Pumped from our pyroclastic adventure, we opted for tranquility and spent the afternoon drifting down the river in a comfy rowboat with Antonion....a friendly giant of an oarsman. We dispensed with the fishing poles early and Antonio took us on a bird watchers' tour of this unspoiled wilderness hidden next to busy Villarica. It wasn't really white water - we described it as "ecru" water rafting! A delightful afternoon....
The best part is that at the end of our cruise, they load our boat (plus another) into a suspension challenged aging pick up and the 5 of us (with the tiny lady driving) wend our way over some very rugged roads back to the headwater. We keep waiting for the truck to just lift its front wheels off the ground and give up. The whole experience is perfect.
Antonio is behind the truck/boats - all 6' 4"/300+ pounds of him. Wonderfully skilled in the boat, marvellously sensitive to showing us what we wanted to see - if ever in the region the trip is a tranquil must do.....with Antonio as guide
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A beautiful and charming website. Thanks so much, Liz and Richard. Thank you, too, for responding to my query on The Fodor's board. I am sure we will have questions for you as we plan for our trip to Chile and southern Argentina next year.
Carol
Posted by: Carol Todd | May 15, 2006 at 01:32 PM
Preciosas las fotos y exelentes los datos de los restoranes! Mil gracias por compartirlo. It was very inspiring to decide what to do and where to go during a short stay in Santiago.
Should you ever decide to come to south America again, don´t miss the northwest of argentina: amazing lanscape, fantastic food, very nice people, great small hotels. You´d love it! (let me know: it´s my country and the NW has been my favourite destination for years so I have plenty of information, and yes, also about restaurants)
Thanks again for sharing your travel.
Anabella
Posted by: anabella | May 18, 2006 at 08:31 AM
Guys - I just wanted to thank you for posting this - I've been thru your pictures several times now over the last three or four months... and they're incredible... I'm heading to a few of the places you've been, next summer, and can't wait to try some of the same restaurants... Many thanks for posting... Andrew.
Posted by: Andrew | January 31, 2008 at 10:15 PM