I was up early to get some sail in photo and then we took the first tender to the pier. We hired a driver and made our first stop at the Puerto Montt’s Angelmo fish and craft market set in the picturesque Angelmo Cove. With the weather being overcast and misty, we decided to go north to the town of Frutillar, a German town with houses and gardens reminiscent of the Black Forest area. We made a quick stop at the Theater of the Lake, a beautiful venue and walked alongside the clear waters of Lake Llanquihue. Lake Llanquihue is Chile’s second largest lake… We did a drive around the lake through Llanquihue National Park and stopped at the beach side resort town of Lake Llanquihue. This lush region of Chile known as Patagonia is a stark contrast from our earlier visit to the semi-arid areas of Coquimbo and Valparaíso. Next, we travelled along the western shore of Lake Llanquihue to the upscale town of Puerto Varas across the lake from Orsono Volcano. Puerto Varas known as the City of Roses was colonized by German settlers. This quaint town overlooks Llanquihue Lake and you can see the snow-cap peaks of Osorno Volcano in the background. Our journey continued to the Vincente Perez Rosales National Park to see the Petrohue River Rapids and Petrohue Falls at the foot of the breathtaking Orsono Volcano. On the way, we stopped and visited with some cute Alpacas... The waterfalls were extremely forceful and quite spectacular…we had a very scenic tour today with great views of the surrounding scenery. To top off the day, we had a spectacular sail away from Puerto Montt…. The Orsono volcano and the very impressive Calbuco volcano were looking good.
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