Lemuy Island
Lemuy Island
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Paula J
Santiago, Chile68 contributions
Aug 2024 • Solo
Beautiful and magical small island in front of Chonchi. You sail 15 minutes in a ferry with your car and arrive to Chulchuy. You can drive through the main road or the borders rural roads. You will find the tipical wood houses, old and news. Both are beautiful in the same way. Farm with sheeps, cows, ducks, hens, cocks, turkeys, pigs. You can find ARTISANS of the island with original works in wood, wool, basketry, original potatoes of the zone. You can find them in the main square in Puqueldon or in the different villages in the island. You have different choices of hostelling, cabins, restaurants and markets with the main items for home.
Written 2 September 2024
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Valeria R
Santiago, Chile1 contribution
Sept 2023 • Friends
Lemuy Island is BEAUTIFUL!!!! I didn't even know it by name, here I read some people's opinions and we decided to go...I would stay and live there! Yayanes Park is beautiful, and an adorable old man takes care of it; the beautiful witches' pier, Detif, the landscapes, the people...everything beautiful. I recommend it a thousand.
Written 6 October 2023
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Josep P
Barcelona, Spain76 contributions
Jul 2014 • Family
The landscape is great, people are very nice and the churches are gorgeous. We decided to spend a full day at Lemuy Island and we enjoyed every minute. The Island is very hilly and you are constantly surprised by the next landscape after the hill. You only need a full tank because there are no gas stations in the Island, but it is very short (the longest distance was 26KM from Chulchuy to Detif). Also, you take a ferry which is an attraction for the kids.
Written 20 July 2014
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LVM3
Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile27 contributions
Nov 2014
My wife and I spent a day in Lemuy Island. Once we disembarked we did the Parque Yayanes (highly recommendable) trail and had a delicious and very authentic lunch there. Later we headed to Detif using alternative routes with some very nice views. As a matter of fact it may be better to use the dirt roads than the main highway because it's so winding that you end up dizzy. In Detif we visited the shop from Ms. Gloria Mansilla. She has a lot of beautiful and exclusive woven baskets and bags that are worth seeing. I bought five Christmas presents! Only accepts cash... Overall, the splendid views, the abundance of natural forest and the welcoming people make me highly recommend visiting Lemuy Island.
Written 25 November 2014
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Mei L
Singapore, Singapore501 contributions
Aug 2013 • Friends
While you can island-hop independently, it can be a hassle to time the bus and ferry departures so that they coincide. Most people go with a tour, which you can buy from many tour operators in town. Also, public transportation options on the islands aren't great so you might be better off on a tour where you'll get to visit the rural areas, rather than be confined to the main towns . In low season (from April to October) though, it is likely that your only option is to go out on your own as the tour agencies won't leave without a full tour.
Written 1 July 2014
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Rodrigo V
3 contributions
Jan 2016 • Family
A lost treasure. A lot of breath taking views, amazing churches and peacefull lifetime. Highlights: Yayanes Park, Aldachildo Church (world heritage), Detif Church (world heritage), Ichuac Church.
Written 7 January 2016
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natogl
Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile651 contributions
Mar 2015 • Friends
Probably most people rather go to Achao than to Lemuy, but Lemuy is definitely worth a visit. Smaller, quieter and more remote than Achao, Lemuy is a great spot to meet the Chilote culture.
You have to drive to Chonchi, south from Castro, and take a ferry to get there, and it is better to go by car, since the different towns, and churches, are not close by.
Lemuy has at least 4 churches, and 3 three of them are part of the UNESCO´s World Heritage, Ichuac, Aldachildo and Deitf, if you don´t have much time you might want to skip the last one, that is further away from the other two, and might not be that nice. Puqueldon´s church is not ugly, it has 2 towers, but I would definitely recommend to go here!
You have to drive to Chonchi, south from Castro, and take a ferry to get there, and it is better to go by car, since the different towns, and churches, are not close by.
Lemuy has at least 4 churches, and 3 three of them are part of the UNESCO´s World Heritage, Ichuac, Aldachildo and Deitf, if you don´t have much time you might want to skip the last one, that is further away from the other two, and might not be that nice. Puqueldon´s church is not ugly, it has 2 towers, but I would definitely recommend to go here!
Written 10 March 2015
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Linda N
Ada, OK3 contributions
Nov 2015 • Couples
We had never heard of this island until we heard of the El Castano B&B. Although we had originally planned to take tours in larger areas our tour of Isla Lemuy with Silvio from El Castano was one of the highlights of our 2 week trip to Chile! When we told travel guides in Santiago that we were spending 3 days on Isla Lemuy they said they had never heard of tourists going there!
