Chile & Easter Island - Sur Chico (PDF Chapter)

This is the Sur Chico chapter from Lonely Planet’s Chile & Easter Island guide-book.

The regions of La Araucanía, Los Ríos and the Lakes District jar travelers with menacing ice-topped volcanoes, glacial lakes overflowing with what looks like melted jade, roaring rivers running through forests and coastal enclaves inhabited by the indomitable Mapuche people.

• visit one of the most beautiful places in the world you’ve probably never heard of: Caleta Condor
• maps
• trek the otherworldly landscapes of La Araucanía’s volcanically altered national parks: Reserva Nacional Malalcahuello-Nalcas
• transport
• push your adrenaline limits daily in Sur Chico’s high-adventure capital, Pucón
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: La Araucanía, Temuco, Parque Nacional Conguillío, Curacautín, Reserva Nacional ­Malalcahuello-Nalcas, Melipeuco, Villarrica, Pucón, Parque Nacional Villarrica, Río Liucura & Río Caburgua Valleys, Parque Nacional Huerquehue, Cu-rarrehue, Los Ríos, Valdivia & Around, The Lakes District, Osorno, Parque Nacional Puyehue, Frutillar, Puerto Varas, Ensenada, Parque Nacional Vicente Pérez Rosales, Cochamó, Río Co-chamó Valley, Río Puelo, Puelo Valley, Puerto Montt.