Ancud
Monday, January 16th started with a drizzle under the influence of
the Pacific Ocean. I passed by Quemchi where Wifi connection did not
function. I continued up to Ancud always under the rain and with the
road #5 whose roadway is jolting. In Ancud Wifi connection as well
to the oficina of turismo as the connection chile_gob did not
function any more. Fortunately Wifi of the camping Arena Gruesa was
of good quality; I remained two rest days there. The sun appeared
timidly in the end of the day.
Puñihuil
The day of January 18th started with a drizzle coming from the
Pacific Ocean; but on the way towards Guabún it ceased with the
appearance of the sun playing hide-and-seek with the clouds. While
arriving on the beach of Puñihuil I warned a shop, among others,
selling a boat tour towards Monumento Natural Islotes de Puñihuil to
see the penguins of Humboldt and Magallanes as well as other birds
living in an oecumenical way. I establish my bivouac on the beach.
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| En route |
Monumento Natural Islotes de Puñihuil, click on the pic for opening the gallery
Abtao
On Thursday, January 19th before leaving Isla Grande Chiloé I went
to see Faro Corona builds in 1859 in the extreme north of the
island. Then I was going to take, without latency, the ferry at
Chacao to join the South-American continent. The day was gloomy
without rain. I found away from the ruta #5 a bivouac at the edge of
water at the exit of the village of Abtao.
Faro Corona, click on the pic for opening the gallery
Carte routière du Lago Llanquihué
Llanquihue
On Friday, January 20th I left the edge of Golfo de Ancud at Abtao
to bivouac in Llanquihue at the edge of the eponymous lake at 58
meters of altitude. Before I had stopped in Puerto Montt at
Mercedes-Benz to buy a bulb for the right front headlight, then at
Lider Price to make supply in food. Weather was very variable
sometimes the sun appeared between two clouds sometimes it
disappeared and the temperature dropped quickly; but the rain did
not appear.
Frutillar, Lago Llanquihué
On Saturday, January 21th I diverted to go to visit Frutillar,
always at the edge of Lago Llanquihué. It is a holiday village with
many hotels and restaurants but few shops for tourists. On the edge
of the lake I noticed an imposing theater for a small town whose
tourist season is very short. I returned back by the coastal road to
go to Ensenada then Petrohué at the bottom of Volcan Osorno, 2652
meters of altitude. I had wished to visit Saltos del Petrohué, alas
the carpark was jam-packed. I found a bivouac, not terrible, at the
edge of Rio Petrohué.
Frutillar, click on the pic for opening the gallery
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| Rio Petrohué |
Entre Lagos
By leaving from Petrohué on Sunday morning the January 22nd I
visited Saltos del Petrohué before the arrival of the Sunday tourist
horde. Of course the entry is paying with a very special price for
extranjeros! The falls do not have anything spectacular; but there
is the omnipresence of the Osorno Volcano with its 2652 meters of
altitude and its top capped with eternal snow. Then I went to the
entrance platform of the volcano at 1194 meters of altitude, always
before the horde. I took care well not to undertake its possible
rise in this summer season. Finally I sought a bivouac in Las
Cascadas. Que nenni the access to the lake is privatized and the few
beaches were already crammed in this Sunday of southern summer. I
tried my chance in Entre Lagos where I arrived before the local
people came to bath there.
Saltos del Petrohué, click on the pic for opening the gallery
Volcán Osorno, click on the pic for opening the gallery
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| Bivouac Entre Lagos |
