This was an excellent tour, the restaurant was fantastic, and we adjusted our schedule as we went along. This was a fabulous way to spend the day enroute to our late flight home. The penguins were MIA, but the location was still beautiful.
Private tour in Valparaíso Victor Hugo T
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I was born, raised and educated in Santiago. Studied and graduated at University of Chile in 1991 as a Former State English Tecaher as second language. Working as a Tour Guide since 1988, I do enjoy touring visitors around Chile, because; this is a great place to visit, with wonderful and unique landscapes, exquisite local meals and a very friendly culture. I'm a graduated teacher of English as a foreign language, from the University of Chile. attended seminars on Chilean Economy in Universidad del Desarrollo, Universidad Adolfo Ibañes and Banco Central de Chile. Chile's History at Museo Histórico Nacional. Accidents Prevention Training and First Aid Prevention training at the INP Chile. Santiago Tour Guides Asociation Anual Meetings None
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Chile's coast main characteristic is a long and most beautiful geography, with incredible and a great diversity of wild life, where you can easily find cute little guys "The Humboldt Penguins", very close to Santiago (Chile's main city) and Valparaiso. Also, nearby this impressive coastline section, we find the most exclusive and scenic Pacific Ocean view points, where state of art summer resort houses and buildings, make of this Chile's Central Coast area a unique place to visit.
This was an excellent tour, the restaurant was fantastic, and we adjusted our schedule as we went along. This was a fabulous way to spend the day enroute to our late flight home. The penguins were MIA, but the location was still beautiful.
Victor is an absolute fountain of information! He kept me entertained all day with tidbits you wouldn't read anywhere. I love that! Learning what is really important and interesting about a new area can only be done by a local. He was very conscientious about my mobility issues. The flexibility of changing route to meet my interests was amazing. Then he found us the best restaurant for lunch. Only locals know to go there, it was excellent!!
Victor is a highly experienced and English fluent tour guide. He puts extra efforts to help his clients.
I found Victor Hugo to be a very knowledgeable and interesting guide. My friends and I did the tour to see the Humboldt penguins. Unfortunately we did not have good weather and couldn't do the boat ride to the island, but we had a very good tour nonetheless. The drive along the coast was very pretty, and we had lunch at a lovely restaurant overlooking the Pacific. On the way back, we stopped for a pastry next to a llama farm. Overall excellent tour, and Victor Hugo was top notch.
Victor gave us an absolutely perfect day, exactly what we asked for. A trip up the coast from Valparaiso to view penguins/pelicans followed by a relaxing stroll along the edge of a gorgeous bay. Then we treated him to lunch where he selected a delicious traditional meal at a restaurant overlooking that bay. Everything was idyllic and Victor was a joy to spend the day with. Perfect English, knowledgeable on many topics, helpful, and just fun to be with. We'd recommend him as a guide to anyone.
Victor Hugo went out of his way to show us more of Santiago than the itinerary planned for. He had some great insights and stories to go along with it. He even left us his card incase we come back to Santiago.
We start from your Santiago, Valparaiso or Viña del Mar hotel, airport or Cruise Terminal, to drive: along Chile's Central Coastal Range Mountains, 1 - heading North and after 1 or 1, 5 hours, we get to see a Humboldt penguins colony, at Cachagua's little rocky island. 2. - Then we drive around this exclusive area, enjoying its impressive and stylish houses with lovely landscapes. 3. - We keep going through the Pacific Ocean shore. , we explore Zapallar and its gorgeous paths, view points and a very peaceful wide beach. 4. - We finally drive back along the coastal road, to keep enjoying this refreshing and dynamic landscapes, having an optional lunch stop, at a local restaurant; on the way and returning 5. - q finally to our starting point. End of the tour. -
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My clients will travel in a modern, comfortable and air conditioned van, with a big trunk for all their luggage.-
San Antonio, Valparaíso, Chile
San Antonio or Valparaiso Cruise Terminal, Santiago airport or hotel
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