Mar 13, 2011 - Fishing, Kayaking and the Tranny

This was a nice change in plans, Paco seems to put us on some new adventures sometimes. This time was nice because it took us to part of The Carraterra Austral that we didn't get to drive. And we got to kayak some of the most beautiful fjiords in Chile, with hot springs. 3/2-wed-Drove up to the Rio Petrohue, along the way the tranny started to slip like crazy in Drive. Oh, no this means trouble. So I downshifted to 2nd and moved onto the mouth of the river as it came into a huge fjiord. Very remote and beautiful. We were told about the...

Feb 6, 2008 - Valdivia to Cochamo

After our enjoyable stay in the Lakes District we headed for the seaside city of Valdivia. It is a city that sits on the confluence of 3 rivers and is reputedly the prettiest in Chile. Here we enjoyed 2 days of rest and recreation before heading further south. We strolled along the streets, waterfront and plazas and ate up big on the local seafood. On Monday 28th January we moved on to Puerto Varas with the plan to book a couple of days at Cochamo 100kms inland. We made the booking and left the same day for Cochamo and after a 2 hour bus...