This is one of the most popular trails in the Puerto Varas area. It is located on the face of the Osorno Volcano, inside the Vicente Perez Rosales National Park. The Paso Desolación trail extends for 14 kilometers from Petrohue at 192 meters above sea level, to La Picada, approximately at 600 meters of altitude. The highest point of the trail is at 1096 meters above sea level. The trail can be completed in about five to six hours one way. Since it is quite an ascent starting

Every week, we travel just outside of town to a picturesque laguna that is only accessed by canoe, kayak or row boat. First we have to put ourselves in the water and kayak through la Poza, a very nice and quiet body of water created by multiple lahars. This word from indonesian origin is a volcanic phenomenon similar to an avalanche et landslide combined. It is the most dangerous consequence of an eruption, and can happen much after the end of the eruption as the materials le