Cambios

Nearly the entire trail can be hiked without entrance permits or paying entrance fees. But not just this; And what is even better: many of the humble people living that live along the trail will welcome you or even invite you to stay. Hospitality matters.

But there are a few exceptions; some already mentioned above under [[#Trekking Direction|Trekking Direction]]. Unfortunately the public right of way is vague and sometimes ignored in Chile. By Chilean law the access to the coast, to lakes and to rivers is a public right but there are numerous cases even in the media where this gets disregarded. There are simply no penalties if someone unlawfully denies passage. I'm not sufficiently familiar with Chilean law to state if a similar public right of way applies to all the horse and hiking connecting trails and roads on private properties. But if it exists it’s occasionally disregarded. Some rich landlords with huge plots employ guards and instruct them to deny access to anyone. ===Entrance Permits and Entry Challenges===

What we experienced on the trail seems a mirror of the Chilean society to me: The humble poor people on the trail opened the door to their houses to give us shelter and they literally shared their bread with use without even asking for it. But some of the super-rich denied access to their immense properties on which they don’t even live when kindly asking for permission to only pass. ===Entrance Fees=== '''Section 13''' '''Southbound Access to Cordon Caulle''': A very fiendly and helpful older couple lives at the northern access to the Cordon Caulleand volcano Puyehue. They own the forest with the road that provides access to volcanic area where 2011 a mayor erruption occured. They offer you shelter if the weather does not permit a crossing of the volcanic plateou. They charged a 6'000 CLP entrance fee. '''Northbound Access to Cordon Caulle ''': The restaurant "El Caulle" is situated at the southern access to the Puyehue and Cordon Caulle. They also maintain the refuge higher up on the food of the volcano Puyehue. They charge 6000 charged a 10'000 CLP entrance fee.