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Diving

Chile is paradise for scuba diving fans thanks to its varied ecosystems and despite the cold Pacific waters of its central and southern regions.

Easter Island is a wonderful diving destination. Its waters are temperate, clean and crystalline and offer terrific visibility (between 40 and 60 meters). Here you'll find a wide variety of colorful native fish as well as underwater caves that attracted Jacques Cousteau himself. One of the area's advantages is that there aren't too many divers. The best spots on the island are Anakena Beach, El Arca Perdida, Las Áncoras Reef (where you'll find a submerged Moai statue) and Moto Nui Cliff, an 80-meter precipice adorned with coral.

Juan Fernández is home to another of Chile's undersea paradises, with clear waters and a wonderfully dense fish population, as well as moray eels and lobsters. Don't miss your chance to dive alongside playful Juan Fernández seals, of which there are more than 40,000. The seabed drops sharply to depths of 4,000 meters all around the island, but there are areas for beginners and more experienced divers alike. We recommend checking in advance to see if the lodging and diving conditions are adequate given that the area suffered a great deal of damage during the devastating tsunami of February 2010.

On the outskirts of Coquimbo, near Punta de Choros, you'll find Isla Damas, with its fine white sands and turquoise waters. Here you can dive with Humboldt penguins, otters and one bottlenose dolphin after another. Other options include the less busy Isla Choros and Isla Gaviotas. Closer to the country's central area, there's Quintay and Los Molles, which offer terrifically diverse marine life.

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