Sunday, 5 January 2020

La Ruta de los Jesuitas / Paso de los Vuriloches

A few years back, while on holidays in the Los Lagos Region in the South of Chile, we heard of a trek called "La Ruta de los Jesuitas". It follows one of the historic trading and missionary routes that connects Argentina across the Andes with Chile, via a pass with the name Vuriloche. Start and end points are the hamlets of Pampa Linda (Argentina) and Ralún (Chile).

Wednesday, 1 January 2020

Spring in Pucón: sendero cinco cascadas, Rucapillan volcano, termas & hydrospeed

Since October we have been living near Pucón, some 650km south of Santiago, which is one of the main tourist hubs in south-central Chile, known for its snow-capped volcanoes, temperate rain forests, beautiful lakes and hot-springs. Its picture-postcard-highlight is Rucapillan (which in the language of the Mapuche means "the house of the Spirit"), more commonly known as the Villarrica volcano.