Self Drive Experience at Chilean Lake District - 5 Days

Day 1 · Puerto Montt Airport - Puerto Varas (Approx. 21 km)

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   Costanera de Puerto Montt

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   Pick up your rental car at Puerto Montt Airport rental office and get ready to explore the worders of the Lake District. Drive to Puerto Varas located on the shores of Llanquihue Lake with magnificent views of the distant volcanoes.

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   Paseo Puerto Varas

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   Puerto Varas

Overnight at Hotel Puelche in Puerto Varas (or similar)

Day 2 · Puerto Varas - Vicente Perez Rosales National Park (Approx. 120 km)

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   Paseo Puerto Varas

   6 hours

   Today we recommend drive towards Vicente Perez Rosales National Park founded in 1926. Departing from your hotel, you will pass by typical wooden churches, Chilean farm houses and the town of Ensenada. You will drive through a thick forest of mostly native Coigües to reach Chile’s oldest National Park. First stop will be the waterfalls of Petrohué. We will hike a short trail through native forests: you will be amazed by the crystal green waterfalls. We will get back to the car and drive on heading to the slopes of the Osorno Volcano.

Overnight at Hotel Puelche in Puerto Varas (or similar)

Day 3 · Puerto Varas - Chiloe Island - Cauln - Castro (Approx. 180 km)

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   Chiloe Island Penguin Colony

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   Today you will have a very interesting journey. Drive across via the ferry crossing to Chiloe Island. After the ferry, take a coastal road to Caulin, an agricultural and fishing community. The surroundings were declared Ecologic Bird Sanctuary.

   Chiloé is a rugged and relatively untouched archipielago of the coast of Chile´s Lake District; explore this mythical island with its colorful wooden churches, 16 have been declared World Heritage Sites by Unesco.

   You will stay in Castro, know by the colorfull “palafitos” (houses built on stilts), located among hills and an exuberant vegetation, this city invites you take a walk, try its seafood restaurants, visit its arts and crafts shops.

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   Santuario de Aves de Caulin

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   Today you will have a very interesting journey. Drive across via the ferry crossing to Chiloe Island. After the ferry, take a coastal road to Caulin, an agricultural and fishing community. The surroundings were declared Ecologic Bird Sanctuary.

   Chiloé is a rugged and relatively untouched archipielago of the coast of Chile´s Lake District; explore this mythical island with its colorful wooden churches, 16 have been declared World Heritage Sites by Unesco.

   You will stay in Castro, know by the colorfull “palafitos” (houses built on stilts), located among hills and an exuberant vegetation, this city invites you take a walk, try its seafood restaurants, visit its arts and crafts shops.

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   Museo Municipal de Castro

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   Today you will have a very interesting journey. Drive across via the ferry crossing to Chiloe Island. After the ferry, take a coastal road to Caulin, an agricultural and fishing community. The surroundings were declared Ecologic Bird Sanctuary.

   Chiloé is a rugged and relatively untouched archipielago of the coast of Chile´s Lake District; explore this mythical island with its colorful wooden churches, 16 have been declared World Heritage Sites by Unesco.

   You will stay in Castro, know by the colorfull “palafitos” (houses built on stilts), located among hills and an exuberant vegetation, this city invites you take a walk, try its seafood restaurants, visit its arts and crafts shops.

Overnight at Hosteria Castro

Day 4 · Chiloe Island - Castro - Ancud - Puerto Varas (Approx. 190 km)

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   Centro Cultural de Castro

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   Depending on your departure time, you can explore the city and its highlights such the San Antonio Fort, where the view of the port is spectacular; the church and handicraft market. Don't miss out on the Ancud Regional Museum where you can get to know the history, mythology and crafts of the area, as well as its indigenous past.

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   Catedral de Ancud

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   Depending on your departure time, you can explore the city and its highlights such the San Antonio Fort, where the view of the port is spectacular; the church and handicraft market. Don't miss out on the Ancud Regional Museum where you can get to know the history, mythology and crafts of the area, as well as its indigenous past.

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   Paseo Puerto Varas

   Passing by

   Depending on your departure time, you can explore the city and its highlights such the San Antonio Fort, where the view of the port is spectacular; the church and handicraft market. Don't miss out on the Ancud Regional Museum where you can get to know the history, mythology and crafts of the area, as well as its indigenous past.

Overnight at Hotel Puelche in Puerto Varas (or similar)

Day 5 · Puerto Varas - Frutillar - Puerto Montt Airport (Approx. 90 km)

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   Paseo Puerto Varas

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   Leave your hotel in Puerto Varas and drive to Frutillar a charming village on the bank of the huge Llanquihue Lake. The village is noted for the German influence on the architecture developed by the immigrants who arrived around 1853. Here, you can walk to visit some restored colonial houses and see the strong German influence on the architecture.

   Then, drive back to Puerto Montt Airport to drop off your rental car.

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   Muelle Frutillar

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   Frutillar