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Multi-activities
in the Lakes District focused on Eco tourism
The Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park is one of the most
beautiful landscapes in Chile and Puerto Varas is the best city to
begin your adventure trip in the Lakes District. Puerto Varas is located
on the shores of Llanquihue Lake 20 minutes from Puerto Montt city,
the main entrance in this region because the airport.
If you are thinking to do everything in a few days, you are right!!
It is possible with this program specially designed for active people.
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| DAY 1
PUERTO MONTT- PUERTO VARAS (daily half day tour) |
| Reception
at the Puerto Montt's airport and transfer to Puerto Varas. In the
afternoon we start visiting the charming city of Puerto Varas, founded
by the German settlers. The tour continues to the Phillipi Hill, where
specimens of native trees and a wonderful lookout can be found. Here,
enjoy a panoramic view of the bay and the city. The excursion tours
the principal avenues among beautiful lawns and well-kept gardens.
Then, from the Calvario Hill, another angle of the city can be seen.
The trip continues taking the Costanera by the beautiful Llanquihue
Lake with the imposing Osorno Volcano in the background. The excursion
proceeds to Puerto Montt, the capital city of the region, for a complete
narrated city tour of this southern port. A visit to the picturesque
Angelmó cove, an inspiration source for artists and intellectuals
alike, noted for its craftsmanship center and market with diverse
types of fish and seafood. Next, Pelluco and, at the other end, Chinquihue,
two summer resorts located beside the Tenglo channel, where old shipyards
can still be seen. Return to the hotel. We invite you to share a different
way to end your day and share your experiences of nature at Martín
Pescador. Our guide will pick you up at 8:30 p.m. to take you to the
outskirts of town, where you will be met by Don Manuel, and our host
of the area. Once there, you will share the possibility of savoring
the traditional smoked salmon with a glass of good Chilean wine. Then,
our guide will invite you to learn customs and traditions of the country
life. We will tour the vegetable garden, learn about the rainforest
and discover the mystery of the famous Ulmo honey. After a supper
os smoked chicken, fresh vegetables and typical desserts of the area,
we will share a cup of fresh ground coffee, around a fire, while we
explore the southern stars of Chile with our telescope. Overnight. |
| DAY 2
ALERCE ANDINO NATIONAL PARK (full day hiking: Mon, Wen & Fri.) |
| Breakfast.
Drive southbound along the Carretera Austral ( Austral Highway ) passing
through typical coastal villages Chamiza river and Coihuin, devoted
to fishing and gathering of Gracilaria Alga ( seaweed used for fertilizer
). While enjoying an impressive view of the landscape, where millenarian
larch trees can be seen, the guide will give you an interesting briefing
on this specie. Thence will drive 9 km. through an Andean trail until
reaching the Park entrance. At this point, the range will welcome
you with a nice introduction of the place. You will start an easy
walk now to Sargazos Lagoon, surrounded by a virgin larch forest,
where, weather conditions permitting, a boat ride may be offered.
Lunch will be served in our new cottage, located next door to the
park. Depending on the path chosen the difficulty goes from easy to
mild. Return back to Puerto Varas. Overnight. |
| DAY 3
SAFARI OSORNO VOLCANO EXCURSION (full day excursion: Tue, Thu &
Sun) |
| Breakfast.
Morning departure skirting the Llanquihue Lake towards the little
Ensenada village to finally reach the Petrohué falls, a fabulous
dashing, gleaming succession of azure blue rapids against a backdrop
of mountains to the East. After enjoying a gentle walk around this
peaceful place, return to Ensenada for lunch. Entering into the National
Park "Vicente Pérez Rosales", trek through the native
forest to Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon), located at the foothills of
the volcano, surrounded by old forests of "Coigues". Proceed
with hiking up to the volcano, reaching the "La Burbuja"
crater and have a panoramic view of the Petrohue valley. After visiting
the ski center where we will have the chance to observe one of the
volcano glaciers, a 45 minute gentle walk to the Osorno Glacier enjoying
one of the most breathtaking views in the area. Return back and overnight. |
| DAY 4
CHILOE ISLAND (Full day excursion: Mon & Sat) |
| Breakfast.
Depart towards the little village of Pargua to cross the Chacao Channel,
by ferry, to tour the great Chiloé Island, off the continent.
During this short journey, you will have the chance to see sea birds
and lively dolphins. Arrival at Chacao to take a dirt road surrounded
by beautiful steppes towards the Caulin Bay, where you will enjoy
a lunch with oysters at the Caulin Restaurant. Thence, you will visit
some oyster farms to watch several migratory birds. Transfer to Ancud,
with its traditions, legends and handicrafts. Tour the city and visit
the public market, where you will find different shellfish, fish and
handicrafts. Return back and overnight. |
| DAY 5
PUERTO VARAS - PUERTO MONTT |
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way to the airport we visit the native forest Lahuel Ñadi.
