This program includes the best of Pucón and surroundings. We will do a city tour through Villarrica,, we are going to visit the Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve and we will go to the famous natural waterfalls, Caburgua Eyes.
Day 1: Villarrica National Park - Pucón
Transfer: Airport in Temuco Hotel in Pucón
Tour through the Villarrica Volcano
- Departure: 14:00
- Duration: 3 hours
- Pickup / Dropoff: Hotel en Pucón
Tour to learn from the heights the impressive Villarrica volcano located 20 kilometers from Pucon. From the top you'll see a view of different lakes and other volcanoes in the Region of Araucania.
We depart from your hotel in Pucón at approximately 14:00 hours to the Villarrica volcano. Once there, we are going to make a gentle walk towards the base of Villarrica volcano, where you will have a privileged view of Villarrica, Colico, Caburgua and Calafquén lakes.
Then, a transfer will take us to the coffeshop of the Ski Center of the volcano at a height of 1441 msl. If it is summer season, there is very little snow and you can walk, but if it is winter, it is necessary to take the lift that will take you to the base of the volcano.
Upstairs there is about an hour to walk and if you wish, enjoy a picnic before returning to Pucón.
17:00: We will finish the tour and we will be back at your hotel in Pucón.
- PhysicalVery low
- CulturalVery low
- NatureVery high
Day 2: Huerquehue National Park - Pucón
Hiking through the Huerquehue National Park
- Departure: 08:30
- Duration: 7 hours
- Includes: Boxlunch
- Pickup: Hotel in Pucón
- Dropoff: Hote In Pucón
Come to know the Huerquehue National Park in an all day excursion that allows you to know the best landscapes of araucarias forests, waterfalls, lakes and lagoons of the Region of La Araucanía.
We will be at your hotel at 8:30 am to head northeast to Pucón, where it is only 35 kilometers from the Huerquehue National Park. This park has 12,500 almost virgin hectares of flora and native fauna. We can find araucarias, coihues, hualles, lingues and observe condor, pudúes and if we are lucky, pumas.
You can also see about 20 lagoons and waterfalls fed by the rivers and slopes of our Andes mountain range.
Lunch Box.
Later, we get to know the green lagoon, Toro lagoon and Chico Lake. In addition you can appreciate a panoramic view with Lake Tinquilco and Villarrica volcano.
This excursion can be done in winter and summer, but in winter it is necessary to use snowshoes because the road is snowy.
16:00: End of tour and return to your hotel.
- PhysicalMedium
- CulturalVery low
- NatureVery high
Day 3: Pucón - Ojos del Caburgua
Visit to the Mapuche community in Pucón
- Departure: 09:00
- Duration: 4 hours
- Pickup / Dropoff: Hotel in Pucon
Tour to know Mapuche culture in the Region of La Araucanía. We will visit the Quelhue community and enjoy a day with them to learn from their ancestral traditions.
According to the agreed time, we wait for you at your hotel 09:00 in Pucón to do the Mapuche cultural tour. In this experience you can get to know the most important indigenous ethnicity in Chile. We begin with a visit to the Quelhue community which means, swamp place. To reach them, we have to cross the river Trancura by a bridge, where (with good weather) we can see the three stratovolcanoes of Villarrica National Park: Villarrica, Quetrupillán and Lanín. Once on the other side of the river, we are going to visit the territory of a typical Mapuche family.
In their "ruka", typical mapuche house built of wood and straw, they will share their culture with us and we can know their typical artifacts, listen to their music and wear the clothes they wear.
With this ethnic tour to the Mapuche community, you help build markets with identity and collaborate with the development of local economies of the Region of La Araucanía.
Once the tour is over, we return to your hotel in Pucón.
- CulturalVery high
- NatureVery low
Caburga and Palguín Tour
- Departure: 14:00
- Duration: 4 hours
- Pickup / Dropoff: Hotel in Pucón
We invite you to explore the surroundings of Pucón in a full day excursion which will take you to visit the Palguin waterfalls and the best places in Caburgua lake.
We leave from your hotel and we head towards the sector of Palguín.
We will start the excursion walking a few meters through the forest until reaching the waterfalls of the Lion and China, which are 100 and 74 meters high respectively.
Then we go to the sector of Caburgua to admire the beauty of its lake, which drainage has created the Eyes of the Caburgua, beautiful wells of water of a vibrant blue color.
We will be back at your hotel.
- PhysicalMedium
- NatureVery high
Day 4: Pucón - Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve
Huilo-Huilo Tour
- Departure: 09:00
- Duration: 10 hours
- Includes: Boxlunch
- Pickup / Dropoff: Hotel in Pucón
Visit the Huilo Huilo Biological Reservation in a complete tour that includes the waterfall and the enchanted forest. You will also visit villages like Lican Ray and finish at the Petermann Brewery.
We leave from your hotel at approximately 09:00 am and we head towards Villarrica where we can see the volcano Villarrica and the Llaima volcano. Then we will continue our trip with a stop in Lican Ray, a village on the shores of Lake Calafquén.
Later we will visit the volcanic race of Challupen, products of the impressive volcanic activity of Villarrica.
Then we will travel to Coñaripe to take the Seven Lakes Trail, which will take us to Huilo Huilo. On the route we stop at two lookout points, to enjoy our box lunch.
After arriving at the Huilo Huilo Biological Reservation we will walk until you reach its waterfall, where we can take pictures and walk in the middle of the forest.
The trip will continue towards Puerto Fuy, where, if weather permits we can admire the Choshuenco volcano and its beautiful glacier.
On our way back to Pucón we stop at the Petermann Brewery, where we can make purchases.
17:00 hours: We will be back at your hotel.
- CulturalMedium
- NatureVery high
Day 5: Transfer to Temuco airport
Transfer: Hotel in Pucón Airport in Temuco
At the agreed time we will stop by your hotel to take you directly to the Temuco Airport.
- Transfer Temuco airport / hotel in Pucón or Villarica / airport
- Tour to the base of the Villarrica volcano
- Hiking in the Huerquehue National Park
- Visit to a Mapuche community in Pucón
- Tour to the Eyes of Caburga
- Tour for the route to the Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve
- Spanish Guide
- Hotel
- All not mentioned in itinerary.
Recommendations
It is recommended to take shelter for the morning and sunset excursions, for the rest of the day wear light clothing and comfortable shoes.
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