Río Palena

Most of the points we had marked to see on the way to Coyhaique were near Puyuhuapi, just South of the town, so we had bought the tickets till Puyuhuapi only. The hope was to find some tours or taxis who could take us to these places from Puyuhuapi. Another thing that had been encouraging was the fact that we had been told that there were quite many buses from Puyuhuapi to Coyhaique. This would be much better than the twice a week connection between Futaleufu to Coyhaique on which we were travelling now. This was also perfect in that my tickets from Coyhaique to Santiago to collect my passport was for the 15th Jan, giving us time on the way to do the planned activities.
The route was very scenic with snow covered peaks in the distance and the beautiful blue river and lakes along the road.Read more