CRUSOE ISLAND LODGE

General

Price From	US$ 1.298 pp, 3 nights program
Category	Lodge
Rooms	16
Season	Year round
Check in / out	12:00 pm / 9:00 am
Services Available
Address:
Bahía Pangal Robinson Crusoe Island

	An outdoor hotel that blends the arcadian with the modern, keeping high-quality services that protect the native customs and traditions of the island. Built with noble materials from the region, such as stone and wood, it has a beautiful panoramic view to the sea and mountains from the Juan Fernández Archipelago.

Description

The hotel is a unique place that protects the local customs and traditions of the Island.  Energy is produced using three generators which are on until 2:00 AM.  The water comes from natural springs. However, bottled mineral water is used for drinking. In cold days, fireplaces in the hallways are used for heating.

Rooms
15 rooms have been carefully decorated so as to offer all the comforts and warmth the hotel is known for.

CRUSOE VIEW are large rooms with two twin-sized beds or one king-sized bed, private bathroom with a hydromasage tub, and a privileged view to the sea, mountains and the gorgeous natural landscape.

PANGAL VIEW are rooms with two two-sized bed or two regular beds. They have a view to the sea and landscape, and are characterized by a more rustic style.


Entertainment
The hotel is located on a large plot of land with two private beaches on Pangal Bay, at 3 km. from the town of Cumberland.

You can access the complex by sea, or from the Cumberland dock to the hotel by helicopter. If you are a hiking enthusiast you can get there by a 3 km. walk.

Activities

Visit to the town of San Juan Bautista

Coordinates: 33º 38 `20``latitude south & 78º 49`54``longitude west.
Height: 10 m.
Distance: 2, 5 km.
Description of the tour: Going out of the Lodge by surface or sea yo can get to the village of San Juan Bautista, with about 600 people it has several key points of historical and natural, cultural interest as: The sectors that in February, 2010 were affected by the Tsunami, the new square implemented by the municipality, the cemetery, the caves of the patriots, the sector impacts of bullet of the battle of the Dresden and Santa Barbara’s fort, national monument that dates back from the 18th century. We will also visit goldsmiths of black coral and craftsmen who work the leather of fish.
Duration: 3, 5 hours.
Difficulty: Low.
Capacity: 2 to 8 passengers.
Recommendations: Warm clothes, jacket for wind and rain, camera, do not throw papers or garbage, do not scrawl down the historical icons, and maintain a respectful and harmonic profile to the local community.


Trekking of Selkirk's view point

Coordinates: 33º38’1, 5’’ latitude south & 78º51’05, 3’’longitude west
Height: 580 m
Distance: 4 km
Description of the tour: This viewing-point was used by Alejandro Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who auto-exiled himself in the island and remained in it for more than 4 years, his interesting story was an inspiration of Daniel Defoe's known novel 'Robinson Crusoe's incredible adventures’. The path of native flora takes you to a strategic point where it is possible to have a panoramic sight of both sides of the island. On the way we also meet two important icons “piedras pintadas” and the stone cabin where this seaworthy was sheltering. From the viewing-point a small downhill through the native forest we will encounter chontas, pangue and cinnamon-tree.
Duration: 4, 5 hours
Difficulty: Medium to high
Capacity: 2 to 8 passengers
Recommendations: Trekking clothes, canes and shoes, a bottle of water, camera, do not throw garbage, be careful of gullies, maintain a reasonable distance to the crags, strong winds gusts, slippery when is rainy, watch your step when walking through the path and follow the instructions of the guide.


Yunque's small square

Coordinates: 33º 38´58” latitude south & 78º 50´ 32,6” longitude west
Height: 261 m
Distance: 2, 6 km
Description of the tour: This path takes us to the start of the highest summit of the island “El Yunque” with a height of 915 m. It is inserted in Pangue's native forest, Cinnamon-trees and Naranjillos, is a light trekking but full of surprises and beautiful sight. In this square in addition they find the remains of the house where there lived the German sailor Hugo Weber that after the collapse of the Dresden came back to the island and lived in it for more than 12 years.
Duration: 3, 5 hours
Difficulty: Low
Capacity: 2 to 10 passengers
Recommendations: Take a good shoe for the mud, jacket for wind and rain, camera, do not throw garbage, do not take anything of what you found on the way, stay at all times in the limited path.


Excursion to Puerto Frances & Rebaje de la Piña.

Puerto Francés (French Port): Facing southeast
Coordinates: 33º 39`45``latitude south & 78º 46` 35``longitude south
Height:     10 m
Distance: 4, 2 km

Rebaje de la Piña: Facing southwest
Coordinates: 33º 40 ´09” latitude south & 78º 48 ´08” longitude south
Height:     383 m
Distance: 3, 1 km

Description of the tour: Leaving byone of our crafts from the lodge or from a fishermen crafts depending on the participants' quantity. Loading from the wharf of the lodge begins the navigation towards the French port bordering the “Quebrada piedra agujereada”, “La Labra” and “La Pesca de los Viejos”. At the arrival, from the bay we start walking entering the gully of the Frenchman going through the sector of “La Casa Vieja” (Old House) and “Plan de la Sopaipilla”, then we enter an endemic forest surrounded with Lumas, Naranjillos, Chontas, Cinnamon-trees and varieties of Ferns.
About the midday comes near to “Rebaje de la Piña” to a height of 320 m. with a panoramic sight of the whole south hillside of the island including the small island “El Verdugo”, “Chamelos”, “Vinilla” and Santa Clara’s island. We come back to the French Port where we have lunch outdoors with typical fishes of the zone.
Duration: 7 hours (Entire Day).
Difficulty: Low.
Capacity: 2 to 10 passengers.
Recommendations: Always use lifeguard while in the boats, take extra clothes for change and sandals for the disembarkation, trekking clothes and canes, rain poncho, camera, do not break, burn or cut anything from the native flora.

Rates

Fees are per passanger and expressed in American Dollars

* The program includes:
• American breakfast buffet.
• Gourmet lunch and dinner. Local cuisine based on fish, crab, and lobster from the island.
• Open bar and welcome cocktail.
• Trekking excursions with bilingual guides.
• Gear for outdoor activities, poles, and aluminum water bottle (gift).
• Snorkeling at Bahía Pangal.
•  Free access to the sauna, pool, and hot tub.
• Transfers from and to Aerodrome/Bahía Cumberland.
• Transfer from and to Bahía Cumberland / Lodge.
• WiFi Internet.
• Entrance ticket to Archipiélago de Juan Fernández National Park.

• Fees are per person per night with continental breakfast, in U.S. dollars (US$).
• Fees are expressed in American Dollars and apply to foreign tourists (properly documented with passport or equivalent). These fees consider a tax exemption of the Value Added Tax ("Impuesto al Valor Agregado" or IVA, in Chile). For residents of Chile, a 19% IVA must be added to the fees previously mentioned.
• Fees may be subject to change without previous notification. These DO NOT apply to events, conferences and fairs.
• Please, read our Terms and Conditions of Sale.
• Cancellations policy:
  32 days before programmed arrival: No Charge.
  31 to 17 days before programmed arrival: 30% of total fare
  16 to 0 days before programmed arrival 100% of total fare.

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