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Volcanoes and lakes of Vicente Perez Rosales National Park
The second half of our day in Vicente Perez Rosales National Park makes us discover the (now) silent side of this park. However, being part of the famous Lake Crossing, we learned it’s not always like this and during the high season touring cars loaded with tourists stop here for the boat / bus trip to the other side of the Andes Mountains in Argentina. However, as it’s late in the afternoon already we are lucky and have parts of the park entirely for ourselves. After exploring the Petrohue Falls and River, it’s time to make our way to our accommodation for the night. However, since it’s finally clearing up…
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Exploring the Petrohue Falls and River
Upon arrival at Puerto Montt Airport and picking up our rental car, we’ve officially entered Patagonia. Our third time there, how exciting! This time we’re going to explore northern Patagonia, also known as the Lake Districts in both Argentina and Chile. We’re expecting to see volcanoes, waterfalls and lush green forests. The first part of our journey takes us to the gates of Vicente Perez Rosales National Park and it’s most famous sight: the Petrohue Falls. In our white pickup we leave Puerto Montt behind, time to get roadtrippin’! Unfortunately, within 10 minutes we are in the middle of a traffic jam. Turns out that a furniture shop has a…