Chile hot springs travel guide

Chile stretches over 4,000 kilometres along the Andes mountain range, an extreme geography that shapes one of the most spectacular thermal landscapes on Earth. This volcanic terrain, among the most active on the planet, feeds numerous natural hot springs scattered across the entire country. With 132 locations recorded, Chile offers a diversity of thermal settings rarely matched elsewhere, from arid desert to the icy reaches of the far south.

In the Atacama Desert, considered one of the driest places on Earth, hot springs emerge amid lunar landscapes, surrounded by salt flats, steaming geysers, and volcanoes rising above 5,000 metres. At the opposite end of the country, in Patagonia, an entirely different scenery awaits travellers: southern forests, remote fjords, and powerful winds, where naturally warm water contrasts with the harsh surrounding climate.

This extreme diversity of landscapes makes Chile a thermal destination apart, where each spring tells a different geological story. Between dizzying altitude, mineral-streaked aridity, and southern cold, travellers find a sense of wellbeing intimately tied to some of the most striking natural settings on the planet.

When to go

Most common ideal season among mapped places: Toute l'année (idéal automne-hiver).