{"id":11408,"date":"2025-12-02T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/?p=11408"},"modified":"2025-12-02T22:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:18:54","slug":"chanaral-de-aceituno-a-unique-place-for-whale-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/chanaral-de-aceituno-a-unique-place-for-whale-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Cha\u00f1aral de Aceituno &#8211; a unique place for whale watching"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Whale-watching.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Whale-watching.jpg\" alt=\"cha\u00f1aral de aceitunos\" width=\"700\" height=\"387\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Whale-watching.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Whale-watching-597x330.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The small fishing village of Cha\u00f1aral de Aceituno is located about <strong>2 hours&#8217; drive from La Serena<\/strong> and is ideal for relaxing, recharging your batteries and enjoying delicious sea food.<\/p>\n<p>The special thing about this place is the rich variety of underwater animals, which you can discover on a tour with travelArt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-685\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Avistamiento_007.jpg\" alt=\"eclipse movement\" width=\"280\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Small boats take you from the fishing bay to the island of Cha\u00f1aral. Together with Isla Choros and Isla Damas, the island forms the <strong>National Reserve of the Humboldt Penguins<\/strong>. On the way you have the opportunity to observe sea lions, chungungos (marine otters), cormorants and of course Humboldt penguins. <\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p><strong>Between November and March<\/strong>, the area is inhabited by up to six different whale species, including the blue whale. Be enchanted by the breathtaking moment when one of the whales jumps out of the waves and its tail fin protrudes from the water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Penguin-humboldt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Penguin-humboldt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Penguin-humboldt.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Penguin-humboldt-620x248.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information about this tour, please contact your travelArt representative or email info&#64;tr&#97;&#118;&#101;&#108;&#x61;&#x72;&#x74;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;.<br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The small fishing village of Cha\u00f1aral de Aceituno is located about 2 hours&#8217; drive from La Serena and is ideal for relaxing, recharging your batteries and enjoying delicious sea food. The special thing about this place is the rich variety &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"description":"Cha\u00f1aral de aceituno is located about 2 hours' drive from La Serena and is an ideal destination for wildlife and whale watching [...]","title":"[:de]Cha\u00f1aral de Aceituno \u2013 ein besonderer Ort f\u00fcr Walbeobachtung[:en]Cha\u00f1aral de Aceituno - a unique place for whale watching[:] - travelArt"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11408"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17846,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11408\/revisions\/17846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}