Puerto Varas, Chile Travel Blogs

Volcanoes and Fire
Mar 12, 2006 (5 photos)

... is billed as Chile`s nicest town and we look forward to finding out for ourselves. Despite the fire, we still enjoyed our short time in Puerto Varas, and I won't easily forget gazing at the distant Osorno volcano across the vast blue Lago Llanquihue.

Showdown at the OK Corral.
Apr 28, 2005 (10 photos)

... 's pretty nice I guess with it's waterfront setting, but one night is enough before I head half an hour further north to Puerto Varas, a top adventure and fly fishing destination in the Chilean Lake District. I spend a couple of days in this pleasant but ...

Moving south.....
Oct 30, 2006 (2 photos)

... and taken to bus station and say our goodbyes to German and Maria Elena who have been great to us. Are heading to Puerto Varas further south and allegedly nicer than Puerto Montt where we have to be tomorrow for our boat departure even further south. ...

A fishy tale port side
Feb 5, 2009 (30 photos)

... cooler. We said our goodbye's to the Irish contingent, promising them a thrashing in the Six Nations, then we headed off to Puerto Varas. We stopped at a place called 'Sweet Home' tonight, and it was literally someone's home. It was a nice place though ...

Fishy business with Colchester
Apr 29, 2007 (6 photos)

... I spent one cold night before catching a cheap flight up to Puerto Montt and getting the bus to the lakeside town of Puerto Varas. Here I found a lovely quiet hostel with only a weird Dutch guy who was spending two months studying the intensive salmon ...

Recovering at the lake
Jan 11, 2007 (1 photos)

After some nice but demanding trekking I allow myself some days of rest... It ll also give me the time to write some longwaiting mails and to update this blog!

Lure of the Lakes
Feb 15, 2005 (14 photos)

... am when several of the inebriated group jumped into the lake and then finally drove away. Still further south, Puerto Varas offers the best-preserved Germanic colonial architecture which the townspeople are proud to exhibit through a popular Heritage ...

Onwards to Chile
Nov 9, 2005 (5 photos)

We crossed the border into Chile and headed to Puerto Varas, a small town on a Lake with a picturesque snow capped volcano behind it. The surrounding countryside was beautiful, fields full of colourful spring flowers, spectacular mountain ranges and ...

Bike hoppers at Puerto Varas
Nov 2, 2008 (7 photos)

... Puerto Montt on November 3rd, and word on the street was that I should stay 30 minutes up the road in Puerto Varas. Puerto Varas was a cute little town on a gorgeous lake in the shadow of two volcanoes.  Nothing much happened, ...

Our last night in Chile
Sep 3, 2007

One night stop over en route to Bariloche  - lush hostel!

Puerto Varas
May 28, 2006 (6 photos)

It was OK here, The scenery was amazing but not alot to do and a little bit boring. There was 2 volcanos. We only stayed here for 2 nights.

Puerto Varas, playa !
Jan 21, 2008

... El barrio es bastante agobiante, es una mezcla entre puerto turístico (mercadillos) y puerto industrial, ni nos bajamos del coche ! Decidimos ir a Puerto Varas a pasar la tarde en la playa ! Ahí, yendo a mear por ahí, me echo un pinchazo con un poco de hiero ...

The land of post cards
Jan 15, 2008 (11 photos)

With Volcan Osorno at the other end of theg lake, it's hard to take a bad picture.  Every shot I take seems like it should be a postcard. 

curacautin - Temuco - Puerto Varas
Feb 2, 2005

nach langer busfahrt kommen wir um kurz vor 22.00 in pto. varas an und muessen noch ein wenig den berg hinauf bis wir unser hostel finden. hier verbrinegn wir 3 schoene naechte und sehen viel in der umgebung, zb. lago todas los santos, volcan octay, isla ...

zip lining, boat rides and crossing to chile
Mar 15, 2009 (97 photos)

... .  Got a bit more colour on my arms. Then on the Friday an early start as was taking the 3 lake crossing to Puerto Varas in Chile.  Buses and boats all day.  Turned out to be accompanied on the trip by a bus full of retired american couples ...

Party time in Puerto Varas
Jun 4, 2007

... Mel and Helen on the following day.   We left the hostel early as usual and made our way towards our first stop, Puerto Montt.  This is very much a fishing port, with numerous fish restaurants about and boats in the harbour.  There was a ...

