Patagonia Travel Information, Air-Land-Sea with Expediciones Chile

Patagonia Travel Information, Air-Land-Sea with Expediciones Chile: "Flying in through Santiago to Puerto Montt, Chile allows you to leave your home on Friday and arrive in Futaleufu the next day on Saturday in the afternoon. There are numerous flights every day from Santiago to Puerto Montt and they depart from the same international airport that you arrive in. You will need a 1.5-hour for a legal connection time. An early arrival time in Santiago time permits you to change flights and arrive in Puerto Montt before 11:00 am. Whereupon you can connect the same day with a (reserved by us) daily twin-engine prop plane to Chaiten. This flight has a 15 kilo (34 lbs) baggage allowance. For every kilo (2.2 lbs) over 15 kilo, the airline company will charge you an access baggage fee of around 6 dollars. Baggage that is over the allowed weight sometimes arrives on a later flight than you do. If you have baggage that you will not need in Futaleufu, arrangements can be made to store it in Puerto Montt with the same airline company. After arriving in Chaiten, a 3.5-hour drive brings you to Futaleufu before sunset. On your return to Puerto Montt from Chaiten you want to depart on the last flight possible and get where you are going. Schedule your flight not before 4:30 pm. This will still allow you to return to the US on the same night."