| Day 1 Puerto Varas/Thermals Esperanza river |
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| We will go out very early in the morning and we will drive to the stunning ‘All the saints’ lake, with amazing views to the Osorno and Puntiagudo volcanoes. Here we will board a boat which will take us to the mouth of the white river where a local ‘arriero’ will be waiting for us with loaded horses. Here we start a trekking for about 5 or 6 hours which will take along old forests full of ‘arrayanes’ and ‘coihues’. The effort will be rewarded with a nice and hot bath of thermal water, which emanates at the edge of the Esperanza River. In our camp, we will have a bonfire and a delicious dinner to celebrate the day |
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| Day 2 Thermals Esperanza River |
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| Today we have 2 alternatives, for the ones who want to rest and enjoy the thermals, day off: for the others, walk for about 3 hours and ascend from a narrow valley which will take us to the Alvarado’s veranada, where we will visit old ‘alerce’ forests of 3000 years old, beautiful small lakes situated over the line of the forest. Once we are back, thermals and a lovely lamb barbeque to Patagonia style or a selection of the best vegetables harvest from the settler’s houses |
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| Day 3 Thermals Esperanza River/ Velasquez family |
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| A good breakfast to start the walking which will take us to the Reloncavi estuary, this time we will take a different path than the one that brought us to this gorgeous places of the north Patagonia, after about 5 hours walking we will come to the house of Velasquez family, we will set our camping and prepare a delicious dinner using the vegetables from their family vegetable garden. |
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| Day 4 Velásquez family/Cayutue small lake |
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| Today we will walk through dense forests, cross a lot of rivers, visit a cave that was used as a shelter by Huilliches and Jesuitas. We will have lunch next to some natural thermal hiding in the dense forest. At the end of the day we will set our camp next to the gorgeous Cayute small lake, having great possibilities of fishing. We will light a fire and cook the good bye dinner to celebrate the trip |
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| Day 5 Cayutue small lake/Puerto Varas |
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| Today we will start our trip back to Puerto Varas, after having a delicious breakfast we will start to walk for about 3 hours with stunning views of the Reloncavi estuary, the first stretch of the Chilean Patagonia. Once we are on the public road our private van will be waiting for us to take us to Puerto Varas. |
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