Valpo Harbor Tour

On our last day in Valpo we took a tour of the harbor. There are many small boats vying for tourists at the harbor and we spent about a half hour just figuring out the system. There are colectivos that cram you on but are only 1,000 pesos/person. Private boats can be had for $10,000 total. We teamed up with an Australian couple to get a private boat and got a rather large launch all to ourselves. There was no commentary during the tour, but at least it was a pleasant ride.

The Sociber is a floating dry dock that seemed to be working day and night. There is a huge loading dock area and on the day of our tour there was one container ship and two gigantic cruise ships docked there. We also cruised past the naval vessels, but photography is not permitted of the Chilean navy.