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| River Rafting Trancura River - Wayne & Pat in the Back |
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| Volcan Villarrica from Our Hotel Window - Pucon, Chile |
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| Pucon Harbor on Lake Villarrica - Pucon, Chile |
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| Black Sand Beach - Pucon, Chile |
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| Pat Waving Hi - Lake Tinquilco, Chile |
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| Chilean Election Night - Pucon, Chile |
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| Downtown Pucon at Night |
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| Playa Blanca - Lake District, Chile |
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| Chilean Children on Beach - Pucon, Chile |
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| Our Hotel with Pucon 'Train' - Pucon, Chile |
The Chilean Lake District is on the northern edge of the Patagonia region. , Everywhere you look in Pucon, with its German appearance, is a postcard perfect view.
Pucon is located on scenic Lake Villarrica with snow covered Volcan Villarrica (an active volcano – see photo, yes, that is volcanic gas coming out the top!). Pucon was worth every minute of the 7-hour drive south from Santiago on Chile's excellent highways.
Pucon is located on scenic Lake Villarrica with snow covered Volcan Villarrica (an active volcano – see photo, yes, that is volcanic gas coming out the top!). Pucon was worth every minute of the 7-hour drive south from Santiago on Chile's excellent highways.
Pucon is also known as Chile’s adventure capital with almost every outdoor activity imaginable - snow & water skiing, river rafting, hiking, climbing to the volcano crater, fishing, natural hot-spring spas, wind surfing, sailing, boating, sunning at the beach, parasailing, paintball, horseback riding, kayaking, biking, golfing, zip line rides, bird watching, and more.
We visited Pucon during Chile’s summer with perfect weather where did a class III/IV river rafting trip on the upper Trancura River (see photo) - great fun and Pat stayed in the boat the whole way down! We also drove the long gravel road to Parque National Huerquehue where we hiked around breathtaking Lake Tinquilco and to the waterfalls of Ojos del Caburgua (see photo).
Staying within easy walking of downtown Pucon, we enjoyed many of the very nice restaurants night and day and the black sand beach at Pucon on Lake Villarrica where we spent a day enjoying life like a native Chilean.
Arriving in Pucon on Chile’s national election day was fun because the town burst into party mode when the new president was announced (see photo).
Arriving in Pucon on Chile’s national election day was fun because the town burst into party mode when the new president was announced (see photo).
Some history... Pucon
was founded in 1883 as an Army base to control the crossing border to
Argentina through the Andes Mountains. In 1904, the Chilean government
gave the land to a leather and timber business partnership that brought
over 20 families of German immigrants.
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