Los Saltos del Petrohué

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About an hour from Puerto Octay there’s a nationwide park, Chile’s oldest, and we now have lengthy since identified that in Nationwide parks throughout Chile and Argentina canine aren’t allowed, not even to enter the parks by no means thoughts stroll the paths.  However on this nationwide park which straddles a freeway you may depart your canine within the car parking zone alongside the freeway in your van and go by your self to take a look at the waterfalls, well-known in Chile but unknown on the earth at massive.

It was a really nice drive by way of woods and farmland in what was presupposed to be a sunny day and really was. 

A glimpse of the lake. 

Simple relaxed driving, what a pleasure. 

Volcanic rock and sand is all over the place right here. 

I feel amongst all vacationers I’m least all in favour of selfies. I like exhibiting locations as you would possibly see them and I don’t assume my face usually improves them and the large thumbs up cliche or the ever common v signal simply make me cringe. 

In some nations they name waterfalls “cascadas” however right here the frequent time period is “salto” which implies leap as I assume the water does leap. 

Consensus is rising that Patagonia in Chile begins at Puerto Montt about fifty miles away. However that is what I’ve all the time thought Patagonia would possibly appear to be: 

Chilean senior residents get in without cost however us  foreigners acquired a diminished fee round 5 bucks every I feel. There’s a parks move however with Rusty in our lives there’s no level in our purchasing one. 

The services are corresponding to what you’d discover within the US with formal snack and memento outlets and not one of the casual road merchandising model we’re used to in South America. 

They even had audio system alongside the path for handicapped guests. 

There was an indication asking guests to not throw cash for no matter cause into the creek. I regarded down from the bridge and predictably…

These waterfalls aren’t tall however they’re highly effective burst of first amongst the black volcanic rocks underneath the volcanoes. 

We met an aged couple in wheelchairs being pushed by relations although they didn’t appear very relaxed concerning the trip. I used to be impressed by the excessive requirements of the services and accessibility within the park. 

It was fairly beautiful and regardless of the surprising crowds it by no means felt crowded oddly sufficient. 

There was room for everybody to pose for selfies. 


Not wheelchair accessible: 

Time to wake Rusty up and provides him his stroll simply past the car parking zone. 

And on across the lake in direction of Puerto Varas and Frutillar.


Puerto Varas didn’t impress so we drove by way of…

…as quick as we might and ended up tenting…

…in a subject in Frutillar.

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