Continue to Puerto Montt's airport. |
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High Season : from December 16th. to March |
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INCLUDED :
- All land transportation
- Meals according to the itinerary
- 4 nights in the Hotel selected based on double or single room
- Regular day tours min 2 people (if you are traveling alone rate
based on single room and we will find another passenger to share
your tours)
- Specialized bilingual guide - Park entrances fees.
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NOT INCLUDED :
- Air local flights
- Extra meals and drinks not mentioned in the itinerary
- Tips
- Any kind of extra expenses as laundry.
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| Full
day excursion with lunch |
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| Operates
: SIC Tuesday - Friday - Sunday |
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| Departure
: From Puerto Varas 10 a.m. From Puerto Montt 9:30 a.m. |
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| Duration
: 8 hours |
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| Difficulty
: None |
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| Cost
min 2 : US$ |
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| The excursion
starts taking the road to the city of Llanquihue, an important industrial
and rural center noted for its: foodstuffs, dairies, and forestry
industries. The trip continues crossing over the Maullín River
through which the Llanquihue Lake drains to the Pacific Ocean. Then,
the excursion continues though a collector road which runs beside
the lake towards Frutillar. At this charming summer resort, beautiful
and ancient houses, of German style will be seen with its spectacular
begonia gardens. Highlight is a visit to the interesting Museum of
the German Colonization, which exhibits important objects depicting
the life style of the ancient inhabitant. Lunch, in front of the lake,
with a marvelous overlook of the imposing Osorno and Puntiagudo volcanoes.
In the afternoon, the ride proceeds along the lake to Puerto Octay,
a beautiful town founded in 1854. It is worth noting its beautiful
architecture by the beginning of the century. Return in the afternoon. |
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| Full
day including lunch |
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| Operates
: SIC Wednesday |
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| Departure
: From Puerto Varas 10:00 hrs - from Puerto Montt 10:30 hrs |
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| Duration
: 8 hours |
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| Difficulty
: None |
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| Cost
min 2 : US$ 95 |
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| Excursion
starts in Puerto Varas. Drive into Puerto Montt using the Old Road,
built by the first settlers. Stop in Puerto Montt, in Angelmó,
the harbour neighborhood, home of the fish market and the artisans
fair. Free time to visit both. Drive out of Puerto Montt, through
its coastline, passing by Chinquihue and Panitao, beautiful seaside
bursting with seagulls and also the location of many sea-product industries,
mostly devoted to the main regional export: salmon. Drive off the
highway, this time using a very scenic gravel road leading to Monteverde,
a rural area, location of an archeological site that changed all concepts
about the human population process of America for good. Until this
site was kindly revealed by nature (a mud slide) in the very rainy
year of 1977, the widely accepted idea among the scientific community,
was the so called, Clovis theory: remains found at that site in North
America hinted that the Homo sapiens arrived to America through the
Bering Strait (last section of the Würm glaciation, about 20,000
to 12,000years B.C.), used Clovis as a starting point of the migration
southwards, most likely due to the rapid climatic changes. The Monteverde
site, hence, proved the theory wrong and, at the same time, moved
the historical clock, some 1,500 years backwards. Needless to say,
finding this old at this area are extremely scarce, due to the acidity
of the soil, that degrades them quickly, for instance, metal disappears
within 150 years. Afterwards, the excursion continues on to a farm,
towards which, transport considers the options of either an oxen or
horse-tied cart. On arrival, a toast with ¨cicha¨: traditional,
homemade spirit consisting of naturally fermented apple juice; while
listening to a very interesting lecture on Monteverde and its striking
importance in the understanding of Paleo-Indian cultures in America.
Next, a revitalizing, delicious and typical country lunch. After the
meal, a soft-paced, nice walk through the farm, while surrounded by
the gorgeous native evergreen forest and some of the animals bred
in the farm such as llamas, sheep, fallow deers. Back on the road,
drive to Las Quemas, with a photo stop at its curious chapel. Continue
up to Nueva Braunau, to visit the German Colonization Museum, that
will transport the visitor to the 1850s, when immigrants, coming from
all over the German federation, arrived to the region. Generations
tamed the land, providing the nation with abundant agricultural products,
specially through the difficult years of the early XXth. century,
and up to present day, with most of the milk of Chile. After a day
in the country, return to the hotel. |
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