Multisport Tour Route of Parks Chile

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Before we kick off our incredible multisport adventure, you should take a day or two to adjust to local time and recover from your travels and allow for any flight or luggage delays. You should fly into Temuco airport (ZCO).

For the pre-night stay, we recommend staying at Best Western Ferrat Hotel in Temuco city,which is well-located with lots of restaurants and other facilities just a short walk away.

Our meeting hotel address is: Juan Reusch #445, Temuco

Official Airport Transfer

The official shuttle company at Temuco’s Airport is called TransAraucania.

They are the only authorized shuttle company at the airport, and their staff wears a blue and green uniform. By contract with the airport, they must have available transport based in the domestic flights arriving every day.

They have a counter at the airport, right next to the automatic doors (from the baggage carrousel). They offer regular and private shuttles to Temuco at $30.000 pesos (USD $40 per vehicle).

You don’t need reservations and you can pay in Credit Card or Cash. The ATM’s is on second floor.

All their shuttle services will drop you off at the hotel or address you are staying in Temuco. 

Driving time is approximately 35 minutes.

Upon your arrival at Temuco airport (9:30am), our local team will pick you up to start our adventure. We’ll drive passing through old-fashioned little towns like Cunco and Melipeuco until we get to Conguillio National Park, one of the most outstanding parks of the Lake and Volcano District in Chile. This wilderness protected area is also part of Kütralkura, the first UNESCO Geopark in Chile.

During the visit, you will witness how the Llaima volcano has permanently shaped the landscape of the area with its eruptions, and you’ll have the fantastic opportunity to walk on the lava flows and later we’ll visit the Truful-Truful Canyon and its waterfalls. This is the most important geosite of all the geopark, where you can see 13.000 years of eruptive activity of Llaima volcano.

After our first stop, we continue driving another 20 minutes to La Baita Lodge, the first eco-friendly accommodation in Chile. We’ll check-in, relax and eat lunch together. After a good coffee or the locals’ favorite “yerba mate”, we’ll get ready for our afternoon hike towards a viewpoint that faces the Llaima volcano and a huge valley completely covered in lava flows. The locals call this valley the “devil’s field”. Finally, we hike back to our lodge, take a shower and relax by the fireplace with a good book.

In the evening, a nice Pisco Sour (traditional Chilean drink) will be served and our local guide will introduce you to the following days.

Accommodation: La Baita Ecolodge

Meals: Lunch and welcome dinner

Total hiking time: 2 hours

Total driving time: 2 hours (110 kilometers / 68,5 miles Shuttle from Temuco airport to Conguillío, 1 hour and 40 minutes approx.)

Hike Truful Truful Canyon: 1.25 kilometers / 0,77 mile

Hike Mirador Escorial: at La Baita (2 kilometers / 1,24 mile), or Lago Verde (4 kilometers / 2,48 miles)

After Breakfast at La Baita Lodge, we will have a short drive passing by two lakes: Verde (green) and Arcoiris (rainbow) and with us immersed in a jaw-opening landscape. The same landscape that inspired the awarded BBC documentary “Walking with dinosaurs).

We will begin hiking along the Sierra Nevada trail surrounded by native trees, including ancient monkey-puzzle trees or araucarias. We will hear and spot many endemic birds such as the chucao tapaculo, the magellan woodpecker and the noisy slender-billed parakeet.

The trail is equipped with 3 viewpoints and we’ll use them all. Each one of them with different angles to take-in the views of the Conguillío National Park, Llaíma and the Sierra Nevada volcanoes. After spending some time eating our packed lunch, taking pictures and enjoying the amazing view, we’ll hike back to the bottom of the trail and visit Playa Linda (pretty beach).

Afterwards, we will take our van and drive for about 2 hours until we get to the city of Villarrica. This lakeside city is flanked by a smoking active volcano and a big glacial lake, both named Villarrica.

Your hotel is located irght next to the lake and a pedestrian area with a bike lane. We’ll check-in and then start our bike fitting. Our guides will adjust the bikes to your satisfaction, so you can enjoy the next three bike rides across Chile’s first Scenic Route.

Tonight, dinner is on your own. There are plenty of good restaurants and bars within 5-10 minute-walk, just ask our guides for recommendations.

Accommodation: Terraza Suite Hotel

Meals: Breakfast and box lunch

Total hiking time: 4-6 hours

Total driving time: 2 hours and 40 minutes (120 kilometers / 74.5 miles)

Each day brings new beauty on this tour, and today is no exception. Good news, no shuttle today! Before we start pedaling, our guides will check your bike again and conduct a short briefing session with a safety talk. This is a very well-supported bike ride, with a “sag-wagon” following the group for assistance all the time.  

