A drive to Petrohue brings you to the car park where people catch the ferry to Puella. However, we parked up and embarked on a 14km walk along the side of the lake. The outward part was beautiful countryside in the shadow of the volcano. The way back was mostly through jungle and partly on […]
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No one on the lake, no one on the beach and no one at the pub but us.
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First up on the car tour was the waterfalls on the way to Petrohue. This was spectacular . Not just falls and rapids but some nice walking through the jungle too. And a new foxydog too (looks like a S American Grey Fox)! We did the whole thing in about an hour and then on
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People have told us that as a base to start our exploration of the Llanquihue area, Puerto Varas would be the best bet. Puerto Montt is bigger and also nearby but is more of a working town and far less attractive. Puerto Varas is very relaxed and has some decent shops and restaurants. Also it
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Excellent beer, excellent wine (with very large glasses), excellent calamari and a pizza. And also a decent view.
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The third traverse of the Argentinian / Chilean border was a tense affair. You would think we would be getting good at this now but it is different every time. This was a coach trip from Bariloche to Puerto Varas. Having got to the bus station early we stood waiting outside what was surely the
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A couple of kilometres out of Bariloche there is a cable car that takes you to the top of the Cerro Otto. From there, there were lots of walking trails. So off we went. The complex at the top end of the cable car had some nice lookout areas and also a rotating restaurant. I
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An hour on the bus (all of it standing I might add), took us from Bariloche to Villa Llao Llao. This was the start of one of the best walks ever, a trip around the peninsula and the ascent (and let’s not forget the descent) of the hill at the centre. Lots of fantastic views,
The bus trip from San Martin de las Andes to Bariloche was spectacular. Bariloche is on the foothills of the Andes and is beside a very large lake. There is a thing called the ‘7 Lake Tour’ where you take a car and drive from Bariloche to San Martin de las Andes so we have
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