Río Chaitén o Rio Blanco

We walked up to the starting point of the trail marked on Maps.me for the hidden lagoon but it had boards marking it as private property and the gate was closed. We were not sure if it was ok to go in or not. While we were contemplating what to do, an old lady came by. We asked if we could go in, to which she said it should be fine and she herself went in and started collecting tree branches etc from inside the compound. Emboldened, we all went in and started following the path on the map. After a few meters we came across a guy who told us that it was private property and that we weren't allowed. I was in front at that time and reached him 1st. He seemed very drunk so my guess was that he was a squatter on the property. I just told him I don't speak Spanish and continued walking in and signalled to the others to follow. We all went by and continued. The path was thick with foliage. It was extremely dense at some places and the trail was quite wet and slippery in some places due to the rains from the previous days. After walking for about 30 min, we reached the lake. It truly was a hidden lake. The last 10 mts was wooden planks half submerged in water. I didn't want to wet my shoes since they had started leaking from the toes. Hristo went and had a look though. After this we all turned back and went to the village again. It was already 1 pm and we wanted to have lunch before taking the bus.Read more