Today we will ride one of Chile’s most scenic roads: The 7-Lake Circuit. We’ll pedal alongside the shores of two beautiful lakes, Calafquén and Panguipulli, and cover three-quarters of the way around Villarrica, a majestic, snow-capped active volcano. 

This road is smooth and with little traffic, with one climb at the beginning of the route. At one point we should be able to see five volcanoes: Villarrica, Quetrupillan, Lanin, Mocho and Choshuenco. 

Our first stop is at Lican Ray (kilometer 28 / mile 17), a summer beach town located next to Calafquen Lake. Here we can eat some snacks and refill our water bottles. We resume cycling and the road passes through green prairies, fruit farms and native forests. The lakeside road presents gentle rolling hills and gets quiet as almost no vehicles drive on it.  

As we ride this scenic route, we make the lunch stop at a very special place called Foye Mapu (km 51). Here a Mapuche family will welcome us in their home and feed us traditional food. They will share some of their ancestral culture and we can learn how to make “merkén”, a smoked chilli powder that is super tasty. 

Followed by lunch, there are 11 kilometers / 6,8 miles to cover in our saddles and arrive at the city of Panguipulli. Then, a short ride to the beach of Lake Panguipulli – meaning “land of lions” – while enjoying the views of Chile’s southern volcanoes. From there we pedal a few more blocks and arrive by bike to our next boutique hotel where we’ll eat dinner and stay overnight.

Accommodation: Hotel 381 Panguipulli

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Total biking distance: 62 kilometers / 38,5 miles (3 to 4 hours), Villarrica – Lican Ray  – Panguipulli

Total driving time: No shuttles today

Today we start early and drive in our van (162 kilometers / 100 miles) from our hotel in Panguipulli, covering part of the Panamerican Highway, until we arrive at Cancura village to begin cycling. From this point we’ll start our ride towards quaint little villages with a strong German heritage, such as Puerto Octay and Puerto Clocker. 

The route consists of rolling hills with long flat stretches until we end the ride by the beach of Lake Llanquihue, where a unique landscape is waiting for us, the Osorno Volcano with its perfect cone. In Puerto Octay we’ll try local beers, eat lunch in a German style restaurant (kilometer 27, mile 17), and then explore the village on our bikes.  

The last section of 40 kilometers / 24,8 miles is dominated by the Osorno volcano and very green fields with grazing cows roaming freely. We can opt between a fully paved road or a gravel road that goes next to the lake. 

We’ll eat dinner together and celebrate conquering our second bike ride. 

Accommodation: La Posada del Colono

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Total biking distance: 67 kilometers / 416 miles (4 to 5 hours), Cancura – Puerto Octay  – Las Cascadas

Total driving time: 2 hours and 30 minutes (162 kilometers / 100 miles Shuttle from Panguipulli to Cancura, 2 hours and 30 minutes approx.)

The first leg of this amazing multisport trip is about to end. In the morning, we leave our lodge on our bicycles, riding alongside Llanquihue Lake and across Vicente Perez Rosales National Park.

The unique landscape is stunning, with Calbuco, Puntiagudo and Osorno volcanoes at sight. 

The road is very quiet and fully equipped with a bike lane and several side-road viewpoints. Literally, the foot of the Osorno volcano reaches the shore of the lake and we’ll pass through the middle of this astounding landscape as we travel to the villages of Ensenada and Petrohue. 

This 35-kilometer (22-mile) northeast section of the Llanquihue Lake Route is one of the most beautiful routes of the tour. Finally, we will end our last ride arriving at Todos Los Santos in Petrohue, a turquoise lake located in the National Park Vicente Perez Rosales. We’ll eat lunch together and return the bikes for transportation and storage.

After lunch, we will move to the north for a refreshing afternoon rafting the class-4 rapids of the Petrohué river, to later be transfered to the town of Puerto Varas.

Accommodation: Cumbres Hotel

Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Total biking distance: 35 kilometers / 22 miles (2 hours), Las Cascadas – Ensenada  – Petrohue

Total driving time: no shuttle in the morning

Today is the day when we give back to the planet and to the local communities of our destination. Rewilding means restore nature to the original state how it was before the perturbation made by humans. In our volunteer work today we will combine this regeneration effort to work with local communities, creating a virtuous circle where nature gets back and communities get benefits from that action. We will then move to the north part of the Lake to visit a brewery founded by a Canadian-American couple of friends and enjoy a barbecue with an open bar of different types of beer.

Accommodation: Cumbres Hotel

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

We leave from Puerto Varas early in the morning in direction to the local airport to board a charter flight of 40 minutes to Chaitén, where our vehicle will be waiting for us to start the exploration of El Amarillo area of Park Pumalín with a hike of 6 hours to the Glacier (18 kilometers / 11 miles – low difficulty).

