chile fits together: the Andes to the east, the coastal mountains to the west, and the central valley where most people live. The podcast unfolds by returning to places in different seasons, letting Chile change around the listener. A valley heard about in summer is revisited after winter rains; a port town becomes familiar through repeated visits over a year. The result is a slow accumulation of knowledge, closer to how a resident comes t