Kuchen and Carlos Santana
Mar 1, 2009

... roses EVERYWHERE in the towns, which just adds to the charm of this area. We spent most of our time in Puerto Varas, as the launch point for many other beautiful areas around lake Llanquihue (pronounced yan-key-huay). Lindsey making a dork of ...

I Walk In The Park
Jul 28, 2009 (7 photos)

... and that is a bad representation of our country. It is now Sunday July 26th, and we take a bus to Puerto Varas and the great thing about Chile is that it never costs very much to travel by bus.  From Puerto Montt to Puerto Varas the fare was $700 ...

The American
Apr 4, 2007

... insisted on talking to us and his mother had made him wear an orange neckerchief which i thought was a tad cruel. Eventually got to Puerto Varas which is much nicer than chiloe. THe hostel was so much fun and we met lots of other people. All were really ...

Ze Germans are here!
Nov 12, 2009 (5 photos)

... how dry and barren the Argentinian Patagonia was until we saw the rain forest of the Chilean lake´s district. Our destination: Puerto Varas. A small vacation town on the shores of Lago Llanquihue with stunning views of Volcan Osorno. It is a prominent ...

Chile - Seengebiet - Noerdliches Patagonien
Feb 1, 2007 (15 photos)

... trinken und einem Ausflug zum Strand des Sees. Unser Abendprogramm steht auch schon: Das grosse Salmon-Tasting in Puerto Varas. Ausgestattet mit einem Teller kaempfen wir uns foermlich (Chilenen haben noch nie etwas von Anstehen oder Hofelichkeit ...

Deep into Patagonia
Nov 8, 2009

... Today we took a bus ride from Pucon to Puerto Varas, a small town bordering Lake Llanquihue, one of the largest lakes in Chile. Puerto Varas has a colonial feel to it and is very similar to seaside towns in the north of Chile. We wondered around the town ...

Pachamama tour!
Nov 16, 2005 (12 photos)

... Montt and stopped at a few lakes on the way. We had some yummy lunch at the fish market in Puerto Montt and then carried on to Puerto Varas where we would stay the night. As it was out last night with the tour we decided it would be rude not to have a wee ...

Puerto Varas - in the Chilean Lakes District
Jan 11, 2008 (17 photos)

... ; Still it was a nice walk and took us up to the top of a hill that overlooks the lake and town.  In Lonely Planet, Puerto Varas was described as the up and coming town in Chilean Lakes District.  It still needs to do a fair bit to live up to ...

Vivid Volcanoes and Raging Rivers
Jan 3, 2007 (12 photos)

... 15 per person, and I agree to subsidize a third of that, so we hit the road for the coast. One person's guidebook says that Puerto Montt isn't much to see. I had a favorable impression of it eight years ago on my first trip here, and I still enjoy the ...

Lakes and volcanoes...
Oct 2, 2006

... Having caught the bus from Temuco, we had another long journey down towards Lake Llanquihue and the picturesque town of Puerto Varas. We had been recommended Puerto Varas by Laura, our Chilean travel agent, as a prettier alternative to the region's ...

Arriving in Chile, Puerto Montt to Puerto Varas
Feb 2, 2006 (20 photos)

... We had booked ourselves into a hostal & were lucky to be given a flat-like room with a little kitchenette. Since Puerto Varas (and all parts of Chile for that matter) is expensive, we decided to make use of the kitchenette in our room to cook & save money ...

A long coach journey - in style
Jan 10, 2008 (1 photos)

10th January - Santiago to Puerto Varas We were a bit concerned about our first long bus trip.  We knew this bus ride would be around 12 hours, and given our last experience travelling by bus in South America, albeit over 12 years ago, we had ...

Puerto Varas - finally catching sight of a volcano
Jun 25, 2007 (2 photos)

... by as we met another English person, Steven who was on his own and we got chatting about our travels.  When we arrived in Puerto Varas, Steven hadn't booked anywhere to stay so he tagged along with us.  It's nice to have other people to talk to. ...

Lakes Crossing through the Andes
Mar 21, 2008 (5 photos)

... . It was on the edge of Lake Llanquihue(pronounced Yan kee way) with beautiful views and walking distance to the town of Puerto Varas. We felt as if we were in an Alpine town with lakes and mountains and wooden chalets and the German settlers had ...