Hiking in Chile Hiking in Chile Hiking in Chile is characterized by a wide range of environments and climates for hikers, which largely results from Chile's unusual, ribbon-like shape, which is 4,300 kilometres (2,700 miles) long and on average 175 kilometres (109 miles) wide. These range from the world's driest desert, the Atacama, in the north, through a Mediterranean climate in the center, to the glaciers, fjords and lakes of Patagonia in the south. The longest hiking trail in Chile is the informal 3,000 km (1,850 mi) Greater Patagonian Trail that was created by a non-governmental initiative. The Sendero de Chile (“Chilean Trail”)
Sport in Chile Senior Division of Chile (DIMAYOR) is the professional league which involves twelve teams, and the current champion is "Club Liceo Mixto de Los Andes". Basketball is played mainly in the south part of the country, generally at the university level. Unlike football, basketball has South American men's titles at various levels, and a world women's basketball sub-championship. Chile was third in world men's basketball in 1950 and 1954. At the club level, Thomas Bata was the champion of "Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones" in basketball in 1967 — the only South American Pacific Coast club with this achievement. Cricket has