La Minga is a traditional Chilota celebration in which a house is thrown by the inhabitants of a town to its final land. This route will take you to know houses that lived this process, as well as beautiful places like Dalcahue and Mechuque Island!

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Departure: 09:00
Duration: Full day
Includes: Lunch
Pickup / Dropoff: Hotel in Castro

What you will visit:

1 Castro
2 Dalcahue
3 Mechuque Island

We will leave from your hotel in Castro, this route will take you to learn about the “Minga”, a voluntary and community work that goes to help a neighbor or the community itself. We will go to the fishing cove of Tenaún known for its “Mingas de Tiradura de Casa” and its world heritage church. After visiting the village we will set sail to Mechuque Island for a tour of its houses, stilt houses and particular bridge.

In the afternoon, we will sail briefly through the archipelago of the Chauques and return to Tenaún to finally take you back to the city of Castro.

On this tour lunch will be with a local family dedicated to agrotourism who will offer us a lunch based on Chiloé products from land and sea, which depending on availability will be either in the town of Tenaún or on Mechuque Island.

At the end of the tour we will return to Castro.

This tour is quoted on request. Please write to czuniga@gochile.cl.

Included