Pucon Adventure Tour

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Chile

Classic Chile / Santiago area / Patagonia / Lake District
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4 Day Pucon Adventure Tour

Day 1- Morning arrival in Temuco and drive (80km/ 50miles) to Pucon. After a briefing lunch, walk around this mountain styled town

Day 2 - AM for rafting river Trancura (choice of class III or IV sections)
- Rafting the lower Trancura (class 3)
The Trancura river is born in the high Andes and pours its crystal blue waters into the Villarrica Lake, just few kilometers from Pucon. The landscape is amazing, with the permanent view of the Villarrica volcano. This rafting experience is one of the most popular activities for visitors of all ages. In each trip, a leader guide will speech the group with safety and technical instructions. Appropriate gear will also be delivered (helmet, life jacket, paddle jacket, paddle and wetsuit if cold weather). We use rafts with a capacity of 7 to 10 person per boat. Each raft is guided by an experienced, helpful and kind guide. The lower section, classified as a class 3 (which means that you do not need experience to participate in this trip) is suitable for everyone, including beginners and families.
- Rafting the upper Trancura (class 4)
The upper section of the Trancura is wilder than the lower section and its rapids gain a rate of class 4 (intermediate). Rapids as ´The Devil´s Problem´, ´Ugly Fall´ or ´Infierno Gorge´ and a portage over the amazing Mariman falls, make this section a fun and exciting adventure.

PM for biking gently to Ojos del Caburga
Mountainbike to the Ojos del Caburgua
This is a tour among native forest, rivers and streams to reach the deep blue pools of the Ojos del Caburgua (Caburgua Eyes), fed from underground waters coming from the Caburgua lake 6 km away. There are lot of places for stopping and refreshing during this 25 kms circuit.

Day 3 - Full day excursion either, hiking Villarrica volcano (2,840m/ 9,300 ft) or horseback riding in the dense temperate forest of El Cañi with hot springs at the end:

- Hiking the Volcan Villarrica (2.840m/ 9,300 ft)
This beautiful mountain has a classic volcanic cone crowning the surrounding countryside. The volcano has erupted repeatedly during the last century being the most recent eruptions registered in 1971 and 1984. Despite its continuing activity, Villarica is the most climbed peak in southern Chile. The ascent of Volcan Villarica is technically very straightforward, although it demands good fitness. Crampons, ice axe and stout footwear are provided. The crater at the summit offers a spectacular panorama: molten magma boiling out of openings in the volcano core, red-hot lava spurting up to near the crater rim and a superb view of virtually every major peak and lake in the northern Lake District. The round trekking trip would cover a distance of approx. 10 kms in 6 to 9 hours. This trip begins at 7 AM from your hotel. Under bad weather conditions (no visibility or strong ´white´ wind) we reserve the right to cancel this excursion in the last minute.

- Horseback riding in the Chilean Native Forest.
Early morning drive to the foot of the Cordillera El Cani (Cani mountain range), 30 kms from your hotel. Once we arrive to the horses stables, beautifully nestled among 300 years old coihues (native tree), you will take part in a short briefing about riding skills and start riding up to El Cani. You don´t need experience to participate in this trip. After passing a typical countryside start ascending by old logging trails until entering the primeval domain of the ancient Coihue and Araucaria trees. The horses advance silently on this cathedral like atmosphere until reaching the pristine El Espejo lagoon, an ancient volcanic crater. Follow the narrow trail until rocky crops come on the way. Leave the horses and continue by foot to El Mirador (look out point) from where the most splendid view over the neighboring valleys and volcanoes is gained. Return to the lagoon for lunch and relax. After lunch, ride through the former Pehuenche trail (Pehuenche is the name of the Mapuche indian living in the mountains) until reaching the Llancalil lagoon with open fields suitable for galloping.. Ride back to the horses´ stable and drive back to your hotel in Pucon.

Day 4 - After an early activity or a lazy morning, drive to the airport in Temuco

Price per person in US$ till April 2008

Hotel	# of people	Dec 15-Mar 15
Antumalal	2	991
	3	904
	4	859
	single supp	346
Villarica Park Lake	2	1037
	3	945
	4	899
	single supp	363
Araucarias	2	767
	3	675
	4	636
	single supp	55

Physical Demands
Previous experience is not required to participate in this trip. There is not age restriction, except for the “Upper Trancura Rafting” which require a minimum age of 14 (Nov-Feb) as the Horsebackriding excursions.

What’s included
* Transfer Temuco´s airport / Pucon /Temuco´s airport with Spanish speaking driver (for the regular departure), or bilingual guide and driver (for the private departure).
* Land transportation as required for each activity,
* 3 nights at the selected hotel depending on the itinerary; breakfast included;
* Box lunch included with the full day activities;
* 3 half day and 1 full day activity
* One bilingual guide on excursions;
* All entrances and parks fees.

Accommodations
Pucon has a wide range of hotels. For this program, you may choose among the following alternatives:

- Hotel Antumalal: beautiful resort hotel, family-run. Amazing gardens, good service, comfortable rooms. This small and nice hotel has been the choice for presidents, queens and kings that have visited Pucon. 20 rooms, heated swimming pool, 2 km from Pucon.

- Hotel del Lago: 5 star, Resort and Casino, opened in late 1997. 82 rooms, restaurant, piano bar, health club, jacuzzi, indoor and outdoor pool... and, of course, the casino. Downtown location.

- Hotel Araucarias: 3 star, comfortable, temperate swimming pool, family-run.

What you need to bring
- Rafting: sandals or tennis shoes (& wool socks in winter), swimming bath, sunscreen lotion & lip balm, towel. The equipment supplied by Cascada will be a wetsuit, life jacket, paddle jacket & helmet.
- Horseback riding: long pants, tennis or trekking shoes, sunscreen lotion & lip balm, sunglasses, hat and rain coat (winter).
- Trekking: long pants (winter) or short (summer), trekking shoes, sunscreen lotion & lip balm, sunglasses, hat and rain coat (winter).

About the itinerary

For the regular departure option, other guests doing the same program will do activities with you. The activities described above are scheduled in two different options during the week, so you will always be able to choose among them. Just be aware that some of the activities might have to be canceled due to weather conditions (typical: hiking the volcano or, more unusual, too high water level at the upper Trancura). Group activities, as rafting excursions, might also by canceled or rescheduled if we do not have at least 5 passenger doing that activity.If you book this program as a private trip, you have to consider that, due to technical restrictions, activities such as rafting and the Villarrica volcano hiking excursion may only be done with al least 5 passengers. If your group is smaller than 5, we will schedule other passenger to do the activity with you and your group.

The climate:
From November to April we expect, in general, good weather, with temperatures varying from 8°C to 30°C. However, rain is always present. As an example, and this is just our very subjective statistic, you might have 5 sunny days and then 2 rainy days... Please do not show this to a meteorologist! From May to October rain is more abundant, and the temperature drops to, as average, max. 15°C and min. -2°C.

daily departures- Sept.-May