In the evening you will be driven to Caleta Gonzalo enjoying spectacular views of rivers, glacier valleys and the exuberant temperate rainforest.

After checking in at the comfortable and carefully decorated cabins with a view to the fjord and the mountains, we will enjoy our dinner prepared with the ingredients cultivated by local farmers of the area.

Accommodation: Caleta Gonzalo Cabins 

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

After breakfast we will explore different sections of the park learning about the fantastic work of conservation, recovery and rewilding of this area run by Tompkins Conservation. The story of Douglas Tompkins is intimated related to this park that became part of the largest donation of private lands ever made and the first step for the creation of the Route of the Parks of Patagonia. The day starts with a hike to Chaitén Volcano (3,5 hours – 5 kilometers / 3,1 miles – medium high difficulty) and an interpretative hike to Cascadas Escondidas (Hidden Waterfalls, 3 hours, 2 km – low difficulty). Have you ever hiked through the slopes of an active volcano? There is always a first time!

Accommodation: Caleta Gonzalo Cabins 

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Departure from Caleta Gonzalo to Puerto Varas toward the north driving through the Carretera Austral (Road 7). The first ferry will take us from Caleta Gonzalo through the Fiordo Largo (45 minutes) and then after a short drive we will board the ferry for a 4 hours navigation of the Fiordo Comau and then a last ferry from Caleta Puelche to Caleta La Arena. The ferry navigation is one of the highlights of this itinerary with spectacular views of the mountains, volcanoes and the picturesque fishermen villages along the shore of the Patagonian fjords.

Accommodation: Cumbres Hotel

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Morning departure for an early flight to Southern Patagonia and the moment to say goodbye to the team of guides of Pumalin Park & Puerto Varas. Relax in a private transfer taking you along the far reaching pampas of Punta Arenas en route to Puerto Natales. Admire the changing Patagonia sky that stretches out into the horizon and herds of iconic Patagonian sheep grazing on grand estancias.

Soon we arrive in the colorful coastal town of Puerto Natales where our multisport adventure begins with a hike of Cerro Dorotea (Dorotea Hill). Our 800-meter / 0,5-mile ascent to the summit allows for a gentle and inviting hike where we will be rewarded with mesmerizing views of the city of Puerto Natales, the Ultima Esperanza Fjord, and the Admiral Montt Gulf.

Accommodation: Vendaval Hotel

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

This day begins from our hotel in Puerto Natales as we travel 2 hours to Estancia Lazo, a 13.000-hectare cattle ranch founded over a century ago which still operates today beneath striking views of the Paine Massif on the shores of Laguna Verde. From here we’ll hike into Torres del Paine National Park along a generally flat trail through peaceful stretches of native beech and coihue forests teeming with wildlife.

Take a moment to identify the Grey, Serrano and Paine Rivers, Serrano Valley, Mount Balmaceda and the Geike and Tyndall Glaciers before we make our descent to the Weber bridge, where our private transfer will take us to our campsite for the evening greeted with a freshly prepared welcome dinner.

Accommodation: Chile Nativo Riverside Camp

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

After an early breakfast, your private transfer takes you to the Grey Lake to meet your kayaking guide. Here, with views of Paine Grande and Grey Glacier as our morning backdrop, you’ll hear about kayaking safety and paddling techniques. You’ll paddle Grey Lake for approximately 2 hours, weaving amongst the floating icebergs. Leaving Grey Lake we’ll begin our descent of Grey River, which snakes through canyons bubbling with rapids and framed by steep rock faces.

Accommodation: Chile Nativo Riverside Camp

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

We indulge in an energy-packed breakfast before taking our private transfer to the Hotel Las Torres sector of the park. Today´s hike will offer one of the most incredible viewpoints of the National Park as we hike to the summit of Cerro Paine along a hidden, off-the-beaten trail. We begin winding through the forest of the Ascencio Valley, following the same path as one of Patagonia´s first and most famous explorers, Alberto Agostini. We will continue to the top where we are blessed with truly mesmerizing views: the three towers poised in the west, and views of the Paine River Valley, Laguna Azul, and the Nordenskjöld & Sarmiento Lakes. A picture perfect panorama that seems too good to be true! Taking in the enormous granite peaks, glaciers, lakes, forest and pampas – you will feel the full Patagonia essence of your adventure. We will take our time returning along the same path where our private transfer awaits, guiding us back to Natales along endless breathtaking pampas, valleys, and the coast. We arrive at our accommodation and after, enjoy our final departure dinner together as a group. 

Accommodation: Vendaval Hotel

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

After a restful night’s rest and a hearty breakfast, your private transfer will take you back to Punta Arenas (PUQ) for your connecting flight or onward travels.

Meals: Breakfast