Puerto Varas
Travel Blogs from Puerto Varas, Chile
Volcanoes and Fire
... 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 ...
Showdown at the OK Corral.
... '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.....
... 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. ...
Fishy business with Colchester
... 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
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 ...
A fishy tale port side
... a lot 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 ...
Lure of the Lakes
... 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 ...
Bike hoppers at Puerto Varas
... 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, ...
Onwards to Chile
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 ...
Puerto Varas...last few days in Chile
Next stop – 6 hour bus journey to Puerto Varas, another little town set on a lake with views of the three nearby volcanoes. This was originally our stop before getting a four day boat down to Patagonia but we found out that our boat ran aground and ...
It takes a long time to cross a continent
... in Venezuela. People actually seem to drive in their lanes and stop for red lights. We got to our amazing accommodations in Puerto Varas 36 hours after leaving Venezuela. Our room has a view of the Osorno Volcano which is like a mini Mt. ...
Puerto Varas, playa !
... 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 ...
Great people, shame about the weather.
Puerto Varas is at the southern end of Chile's lake district, it is a charming lake side town, although due to the massive expanse of water you would be forgiven if you thought you were by the sea. Across the lake from the town you should be able to ...
Day 74 – Errand day
This morning we were determined to be more productive than yesterday. We still want to lay low, but we also want to accomplish some of the tasks that we've been putting off. Tasks like paying the credit cards and planning our trip ahead. We were in town ...
Chilean Lake District
... vino) we caught a flight south to Peurto Monte and then a short bus ride to our next destination, the port town of Peurto Varas in the Chilean Lake Disrict. That afternoon our local guide Paulo took us on a bus trip to Osorno Volcano and the ...
Waterfalls, volcanoes, Chilean foxes and Rodeo
We are back in Puerto Varas for a few days and have met some great people from all over and have spent the last couple of days in a group. 18th celebrations were a little tamer than we had envisaged but we sampled some chicha (home brew cider type stuff) ...
The land of post cards
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 ...
curacautin - Temuco - Puerto Varas
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 ...
Germany in South America?
Puerto Varas is a small town on the edge of Lake Llanquihue facing the perfectly shaped and snow topped Volcano Osorno on the very edges of Patagonia. Apart from a few crusty European tourists wandering around it is mainly an upmarket resort for ...
Puyuhue National Park - Gauchos and Volcan Osorno
... in places. I think the weather combined with this was too much for Manny and he decided he wanted to head up to the north of Chile and some warm dry weather. I said good bye and continued through to Bariloche for what was to prove a very eventful 5 day ...
zip lining, boat rides and crossing to chile
... day. 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 ...
Party time in Puerto Varas
... 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
... gorgeous 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 ...
I Walk In The Park
... Americans 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 ...
Im Hinterhof oder wie man ein Zelt isoliert
... bequemeren Sportlern vergönnt, an seinen Hängen befindet sich nämlich ein Skigebiet. Das nahe gelegene Städtchen Puerto Varas wurde in der Kolonialzeit hauptsächlich von Deutschen besiedelt. Viele Geschäfter, Strassenschlider und Informationen sind ...
A German Town in Chile!
... shouldn't over the border. Still didn't get near the 23 hour mark though....which I was very grateful for! On arrival in Puerto Varas I was surprised at the style of the town because it looks like a traditional German town complete with a church copied ...
The American
... 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 ...
Chile - Seengebiet - Noerdliches Patagonien
... mit Kaffee 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 ...
Deep into Patagonia
... 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 ...


