After Frutillar, we drove around the south western corner of Lake Llanquihue to a place just outside of Puerto Varas. One of our Bradford Dad friends has a friend who lives in Puerto Varas and is a fishing guide, so we decided to go meet a local. His name is Felipe, and he had two kids aged 12 and 10. This map shows Lake Llanquihue. You can see Frutillar on the west side, and Puerto Varas on the south. We stayed nights three and four at the red dot, just a few minutes east of Puerto Varas. Puerto Montt is just south of us on an inlet that heads out to the Pacific Ocean. There is an airport there that connects to Santiago if anyone wants to fly in here for future travel!
We were able to park the vans in a field next to this gentlemen's house, which the boys loved to run around in. It was hilarious, because they'd be running, then they'd eat it, either accidentally or on purpose, and they'd fall down and disappear completely from sight. Like a corgi jumping through the snow.
We arrived on Tuesday night. Wednesday morning it rained non-stop, so we cuddled up and hunkered down for several hours. Luckily having the two vans is nice for the boys to get a change of scenery. A couple of hours here and a couple hours there. Around 2pm, the rain stopped, and we were able to get out of the vans and go for a walk-about. The house was up on a hill, so we had a really nice view of the surrounding farms and the lake.
Walking straight down the hill took us back to Lake Llanquihue, so we spent some time enjoying the late afternoon sunshine.
Thursday morning, Drew and his Dad were going fishing with Felipe as their guide. On our drive to the river, we passed a lookout for the Osorno Volcano, and it blew me away. We finally had a sunny day and, man, was it spectacular.
While the guys were fishing, me, the boys, and Grandma spent the day at a private park. It had a cafe, bathrooms, a pump track with bikes for rent, and a playground. What more could you want! We spent the morning here, had lunch, and then hiked 3 miles to the river which was the takeout point for the guys. I wished we had gone to the river sooner, because it was also stunning. Same crystal clear waters. Mountains all around.
Pics from Drew and Brian's fishing day. Drew ended up catching 5 fish! All catch and release trout. The horse flies were bad on this river, hence the face mask Drew is wearing.
After reconnecting with Drew and Brian, we drove on to Cochamo, which is where we will be staying for the next several days. The drive from Puerto Varas to Cochamo on a sunny day is one of the most scenic drives I have been on in a long time. I could easily spend a month here.
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