==Season 2025/26==
'''GPT 17 | 1/9 | 1 Day | Var. C, RR, Var. D | RR | Graham Hall'''
Crushed like a can…of tuna.
Actually quite a nice section. Took taxi to start of trail to avoid road walk. I’ll attach business card of driver. Nice and economical.
Variant C starts of some guys property, but he was kind. He explained the path and opened gate for me.
Variant D should be made RR, it is very good.
Ranger from Biological Reserve pulled up on me, said he saw me (not sure how), and I need to register, just for safety. He said he would drive back to me, but by then the RR diverts off main road and I never saw him. It didn’t seem a problem, as route never passes through Ranger Station.
Puerto Fuy is nice, there is free camping all along beach.
* ''' GPT17 | 2026-02-08 to 2026-02-09 I 1 day | hiking | SOBO I Route: RR - Variant D - RR | Michaela '''
Day 1: After finishing section 16, I bought some snacks in Liquiñe, had a breakfast break there, and continued around 10:30 am with section 17.
I did not see anyone to pay the entrance fee for Laguna Ancacoihue, so I continued without paying. The lagoon was beautiful, even with fog. I was alone there, even though it was Sunday.
The rest of the day was very easy trail - (I took variant D).
I camped at Pozo de Oro (-39.872986, -71.852107), which was a great campsite. There were some people on the beach, but they soon left by boat and I had the whole place to myself.
Day 2: It rained all night. Short hike to Puerto Fuy, still in rain. It took a little more than one hour. I stayed at Hostel Andalue: 25.000 CLP.
Attractiveness: 3/5, Difficulty: 1/5
''' GPT17/2026-1-2/1 day/SOBO/RR and variant B/Denis, Robert'''
Many resupply spots in Liquiñe.
Really nice trail to Laguna Ancacoigue. We didn’t pay any fees to entry. Nice camping spots after Laguna. Easy going route, sometimes bit overgrown but nothing serious.
Good shops in Puerto Fuy.
Attractiveness 2/5
Difficulty 1/5
*''' 2025.25.12 to 2025.26.12 / 1.5 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR / Kris, Stiina and Bailey'''
Day 3 - (Continued from section 16)
After a few refreshments in Liquine we continued hiking all the way up to Laguna Corazon (Laguna Ancacoihue). Bailey managed to get a ride up to the junction with Variant C and saved himself a boring road walk.
We probably could have sneaked past and not pay the entrance fee but we went in at the reception and paid 3k CLP pp. The guy working/living there was very nice and filled up our water bottles.
We camped by the lake here -39.77618, -71.86933 where the official trail that is maintained ends, with sign stating that. The camp by the lake was very nice with some tables and benches. However there aren’t alot of places for tents - one proper space for 1 tent and then a few smaller spaces for one person tent. We had our 2 person tent and Bailey had his one person tent and we managed.
Further along the lake there is a campsite marked on the osm and it seems to have been an established campsite at some point, also with tables and benches, a fireplace and some flat places for the tents but a slightly more longer access to the lake.
To get to the further campsite and to pretty much continue on the RR don’t follow the gpx unless you enjoy a proper obstacle course with the final boss being a difficult barbed wire fence. Stay right on the coast of the lake behind the table with a bench and walk over some partially submerged logs which let you get to the other side of the barbed wire fence with a perfect trail immediately on the other side.
Lots of bird songs in the evening, no cows or cow poo anywhere. Water in the lake very clear and nice temperature, however the bottom of the lake very muddy and will murk up the water if you step in it.
As soon as the sun set the frog choir went mad and it was quite the performance they were putting on all night long until the sunrise. Bring earplugs if you’re a light sleeper.
Day 4 - We woke up in a cloud and it soon started raining. The rain continued until about midday and at some points it was borderline torrential rain, really heavy soaking is throughout.
Once past the barbed wire fence the trail was mostly very good, almost a minor road or an old bridleway. We took the RR all the way, though Variant D looked more groomed, Bailey took variant D (by accident) and confirmed it was good, the RR was just a bit more overgrown with some fallen tree obstacles and probably a bit slower, next time I would go with variant D.
