CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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A 300 km round trip from Chonchi - roughly 7 h 08 in the saddle. The stops in between: Church of Chonchi, Church of Achao, Church of Tenaún and back through Church of Achao. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 60 km this is Chiloe Island Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Of all the islands of the Chiloé archipelago, Lemuy is one of the quietest, and the church at Detif, at its far eastern end, stands almost alone on a grassy slope above the sea, with a few houses scattered around and the islands of the inner sea on the horizon. It is one of the sixteen wooden Churches of Chiloé listed as a World Heritage site, built in the late nineteenth century of native wood, with a simple façade, an arcade at the front and a tower rising above the entrance. The interior is equally simple and beautiful, and the church is cared for by the local community, which still uses it for services and festivals, such as the feast of its patron saint.
Read the complete Church of Detif write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Church of Detif is where the day begins. Next is Church of Chonchi.
Chonchi is a small port town on the east coast of Chiloe, built on a steep hillside above the channel, and locals sometimes call it the city of three floors, because its streets climb in terraces from the waterfront to the plaza and the church above. The church of San Carlos de Borromeo, painted in warm yellow and red and crowned with a tall tower, was built in the nineteenth century, in the typical style of the island, and it dominates the square. Inside, it has the characteristic wooden columns and a ceiling like the hull of a ship, and the interior smells of old timber and wax.
Read the complete Church of Chonchi write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Church of Chonchi comes up about 33 km into the recorded legs. Next is Church of Achao.
Chiloé is an island of rain, green hills and wooden churches, off the coast of southern Chile, and the church of Achao, on the small island of Quinchao, is the oldest of them. Built in the eighteenth century by Jesuit missionaries and local carpenters, it is made entirely of wood, joined with wooden pegs instead of nails, and its interior is painted in soft blues and whites, with a vaulted ceiling and carved altars. It is one of the sixteen churches of Chiloé inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
Read the complete Church of Achao write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 93 km into the recorded legs you reach Church of Achao. Next is Church of Tenaún.
Out on the eastern coast of Chiloé, where the island looks across a channel at the smaller islands of the inner sea and, on a clear day, the snowy volcanoes of the mainland, the village of Tenaún gathers around a wooden church that looks almost too bold for its setting. The façade is painted deep blue, scattered with white stars, and topped not with one but with three towers. It is one of the sixteen churches of Chiloé on the World Heritage list, masterpieces of a unique tradition of wooden architecture.
Read the complete Church of Tenaún write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Church of Tenaún, about halfway. Next is back through Church of Achao.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of Achao write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Church of Achao sits at 119 km, about halfway. Next is back through Church of Chonchi.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of Chonchi write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Church of Chonchi comes up about 267 km into the recorded legs. Next is Church of Detif.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of Detif write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Church of Detif closes the day.
Church of Detif → Church of Chonchi is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of Chonchi → Church of Achao is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of Achao → Church of Tenaún is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of Tenaún → back through Church of Achao is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Church of Achao → back through Church of Chonchi is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Church of Chonchi → Church of Detif is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.