A long and narrow coastal Southern Cone country on the west side of the Andes Mountains, Chile stretches over 4,630 kilometers (2,880 mi) north to south, but only 430 kilometers (265 mi) at its widest point east to west. This encompasses a remarkable variety of landscapes.

At 756,950 km² (292,260 sq mi), Chile is the world's 38th-largest country. It is comparable in size to Zambia, and is about twice the size of Japan.

The northern Atacama Desert contains great mineral wealth, primarily copper and nitrates. The relatively small Central Valley, which includes Santiago, dominates the country in terms of population and agricultural resources. This area also is the historical center from which Chile expanded in the late nineteenth century, when it integrated the northern and southern regions. Southern Chile is rich in forests, grazing lands, and features a string of volcanoes and lakes. The southern coast is a labyrinth of fjords, inlets, canals, breaking apart into hundreds of twisting peninsulas, and islands. The Andes Mountains are located on the eastern border. Chile is the longest (N-S) country in the world (over 4,200 km (2,610 mi), and also claims 1,250,000 km² (482,628 sq mi) of Antarctica as part of its territory.

On West side of the Andes Mountains, Chile stretches over 4,630 kilometers north to south, making it the longest country in the world. Rich in lush vegetation, spring creeks, rivers and alpine lakes, it is largely uncharted from a fishing perspective. The southern coast is a labyrinth of fjords, inlets and canals, breaking apart into hundreds of twisting peninsulas and islands.

Few destinations remain barely touched by the hand of man and to experience uninhabited coastline, glaciers, volcanoes and indigenous forest on this scale is to witness a land before the march of time