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Puerto Varas is a nineteenth century port, situated at 12 miles north of Puerto Montt, on Lake Llanquihui, that faces the white cone of the Osorno Volcano. Renowned as one of the most beautiful trips in the area, Puerto Varas sits at the banks of the lake crossing from here to Argentina (Bariloche), sailing through emerald lakes and winding roads across the Andes mountain range.
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| ESSENCE OF THE AREA |
| North of Patagonia, few lanscapes can equal or surpass the beauty of those beyond the Rio Bio Bio, where volcanic cones, blanketed by glaciers, tower above deep blue lakes, ancient forests and verdant farmland. The regions most important cities are Temuco, Valdivia, Osorno, Puerto Montt and Puerto Varas.
Temuco is a good starting point for exploring the area; Temuco is the center of the Mapuche history, and with Pucon along the Villarica Lake offers adventure and incredible landscapes.
Puerto Montt is the gateway to the Skorpios cruises, and it from here that you can take your flights to southern Patagonia, Balmaceda, and Punta Arenas and the Lake Crossing.
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| RECOMMENDED STAY |
| Minimum stay is 3 nights, to see Temuco and Pucon. Or just stay in Pucon for 3 nights doing some of the adventure tours. The
Lake Crossing requires at least 3 nights, overnight in Puerto Varas, a quaint little town with great views, peaceful walks great restaurants, and nice lodging, then overnight in Peulla where you can also hike around the hotel and the last night in Bariloche, since you arrive around 9pm and the next day you can continue on to your next destination. PLEASE NOTE: The Lake Crossing operates in the Spring-Summer (sep 17 to April 16) Monday to Saturday and in Fall Winter (April 19 to Sep 17) in the winter months since the days are shorter you need to send a night in Peulla, during the summer you can do the full lake crossing in a day it takes you around 10 hours.
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LAKE CROSSING FROM PUERTO VARAS TO BARILOCHE ARGENTINA:
Further South, east of Osorno, the Lago Peyehue route offers and easy land crossing to Argentina via Parque Nacional Peyehue, and Puerto Varas on Lago Llanquihue is the starting point of the Lake Crossing into Bariloche, stopping in Lake Todos los Santos in Parque Nacional Vivente Perez Rosales and then to Peulla, here depending of the season and your choice you will stop for lunch and or and overnight then the navigation continues through Frias and Nahuel Huapi Lakes ending in Bariloche (Argentina), for an overnight we do the lake crossing with a combination of buses and boats. Puerto Montt and Puerto Varas are also gateways to Chiloe, Aisen and Magallanes.
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| MUST SEE |
| Andean lake Crossing (Chile- Argentina), Puerto Varas, and Lake Lllanquille, Perez Rosales National Park, Villarrica Lake, Caburgua Lake, and Ojos del Caburgua Waterfalls in Pucon, The Alerce Andino National Park, Petrohe Falls, Osorno volcano, Frutillar.
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