5 CHILOÉ TERRA
5 CHILOÉ TERRA INCOGNITA New seaplane services are making it easier for adventurous travellers to reach this remote Chilean island, splashing down right in front of the 24-room Tierra Chiloé, a sustainably built boutique hotel with architecture that echoes the island’s traditional palafito stilt houses. Fifty-minute amphibious Cessna transfer flights connect Puerto Montt’s El Tepual Airport and the hotel’s jetty, from which guests can also hop on scenic seaplane tours for island, fjord and volcano views. For those who prefer to remain on terra firma, the hotel’s new guided nature-bathing walks create a connection to the scents, sounds and textures of this mystical land, home to a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna, including forests of bamboo, myrtle and hazelnut, rare marsupials and the tiny, shy pudú deer. PHOTO © TIERRA HOTELS 26
