Siete Lagos 3 - Lago Calafquen
Photos by Don and Lois Porter
2/18/2006
We left Panguipulli at 11am Monday, heading for Coñaripe. The bad gravel road
got even worse with a significant detour, so the 24 km. took quite a long time.
Finally arriving in the village of Coñaripe, on the shore of Lago Calafquen,
we had a delicious dinner at 1:30; we were starving. From there, we headed north
on a paved road to Lican Ray, which turned out to have a lovely black sand beach.
At 3:15 we rented a 2 person kayak for $4 an hour and paddled out to some privately
owned islands and back. Very lovely views of Lago Calafquen and Volcán Villarica.
We had fun, although we were over-dressed for the kayaking with long pants. Went
on to Villarica, where we spent Monday night. Tuesday morning, we headed south
from Villarica toward Liquiñe, with plans to eat lunch there. Instead we ate
at Termas de Coñaripe, then returned to Lican Ray by 3 PM. For 300 Chile Pesos
(US$0.50) each we gained entrance to the Peninsula green space, where we walked
for
an
hour. We then took paved roads around the lake—more wonderful views of multiple
volcanos—to Panguipulli. We took a short detour down to the lakeside village
of Calafquen to take some photos of Volcán Villarica across Lago Calafquen.
