Nature Wildlife Hike Local community

DAY 1: WELCOME TO PUERTO VARAS

Upon your arrival to Puerto Montt airport, our local team will pick you up to start the adventure in the Lake District. After 25 minutes of driving, we will arrive to the charming town of Puerto Varas at the shore of Llanquihue Lake.

Overnight in Puerto Varas, Hotel Bellavista or similar.

*Driving distance: 25 Kilometers

DAY 2: COCHAMO VALLEY

We will start our day taking the route to Cochamó Valley, with stunning views of the Reloncaví Fjord and the mountain range. After driving 1 hour and 30 minutes (93 km), we will arrive to your lodging, leave the luggage, walk around the small village and have lunch at a local restaurant.

In the afternoon we will do a soft hike around the area and spend some time taking pictures and looking the birdlife at the shores of the first fjord of Patagonia, preparing for our challenging hike of the next day. Overnight in Cochamo Valley, Hostel Las Bandurrias or similar

Breakfast, lunch at a local restaurant and dinner included.

*Driving distance: 93 Kilometers – 1 hour 30 minutes

*Hike view point of Cochamo: 8 kilometers – 3 hours hike

DAY 3: HIKE LA JUNTA

Today we have a long day hike, after a traditional breakfast with local products at our hostel, we will be driven to the trailhead (5 minutes). This will be a 23 kilometers trail (15 miles app). The trail to La Junta is quite muddy in spots. The elevation is not significant, it is a steady climb from sea level to about 900 feet / 300 meters. After 4 hours hiking aprox. we finally reach La Junta, where we will have a picnic lunch

enjoying the incredible view of the big walls of granite and the impressive scenery that surround us. After our way back through the same trail, our driver will be waiting to take us to our hostel at the Valley, just on time to our well-deserved dinner.

Overnight in Cochamó Valley, Hostel Las Bandurrias or similar Breakfast, box lunch and dinner included.

*Driving distance: 5 minutes

*Hike La junta: 23 Kilometers – 8/9 hours in total

DAY 4: PARQUE TAGUA TAGUA

After an early breakfast, we will leave Cochamó and drive to take a 45 minutes ferry to the Tagua Tagua Park, a protected area located in the basin of the Puelo river, on the shore of Tagua Tagua lake. After the ferry crossing, we will do a 30 minutes boat ride to get to the entrance of the Park. Once there, the park ranger will give us a brief security talk, before we start walking through the evergreen forest, discovering spectacular waterfalls hidden in the mountains and the river that will be beside us during the whole trek. After walking approximately 4 hours we will reach the first refuge, Alerce, where we will rest and have a nice lunch with views to the sunken old alerce trees.

We must start the way back on time to take the last ferry back to Puerto Canelo, where our vehicle will be waiting for us to drive around 1 hour to get to village of Ensenada where we will spend the night at the

foots of Calbuco and Osorno volcanoes.

Overnight in Ensenada, Entre Volcanes Lodge or similar Breakfast, box lunch and dinner included.

*Driving distance: 45 minutes

*Ferry crossing: 1 hour + boat navigation: 30 minutes

*Hike Tagua Tagua – Refuge Alerce and return: 13 kilometers total – 7 hours

DAY 5: TWO VOLCANOES HIKE

This day we will combine hikes in two volcanoes: El Solitario Trail on the slopes of Osorno Volcano (6 km, 2,5 hours aprox.) and an interpretative circuit of 5 kilometers (2,5 hours aprox.) at the foothills of the Calbuco Volcano. Being an active spectator of the effects of a recent eruption is not an everyday

experience! Our naturalist guide will take you along the paths of the natural history of the region, hiking

through the temperate rainforest, basaltic formations, remains and traces of the eruption of 2015 and, of course, learning about the adaption that every living being is having to survive in a new landscape and

environment.

Overnight in Ensenada, Entre Volcanes Lodge or similar Breakfast, box lunch and dinner included.

*Driving distance: 30 minutes

* Hike el Solitario: 6 Kilometers – 2,5/3 hours

*Hike Los Ulmos: 5 Kilometers – 2,5/3 hours

DAY 6: CAYUTUÉ HIKE

Our adventure continues with an off the beaten path trail inside of the National Park Vicente Pérez Rosales in the mountain range of the Lake District. This is a medium difficulty hike with some streams

crossings, but our effort will have the reward when we reach the pristine Cayutué Lagoon surrounded by forest and mountains. Here we will enjoy a delicious picnic with local products and have time enough to rest and enjoy the stunning views, after start our way back to Ralun, the place where we will have a free day to regain strength.

Overnight in Ralún, Mareas Ralun cabins. Breakfast, box lunch and dinner included.

*Driving distance: 20 minutes

*Boat navigation: 1 hour

*Hike Cayutue Lagoon: 13 kilometers – 6/7 hours

DAY 7: REST DAY AT MAREAS RALUN

Free day at Mareas Ralun, a lovely place with nice installations where you can enjoy and rest in front of the Petrohué river after several days of hike. A chef will prepare your meals with local products.

Overnight in Ralún, Mareas Ralun cabins Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

DAY 8: PARQUE NACIONAL VICENTE PEREZ ROSALES: HIKE DESOLACIÓN

The destination today is the eastern section of Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park, the first park opened in Chile in 1926. While we advance having some ascents from the point of departure we will be treated with stunning views over the volcanoes and the lakes that surround this part of the park. The landscape changes dramatically from the temperate rainforest to the volcanic steppe and then to the shores of the Andean lakes. The Andes range emerges at the horizon as we reach the emerald waters of the Lake Todos Los Santos where we end the hike and start the way back to town, without missing a stop at the Petrohué waterfalls, a combination of lava flows and water erosion with the cones of the volcanoes behind them.

Overnight in Puerto Varas, Hotel Bellavista or similar,     Breakfast and box lunch

included. Dinner on own in Puerto Varas.

*Driving distance: 57 Kilometers – 1 hour

*Hike Desolación: 12 kilometers in total // 6 / 7 hours

DAY 9. END OF THE ADVENTURE

After breakfast we will meet our local team for a briefing about our adventure, sharing pictures and videos and say goodbye to our teammates. Transfer to the airport of Puerto Montt Breakfast included