Like mentioned in the comments before there were quite a few junctions along the way, leading who knows where (not on any of the map layers) so keep an eye on your nav. Following the red plastic/rubber “Huilo huilo” bird worked, though it would sometimes go a different way than the RR.
I think one could definitely camp by Lago Quilmo. There is a big and new looking nature sign by “Reserva Biologica Huilo Huilo” with different symbols, none prohibiting camping or fires. One of the symbols was Estacionamento, probably for whoever comes with a car there, fishermen?
The rain ceased around the time we got to the pass, right after the Bridge, Camp {17H} [25.0/1212], the bridge along the gpx had collapsed but someone had built a simple new bridge a bit lower down. That’s also when the mostly good trail ended and mostly eroded by rain trail started. It wasn’t great but it also wasn’t terrible.
The trail from Pozo de Oro to Puerto Fuy is mostly alright but also as mentioned before it is not exactly following the gpx, and had a few confusing junctions as to which way to go. Where the gpx goes a sharp down back towards the lake we went up along the gully and then once on the other side of it there is a confusing t-junction we went down for 20m and picked up a good also the correct trail. The rest was more or less straightforward, there was an easy to climb gate here -39.86952, -71.87945 and when we got to Puerto Fuy following the minor road which deviated from the gpx there was a closed get to enter the town but 50m along the fence towards the lake there was an opening to go through.
Puerto Fuy had plenty of small shops we found at least 5 and many places to eat, even a “food court” right across the harbour. We took 5pm bus to Panguipulli 4.5k CLP pp.
Continuing next the sections 19-22.
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==Season 2024/25==
*'''29Dec2024 - 30dec2024 / hiking SOBO / RR - varD - RR / 1.5 days / Clara'''
Bus from coñaripe 15-APR-2025 to liquiñe 2x16-APR-2025 /day except sunday no one. You can ask schedules in the supermarkets of coñaripe. 2 days / hiking / NOBO / RR / Ben, Stephanie
Short and easy section, nice forest and lakesRoute from Puerto Fuy to Liquiñe. Pretty hike through Huilo Huilo Biological Preserve
Camp : - at km10 nice Great camping 6500/person the southwest shore of the unnamed lake at 18.2km and south of Laguna Ancacohue, aka the Heart Lake.
- Pozo de oro. Table, flat spot, nice to swim in the lake. Good water flowing in the river just beside.
(I don* '''2025-02-17 / 1 day / Hiking / SOBO / RR+own route / Dorota'''t know why there is no camp at laguna quilmo but seems to be used and should be nice to camp.)
Navigation : MR until km12From Reyehueico to Liquine I took lift. I needed to leave dog unfortunately. Liquine is very nice village with a lot of shops and cafaterias/bar. Laguna Corazón espectacular, paid entrance fee. Trail in forest very easy but there were not a lot of water beginning from laguna corazón. At Laguna Quilmo refugio was destroyed. All way from Liquine followed me another dog till Puerto Fuy. After Laguna Quilmo I took another route using osm, but I can hitchhike if luckynot recommended because of lack of the water. Then good trail or old roadIn Puerto Fuy I took camp for 10.000 clp, often marked big one with red huiloguard. A lot of place and river. Puerto Fuy has some shops but more bars and restaurantes. Next day decided took buses to reach stage 19. Buses: Puerto Fuy-huilo birdsPanguipulli-Los Lagos-Futrono-Liffen. I started at 9.00 and at 16 I was in Llifen. In bus stop at Los Lagos you can charge electrónica. At Llifen night in Posada de Tourista for 30.000 clp with breakfast (high sezon). Place very nice, easyWiFi. In liffen some shops and lot of restaurants.
Then not hard to skip 18. Took me about half a day taking multiple buses (puerto fuy * '''2025- panguipulli 02- los lagos - paillaco 17 to 2025- futrono 02- llifen), maybe a bit longer on WE with less buses19 / 1. 5 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR / Peggy
This short section is very easy. I arrived in Liquiñe via Route 16 in the afternoon. There are various options for food and shopping.
