18/02: Puerto Montt
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Lakes and Waterfall
We were up early this morning as our excursion was to leave at 8:15 and we had to tender ashore first. Unfortunately, Mother Nature wasn’t in the mood to co-operate and it was raining lightly as we tendered ashore. We had been warned the tour guides in this area of Chile might not have a good grasp of English, but our guide Cecelia did. During the bus ride portion of our tour she told us all about this area of Chile, the education system, the German settlers and about the lakes and waterfall we were going to visit.
First stop was Lake Esmeralda, Emerald Lake or All Saints Lake. The lake is known as All Saints Lake because it was found on All Saints Day and it got the name Emerald Lake because of its deep green colour. Here we boarded a catamaran for a ride around the lake.
From this lake we should have gotten a great view of the local volcano, as you’ll see we saw the base of the volcano.
We did see a rainbow on the side of the volcano
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It was one of those weather days --- a little bit of everything.
It wasn’t a postcard perfect day but it was quite awe inspiring.
The next stop was Petrohue Falls.
The name is a bit misleading …. There was a small waterfalls and a number of rapids. Even though it was raining the water was still an amazing blue colour.
A close up of the waterfalls.
The last stop of the tour was in Puerto Varas, a German settlement on the shores Llanquihue Lake. We enjoyed a lovely lunch overlooking the lake looking at the invisible volcano. After lunch we explored the downtown area of the town.
There were some interesting boats in the harbour.
Puerto Varas is known for its beautiful flowers and it
We were up early this morning as our excursion was to leave at 8:15 and we had to tender ashore first. Unfortunately, Mother Nature wasn’t in the mood to co-operate and it was raining lightly as we tendered ashore. We had been warned the tour guides in this area of Chile might not have a good grasp of English, but our guide Cecelia did. During the bus ride portion of our tour she told us all about this area of Chile, the education system, the German settlers and about the lakes and waterfall we were going to visit.
First stop was Lake Esmeralda, Emerald Lake or All Saints Lake. The lake is known as All Saints Lake because it was found on All Saints Day and it got the name Emerald Lake because of its deep green colour. Here we boarded a catamaran for a ride around the lake.
From this lake we should have gotten a great view of the local volcano, as you’ll see we saw the base of the volcano.
We did see a rainbow on the side of the volcano
72_8660
It was one of those weather days --- a little bit of everything.
It wasn’t a postcard perfect day but it was quite awe inspiring.
The next stop was Petrohue Falls.
The name is a bit misleading …. There was a small waterfalls and a number of rapids. Even though it was raining the water was still an amazing blue colour.
A close up of the waterfalls.
The last stop of the tour was in Puerto Varas, a German settlement on the shores Llanquihue Lake. We enjoyed a lovely lunch overlooking the lake looking at the invisible volcano. After lunch we explored the downtown area of the town.
There were some interesting boats in the harbour.
Puerto Varas is known for its beautiful flowers and it