TREKKING AT ARAUCANIA VOLCANOS
Highlights:
12 days trip
Volcanos: Lonquimay, Tolhuaca, Sierra Nevada, Llaima, Sollipulli, Villarrica and Mocho.
Accommodation in mountain lodges
Day 1: Flight Santiago – Temuco – Drive to Malalcahuello.
Private transfer from hotel to Santiago airport to take flight towards Temuco. Ground transfer to Malalcahuello. Lodging in mountain lodge Posada del Rio, (www.posadadelrio.cl), dinner.
Day 2: Lonquimay Volcano (2,800m.)
Breakfast in the morning. Drive 7km to volcano base. Climb Lonquimay volcano of 2.800m. Total altitude gain 1,100m. Down back and ground transfer to Posada del Rio mountain lodge.
Hot tub.
Dinner.
Day 3: Sierra Nevada (2.530m.)
Breakfast. Ground transfer at the begining point of our hiking route. We start our hike towards Sierra Nevada, an extinct volcano covered with a glacier. Average time to reach top of this volcano (2.500m), 4 hours.
Back to our mountain lodge, Posada del Rio. Dinner.
Day 4: Tolhuaca Volcano (2.750m.)
Breakfast. Ground transfer to Tolhuaca volcano. We will approach driving until an altitude of 2.000m (1hour30min) From here we start our hike towards Tolhuaca summit by the east slope. Approximate 2 hours to reach top of this volcano (2.750m).
Great views from the top of this volcano.
Back to our mountain lodge, Posada del Rio. Dinner.
Day 5: Llaima Volcano (3.070m)
Breakfast. Ground transfer to Nevados de Vilcun at 1.500m. (1 hour 15 min). From here we start our hike towards Volcano Llaima summit by the east slope. Approximate 5 hours to reach top of this volcano.
Back to our mountain lodge, Posada del Rio. Dinner.
Day 6: Drive to Sollipulli.
Breakfast. Today we leave Posada del Rio lodge and take the route accross Galletue Lake, Icalma Lake priop to arrive at Nevados de Solliípulli lodge.
Dinner.
Day 7: Sollipulli volcano (2.090m.)
Breakfas. Right from our lodge we start our hike to Sollipilli Volcano. Easy not technical walk until the summit through Coigues and Araucaria forest to the top of Sollipulli volcano (2,282m.). This is a special wide crater of 5 km diameter, with a big glacier inside it.
Walk in the the crater and do some ice climbing into crevasses.
Back to our lodge Hot tub and dinner.
Day 8: Drive to Pucon (Villarrica lake).
After breakfast, we will initiate our ground transfer to Pucon village, besides Villarrica lake. Lodging Malalhue Hotel. 4 hours driving. Alternative activities after lunch: Rafting, Mountain biking or rest at lake beach in Pucon.
Day 9: Villarrica Volcano (2,840m.)
Breakfast Climbing the active Villarrica volcano of 2.840m. Drive to Villarrica ski area. Our hike starts on lava fields and then on snow until the top of volcano. Here we can feel the power of nature that comes from into this active crater. Back to Pucon.
Around 8 hours round trip.
Day 10: Drive to Huilo – Huilo.
Breakfast. Drive to Panguipulli lake.
Lodging at Choshuenco village. Dinner.
Optional at the afternoon: rafting on Neltume river.
Day 11: Mocho volcano (2,415m.)
Drive to Enco and east side of Mocho volcano arriving at our starting point at 1.000m.a.s.l. This. volcano with specials characteristics by his two summits (Mocho and Choshuenco). Back to our lodge. Dinner.
Day 12: Back to Temuco airport.
Breakfast. Drive to Temuco airport. End of services.