Written 22 December 2015
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julio h
Guatemala City, Guatemala84 contributions
Dec 2014 • Friends
Very quiet and unique atmosphere ! Beautiful churches and breathtaking views . Be prepared for rain at any moment, but there is always sunshine afterwards
Written 9 December 2014
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midway42
Georgia3,452 contributions
Mar 2024 • Solo
The island of Chiloe has a unique if not mystical place among travelers to northern Patagonia. I spent three days with Andres from Patagonia Southern Land Expeditions (see separate review) touring the area. I honestly did not know what to expect before the trip, but as I reflect on the experience it reinforced the idea of maximizing your journey by taking “the road less travelled.” Looking more closely at the map shows that Chiloe is an impressive archipelago with a number of smaller islands on the eastern side and I was fortunate to visit this one on my second day of the tour. It is accessible by a short ferry from Chiloe itself and contains nine villages, three churches, and innumerable nooks and crannies to sustain one’s interest. A detailed review of my three hours on the islet would do the experience an injustice, raising expectations and suggested a certain way to approach what was a “highlight-within-a-highlight” of the area.
Drive around and observe, stop at a church or two, eat at a random cafe, and otherwise enjoy the moment. Highly recommended.
Drive around and observe, stop at a church or two, eat at a random cafe, and otherwise enjoy the moment. Highly recommended.
Written 4 April 2024
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Hola, queria saber si los dias domingo también salen cada 15 minutos los ferry desde chonchi.
Otra consulta, vamos en bus desde chacao, lo mas conveniente es llegar a castro y de ahi a chonchi??
Espero sus comentarios, gracias
Written 29 September 2017
Cuáles son los horarios para cruzar en auto? Desde qué hora y hasta qué hora ? Valor por auto?
Written 12 March 2017
Bryn G
Buenos Aires, Argentina
El transporte público cruza como a las ocho de la mañana pero por lo que vi funciona desde temprano y con mucha frecuencia, al menos en verano. En enero el valor del cruce con auto era de 2000 chilenos.
Written 16 March 2017
A los que estuvieron en la isla lemuy.hay lugares para alojamiento? Y en cuanto estan los valores aprox
Written 16 February 2017
Si hay lugares para alojarse. Isi bien no se los precios podes preguntar en La Oficina de turismo. Saludos
Written 19 February 2017
Amigo, que tal es esta Isla como para ir por el dia sin auto?, se puede recorrer y disfrutarla o los lugares estan alejados de donde te deja el ferry?
Saludos
Written 9 February 2017
No sé cómo será el tema de transporte. No vinos pasar micros mientras la recorríamos por lo que , si los hay , la frecuencia no sería a favor de tu tiempo. Te recomiendo hacerlo con vehículo. Es de muy fácil acceso. Y a parte la idea es ir recorriéndola con tiempo Saludos
Written 10 February 2017
Hola! Quiero viajar a principios de agosto a isla lemuy, llegare a Castro primero. Si pueden orientarme más o menos con valores y lugares que visitar se los agradecería un montón! Voy sola así que quiero planificar bien! Gracias
Written 8 July 2015
How do i get there using publi transportation?
Written 4 January 2015
Francoise, from the bus station of Castro there are some daily departures (10 Monday to Friday -just 4 of them in the morning, 2 of them before 8 AM-, 7 on Saturday, 3 on Sunday and public holidays) to Puqueldon, the main town in the island. All of them pass to Ichuac, but just some of these buses arrive to Aldachido and Detif, if you are thinking in visit the 3 World Heritage churches that Isla Lemuy has. The time of the trip between Castro and Puqueldon must be 2 hours, approx. There aren't local buses in the island, just the ones that came from Castro.
But there is another alternative, more expensive, but possible: Take a bus to Queilen and down at "Huicha", the place where the ferry to Isla Lemuy depart (buses to Queilen are more frequent that buses to Lemuy, but just one each hour, approx. If you don't want wait, you can take a bus or "colectivo" to Chonchi, they pass each 5, 10 minutes, and in Chonchi hire a cab to Huicha, just 10 minutes of tri, 2000 Chilean pesos). On the lounge where you wait the ferry to Isla Lemuy (the ferry is free for pedestrians) you will see a list with the phone numbers of the few taxis of Isla Lemuy. You can call one of them before take the ferry to Isla Lemuy and they will be waiting for you in Chulchuy, the place where the ferry arrives in the island. I think that a trip in cab between Chulchuy and Pulqueldon cost close to 5000 Chilean pesos, maybe less.
From Chulchuy is possible walk to the first World Heritage church of the Island, Ichuac. I did it, it takes to me a 45 minutes of pleasant walking arrive to Ichuac from Chulchuy. But I don't suggest walk far away: I think that walking from Chulchuy to Puqueldon can takes between 2 and 3 hours.
Written 7 March 2015
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