- Travel Advice
DFAT advice for Chile
When travelling to Chile, you should always get travel insurance in case the worst happens. To help you ensure you travel safely, we have included the travel advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for Chile.
| Chile overall | This Advice is current for Saturday, 06 December 2008. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Be alert to own security | Exercise caution | High degree of caution | Reconsider your need to travel | Do not travel |
This advice has been reviewed and reissued. It contains new information under Safety and Security: Crime (update). The overall level of the advice has not changed.
[top]Summary
- We advise you to be alert to your own security in Chile.
- Exercise common sense and look out for suspicious behaviour, as you would in Australia.
- Eruptions from the Llaima and Chaiten volcanos located in southern Chile have resulted in considerable ash fall and evacuation of residents from the surrounding areas. If you are in the region you should monitor local media and follow the advice of local authorities. A Red Alert in the vicinity of Llaima has been declared. See Natural Disasters, Severe Weather and Climate section below for more information.
- Be a smart traveller. Before heading overseas:
- organise comprehensive travel insurance and check what circumstances and activities are not covered by your policy
- register your travel and contact details, so we can contact you in an emergency
- subscribe to this travel advice to receive free email updates each time it's reissued.
