Chile Experience Travel Guide [Paperback]

Josh Howell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 21, 2001

Published by South America's most respected publisher of road maps and travel guides, and now available for the first time in the US, Chile Experience represents a new category of South American travel guides. With full color printing throughout, and countless maps, drawings, and photographs, this new guide presents the country in resplendent graphic detail, while focusing specifically on the topics of greatest interest to most travelers to Chile: nature, culture, and adventure.

Part sourcebook and part field guide, Chile Experience features extensive, illustrated practical and background information sections, outdoor activity sections, and field guides to natural and cultural wonders, without skimping on the local detail, maps, and hotel and dining tips that are indispensable in the field. Whether you are in the planning or dreaming stages of your trip, this guide is a must.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Originally from Maine, Josh Howell studied creative writing at Colorado College, and won nearly every literary prize offered at the school before graduating in 1995 and setting out to see the world. Since then, he’s fished for salmon in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, taught inner city youth to kayak on the rivers of western Maine, worked as a carpenter on the island of Nantucket, and traveled extensively throughout South America.

Josh first arrived in Chile in 1997, and has since made his home in the country’s spectacular lake region, where he is building a home in the foothills of the Andes, bringing an end to a decade-long cycle of nomadism. He continues to work actively in travel and sustainable development through his company, Andean Travel, and is planning a number of new publishing projects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 630 pages
• Publisher: Andean Travel Network (August 21, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9567264791
• ISBN-13: 978-9567264797
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,369,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll be Pleasantly Surprised, February 19, 2003

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Samuel Logan "samlogan" (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chile Experience Travel Guide (Paperback)

Chile's very own publisher has finally produced and English language complement to their well established line of Chilean guide books and maps. Travel Guide: Chile Experience is much more than a guide book. It's a lesson in culture, history, flora, fauna, gastronomy and more!

Written by a man who has spent the better part of his adult life in Chile, this book offers a perspective of Chile no Andean traveler should be without. From history and flora to indigenous culture, architecture and adventure this book educates the reader, adding depth to hikes, tours and conversation.

With maps, precise explanations and well researched tour suggestions and contact information, this book also offers detailed and digestible information for travelers interested in adventure and remote locations.

Finally, with charts, topographical maps and satellite imagery, this book pulls ahead of the leading pack of travel guides. Apart from the flowing, easy-to-read writing style, the maps and excellent graphics truly make this book a must have.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't travel to Chile without this one!!, January 9, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Chile Experience Travel Guide (Paperback)

If you are a casual traveler, you might find something you weren't expecting. This is so complete, you'll find just what you're looking for. If you are an outdoor-adventure type, this is a must have for the time of your life. If you like history and architecture, you'll find it here. Chile, that skinny little country is full of fun and adventure. Josh Howell is the perfect guide.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You must experience Chile Experience!, January 2, 2003

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"howellab" (Falmouth, Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chile Experience Travel Guide (Paperback)

You will absolutely, positively not find another guidebook on Chile that can compare with this one. Terrifically comprehensive and loaded with color photographs - many of them taken by the author - this book is obviously a labor of love. Highly recommended, whether you're looking to read up on specifc topics or going straight through, cover to cover.