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Flirting with the Andes
DAY 10: SANTIAGO / TEMUCO

Breakfast at hotel.

Private Transfer to airport to board flight to Temuco.

Arrival at Temuco Airport. You will be received by your local guide followed by a visit to the city.

Is in this region where the heart of the Chilean original race is: the mapuches. For that reason, towards the interior, in spite of several passed centuries, it is possible to find towns in which it seems the time has been stopped.
 
Into resistance, the capital city of this region, Temuco, has become in a modern and full city of advances in the last years.
 
TEMUCO It is located at 674 km. south of Santiago. It is the Capital of the La Araucanía Region. It is situated on the banks of Cautín River, and it is surrounded by Ñielol and Conún Huenu Hills. Also, this is an important administrative, commercial, university and cultural center.
 
 
 
The main economic activity is the forest exploitation, agricultural, cattle and resources, which originate milk industry, meat industry, timber industry and others. The humidity of the area allows the breeding of pigs and bovines. The forest industry is favored by the insigne pine forestation plan along with native species, which allows an excellent wood exportation process.

After lunch you will continue 112kmts on south to Pucón.

Beautiful rural landscapes, impressive valleys, lakes and rivers, as well as the immensity and wealth of the sea in all their expression, do of this region one of the most visited of Chile.

Pucón

One of the main tourist centres in the Chilean Araucanía Region, the City of Pucón lies at the foot of the Villarrica Volcano, in the foothills of the Andes Mountain Range. Its urban centre is located on the southern shores of Lake Villarrica, one of the first links of a long chain of lakes in southern Chile.
 
Located 789 kilometres from the City of Santiago, it may be accessed along the Panamericana Route or through the Mamuil Malal Pass from Argentina. The leafy scenery and the attractive flowers that ornament the roads anticipate the beauty of Pucón.
 
The city lodges 8,000 inhabitants and its history is marked by its Mapuche ancestors and the German colonists who populated the region and built the first hotels around 1928.
 
This is an interesting city to visit any time of the year. The region has two national parks: the Huerquehue and the Villarrica. The latter is the home of the 2,847-meter-high volcano, one of the ten most active volcanoes in the world, which has permanent fumaroles that may be observed from the urban shell. In the winter, ski and other winter sports are practiced on its slopes. In the summer, adventurers may climb to its very crater. The Trancura River and its rapids, the hot springs and the cultural richness of the area turn Pucón into one of the most visited cities in southern Chile.
 
This variety of environments invites visitors to practice waters sports, mountaineering, horse riding, flora and fauna watching, fly-fishing and cultural tours, among other activities.
 
Its location generates a micro climate that promises warm waters in the lakes and lagoons, especially during the summer. The average maximum temperature in the area is 23º C and minimum is 4º.
 
Its hotel, gastronomic and recreational infrastructure guarantees a good stay. Likewise, the routes are in excellent condition and Temuco airport, located 112 kilometres away, provides an easy access to the city.
 
In the South of Chile, the nature of the Andes and the cultural heritage are combined in Pucón.

Accommodation at Hotel of your choice in Pucon.


 
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