Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Iquique, Chili

Topdrukte — Chilean summer season, Summer holidays in Chili

• Seizoen

  Chilean summer season

  1 jan – 28 febSchoolvakantiesDruk

  Cavancha and Brava fill with Chilean and Bolivian families for the two months the schools are out, the seafront restaurants queue and the Zofri duty-free car park is full all day.

• Seizoen

  Altiplanic winter inland

  1 jan – 15 mrt · meestalRisico

  Summer storms over the altiplano send flash floods down the ravines inland, cutting the roads to Mamiña, Pica and the high parks. The coast stays dry, but check before any day trip up from town. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Chilean summer season, Summer holidays in Chili

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Chilean summer season (1 jan – 28 feb), Altiplanic winter inland (1 jan – 15 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Chili, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa

  3–5 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  Good Friday and Holy Saturday are public holidays, giving an autumn long weekend. Offices close, long-distance buses and domestic flights fill, and hotels in coastal, lake and desert towns see one more busy weekend after the summer. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Altiplanic winter inland (1 jan – 15 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Semana Santa

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Semana Santa (3–5 apr)

Druk — Glorias Navales

• Seizoen

  Camanchaca grey mornings

  15 mei – 30 sep · meestalMistseizoen

  In the southern winter the coastal fog bank, the camanchaca, sits over the city most mornings and only burns off around midday. Beach days start late and the promenade is quiet until the sun comes through.

• Feestdag

  Glorias Navales

  21 meiNationale feestdagDruk

  The city where Arturo Prat's Esmeralda went down in 1879 marks the anniversary with a parade at Plaza 21 de Mayo, a flotilla out to the Esmeralda buoy and a 21-gun salute at 12:10, the hour she sank. Bron ↗

Druk — Winter holidays in Chili

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Camanchaca grey mornings (15 mei – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Fiesta de La Tirana, Winter holidays in Chili

• Festival

  Fiesta de La Tirana

  10–20 julReligieus feestDrukBoek vroeg

  A village 70 km inland takes a quarter of a million people and two hundred masked dance societies for the Virgen del Carmen on 16 July. Iquique is where they all sleep, so its beds go months ahead. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Camanchaca grey mornings (15 mei – 30 sep (meestal))

Druk — San Lorenzo de Tarapacá

• Festival

  San Lorenzo de Tarapacá

  1–11 aug · meestalReligieus feestDrukBoek vroeg

  Pilgrims from Chile, Peru and Bolivia pour into a desert village about a hundred kilometres inland for the miners' saint on 10 August, with dance societies playing through the night. Iquique is the base. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Camanchaca grey mornings (15 mei – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Fiestas Patrias, Fiestas Patrias recess in Chili

• Feestdag

  Fiestas Patrias

  18–19 sepNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  Fondas go up behind the beach and the mining camps inland empty into town for two days of public holiday. Shops and offices shut and the road to the altiplano is busy both ways. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Camanchaca grey mornings (15 mei – 30 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Fiesta de San Andres in Pica

• Festival

  Fiesta de San Andres in Pica

  28–30 novReligieus feestDruk

  The oasis town of Pica, a day trip inland, honours its patron saint with the uncorking of the chicha on the 28th, a 5:30 am drum-and-dynamite wake-up on the 29th, candlelit processions and religious dance troupes. Bron ↗

Druk — Summer holidays in Chili, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.