Chile is known as the long skinny country and is considered to be one of the longest in the world from north to south. It offers a unique variety of landscapes that range from the driest deserts located in Atacama, to the Chilean Patagonia and Antarctic, where visitors experience some of the most extreme weather known to man. During the winter Chile offers world-class skiing located in different points of the Andes Mountains, with first rate ski centers. Chile is visited mostly during the summer, December, January & February, and in winter June, July & August.