TOURS > PN/PASEOS

This full day trip explores the biodiversity of landscapes which were shaped by the continuous activity of Llaima volcano, in the beautiful Conguillío National Park. This is an invitation to discover the birth of life after eruptive processes caused by one of the most active volcanoes in South America. In this trip, some Andean lakes, valleys, waterfalls and araucaria trees are going to be visited. We will also hike to Sierra Nevada Lookout point, N° 1.

A beautiful journey through the valley starting where the Cautín river begins, until we get an amazing view of the valley of Lonquimay.  Here, we go up over the old road “Las Raíces” to Lonquimay.  There, we do a tour in the city.  In the afternoon, we visit the Galletue lake, then we go back through the oldest and longest tunnel in South America “Las Raíces”.  On our way back to Temuco, we visit the “Princesa” and “Indio” magnificent falls.

The expedition starts at 1629 m.a.s.l. and after and hour of journey we will do the first break.  From that point, we will see our objective, the Navidad Crater, which is a beautiful conic formation that strongly burst in the Christmas day in 1988.  After this, we’ll access to a small valley and we’ll reach the crater base. Then, we’ll embark on the ascent which takes 40 min and is 260m high in vertical.  Finally, we’ll reach the crest of this formation, which is about 1m wide and here we’ll walk for some minutes. In some cases, the wind is too strong so its better to stop in a place so we can see the gorgeous view from 2000 m.a.s.l: to the North, we can contemplate the artificial Ralco Lagoon which was formed after the construction of Ralco Reservoir in the area of high Bío-Bío; to the East, Argentinian side, we have the Copahue volcano; some degrees to the West, we have the Sierra Velluda hill.  Continuing with our “sweep” of images, we’ll have the Tolhuaca volcano; and in front of us, we’ll have the Lonquimay volcano; to finish the 360º, we’ll have the beauty of the Cautín hill.

Visit to the Ñielol hill, natural monument and reservation, with its peace history between Spaniards and Mapuches. The tour continues with a visit to the Conunhuenu hill’s lookout points, with the possibility of having a 2-hour trekking, among native forests to Temuco and Volcanoes lookout points.