¨Cold? Pretend you are a penguin!¨
Sage advice from our esteemed tour leader, especially in the rainforests of Puerto Varas. ¨
We arrived in Puerto Varas, our last stop in Chile, yesterday afternoon. We were a bit bumbed to learn that we wouldn´t be able to see the penguins at Chiloe Island as they are only there in summer, but were still really psyched to check out the volcanos and rainforests around the costal town and Chile´s largest lake, Llanquihue. We were also distracted by a late afternoon lunch at Fogon ¨Las Buenas Brassas¨Restaurant, a famous seafood place in P. Varas. G and I split a castiron dish filled with creamy, buttery king crab and topped with cheese for like $10. It was to die for. We are massive fans of the food on this trip.
We spent some time exploring the town and watched the sunset over the lake change the colours of the volcanoes (spectacular views of El Volcan Osorno among others). A late dinner of empanadas and Kuchen at Dane´s and we were ready for bed before our adventure day in the National Park the next morning.
Richard (Justines new llama) enjoyed the view very much.
osorno at sunset.
We made the most of our only full day in Puerto Varas with a jam-packed tour of the area starting with a visit to Volcan Osorno. We then hiked for a few hours from base or Osorno down into a valley through dense forest. It was really cool to see the landscape change from sparse to full on rainforest to temperate forest similar to what we would see in Canada with volcanic rock under foot the entire time.
hiking away!
After lunch we visited the STUNNING Petrohue falls. It was a HOLY MOLY is this real life kind of day. The views were just beyond words really. See pics below:
i really could not get over how perfect the views were. oh em gee!
G s yoga posing at the falls
We capped off the tour at Lago Todo Los Santos --
Gill, Alberto, and Justine. Note Gill has been practising her photo jump since Asia.
We celebrated the German heritage of Puerto Varas with dinner at a German pub.
Tomorrow we head to Argentina!
Sage advice from our esteemed tour leader, especially in the rainforests of Puerto Varas. ¨
We arrived in Puerto Varas, our last stop in Chile, yesterday afternoon. We were a bit bumbed to learn that we wouldn´t be able to see the penguins at Chiloe Island as they are only there in summer, but were still really psyched to check out the volcanos and rainforests around the costal town and Chile´s largest lake, Llanquihue. We were also distracted by a late afternoon lunch at Fogon ¨Las Buenas Brassas¨Restaurant, a famous seafood place in P. Varas. G and I split a castiron dish filled with creamy, buttery king crab and topped with cheese for like $10. It was to die for. We are massive fans of the food on this trip.
We spent some time exploring the town and watched the sunset over the lake change the colours of the volcanoes (spectacular views of El Volcan Osorno among others). A late dinner of empanadas and Kuchen at Dane´s and we were ready for bed before our adventure day in the National Park the next morning.
We made the most of our only full day in Puerto Varas with a jam-packed tour of the area starting with a visit to Volcan Osorno. We then hiked for a few hours from base or Osorno down into a valley through dense forest. It was really cool to see the landscape change from sparse to full on rainforest to temperate forest similar to what we would see in Canada with volcanic rock under foot the entire time.
After lunch we visited the STUNNING Petrohue falls. It was a HOLY MOLY is this real life kind of day. The views were just beyond words really. See pics below:
We capped off the tour at Lago Todo Los Santos --
We celebrated the German heritage of Puerto Varas with dinner at a German pub.
Tomorrow we head to Argentina!
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