We picked up our car from Avis in Valdivia and headed up into the lake district of Chile to enjoy the spectacular scenery. Taking our time we headed to Pucon via Panguapilli and Lican Ray. On a whim we took a left turn just outside Pucon and we arrived at the lake front where we rented an 8 person log cabin, right on the lakeside of Lago Villarica, complete with jacuzzi and view of a smoking, snow capped volcano. The place was fantastic and we could quite happily imagine living there. Spent 7 very relaxing days using this as our base but never venturing too far as we simply enjoyed drinking a bottle of wine on the veranda watching the sun go down. It even came complete with a cat ......... what more could we ask for. Also a great place to celebrate Tony`s birthday.
We did venture out to `Thermas geometricas` 17kms up an extremly bumpy track through the hills near the town of Conaripe. Worth knackering the car for as we saw some great views (passing farmers using oxen to pull their carts) and then spent 5 hours sitting in amazing volcanic heated thermal baths that were beautifully created - using grey slate and wooden platforms to great effect. Even after all that time soaking - didnt get too prune like due to the high mineral content of the water.
We did venture out to `Thermas geometricas` 17kms up an extremly bumpy track through the hills near the town of Conaripe. Worth knackering the car for as we saw some great views (passing farmers using oxen to pull their carts) and then spent 5 hours sitting in amazing volcanic heated thermal baths that were beautifully created - using grey slate and wooden platforms to great effect. Even after all that time soaking - didnt get too prune like due to the high mineral content of the water.
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