Duration: 6 to 8 hours
Difficulty: Low
Capacity: A minimumof 10 participants
Location: Carretera Austral (Southern Highway), onthe coastal route from the northern entrance to Puerto Montt or Varal, if you start out from Hornopirén.
Timetable: Departureat 09:00 hrs; Return at 20:00 hrs.
Meeting point: the Lahuán Cabins or Hornopirén Ramp (place to be agreed).
What to take: Camera, warm clothing, binoculars for flora and fauna spotting.
Includes: A specialist guide, transport, traditional lunch and snack.
This tempting coastal route is ideal for those who wish to observe and learn more about traditions, heritage, and culture, and those looking to be surprised through their taste buds in a setting of picturesque landscapes and sights, while spotting incredible coastal flora and fauna.
Along the way you’ll be humbled the immense majesty of the sea and have a rare glimpse into the daily life of local residents - charming characters who live their whole lives in the places we visit, that are full of ancestral traditions preserved by people who make them a way of life as they go about their traditional coastal customs, jobs and trades. Last, but not least,you get to take part!
Those who enjoy delving into the history of the places they visit will be able to discover and witness Contao town’s historical and social development, closely linked to alerce milling. Visitors will also be able to learn about the consequences that clear cutting this resource has caused.
On the tour we visit La Poza, whose main attraction is its church, where local believers meet and a building of great historical value built ofalerce wood in 1890,making it a candidate for becoming a National Monument; we then continue through Aulen, a traditional fishing, shellfish and diving port and drop by the Rolecha, Chauchil and Lleguimán beaches and the Poe caves - remarkable geological rock formations in Lleguimán, as well as Quetén, famous for its marvelous sunsets and beautiful bays such as Hulaihué Puerto. We finish at Mañihueco, visiting a local craftsman who has created a museum where he builds old Chiloé boats to scale.
09:00 hrs.
Departure from Hornopirén to Pichicolo, where we begin with a visit toLa Puntilla and surrounding areasand El Manzano Cove forfree timeat the beach, a trip to the island, before continuing to El Varal and the Cisnes (Swan) River.
14:00 hrs.
We visitHualaihué Estuary, take a walk around the Cerro Silla hilland watch the flamingos. We then go on to Hualaihué Puerto, the Cheñue fishing port and the Poe cavesat Lleguimán to take a look at the chauchil, queten and rolecha trees warped into weird shapes by the intense wind.
16:00 hrs.
We meet local families for a traditional meal made from the local marine products, and participate in some ofthe resident’s daily activities, like collecting shellfish from the shore. We then visit Aulen, La Poza, and finally Contao.
18:00 hrs.
We end the day at Mañihueico, to see how scale-size Chiloe boats are builtat the local museum.
20:00 hrs.
End of the activity.
Time required: Full day
Turismo Lahuan- Cabañas en Hornopiren - Patagonia Verde
Calle Cahuelmo N° 40, Hornopirén / Carretera Austral - Chile - Fono Fax:(56) 065-2217239 Cel: (56-9) 84090231
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