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2024-12-28 to 2024-12-29 / 1.5days / Packrafting/ SOBO/ RP I left around 5 PM towards Laguna Ancacoihue (new option from LiquiñeLaguna Corazón) / Natalie & Tomáš'''</span>. I managed to get a ride to the entrance of the road leading to the lake. At that time, many tourist cars were going down, but few were going up, so I was lucky to be picked up by locals.
From Pucón we took one of the many minibuses to the Villarica terminal and then caught Laguna Corazón is definitely worth a minibus to Coñaripevisit. It is stunning, which was already waiting therewith lots of animal sounds. We I arrived just as the last visitors were told they go every ten minutes from 6:15 until eveningleaving. Both Lican Ray and Coñaripe were cute and tranquil towns, if Pucón didn't have good food I would have rather stayed on this side. From Coñaripe, where we got didn’t pay an entrance fee because I didn’t meet anyone at about 11:30the bottom, we got a hitch to Liquine in about 30 minutes; a bus supposedly left at 2pmbut otherwise, the cost is 3,000 CLP.
Tomáš was very curious about the river section that started I set up my tent at the end of Liquine. We flipped a coin and he won so we made a put in at the end of town near spot with tables (just after) the parking watch out for Termas rio Liquiñe (waypoint Ferry {17H} [5.7/237] (Rio Liquine)cows coming to drink!). A friendly caretaker and ferryman chatted There is another campsite further into the forest with us for a bit and gave some river advice. My preference cooking area for a start was at the bridge in the beginning of town due to time but both workedmaking fires.
This section that we paddled from Liquine to the start of the regular route had more rapids. I am not one to judgeThe trail down, but I would say they were class01, no greater than Low class 02 rapids. (Tomáš: which partially circles the biggest rapid was right at the beginninglake, but it was straightforward). With that said, it was slightly more enjoyable than the later half is beautiful and offers a great experience of the riverValdivian forest. Obstacles besides the river were shallow rocks. We hit our exposed knees a few times (canoe seats). There For me, this was an excavator working under the bridge in town (where the river temporarily splits) so we had to go right, but I think the left would have been better. They are renovating the river bank so time will tell with what happens to the river. Lots most scenic part of fishermen out with their long lines in the water so be carefulhike.
Having canoe paddles that fit together to form one kayak paddle helped for I spent the sections second night at Pozo del Oro, where I wanted to walk and Tomáš wanted to paddlearrived early. There A woman was only one section that was in there for the very beginning of RP route that we both chose to walk as it looked dangerous: -39afternoon.70205It’s a perfect spot for swimming, -71.88634 so fardoing laundry, everynody seems to have out and making a fire in after that)the evening. It was The place is pleasant and beautiful (a fast moving narrow bend with an undercut like feature few ferries and lots of wood and current driving you onto boats passed by, but it’s not a rock at the end highway!). However, like everywhere (including Europe!), there was a lot of ittoilet paper left behind.
The RP in my opinion was more woody than expected. Sometimes it felt like a battlefield squeezing the Packraft between the necks of sunken logsnext morning, but I am new at thisheaded down to Puerto Fuy, luckily hoping to take the flow was pretty slowferry to Route 18. AlsoHowever, remember all tickets were sold out for the day. The only option was to go left return at 5 AM the first leftward bend after Quilmio camping, next morning to try and buy a ticket for later in the river splits thereday. I decided to skip it and took a series of buses to Route 19 instead (Panguipulli–Los Lagos–Paillaco–Futrono–Llifén). I left Puerto Fuy around 1:30–2 PM and arrived in Llifén around 8 PM. The connections were smooth.
We made camp on a lovely grass bank opposite of camp 6.2 ( * '''2025-39.70521, 01-71.92260). There is a road that leads to it 08 / 1 day / SOBO / RR Packrafting / Mara and I believe a property nearby because I heard horses, but we did not see anyone except for some fishermen on the other side of the river. Besides a spring on river left, shortly after town, we never found a good water source, so I boiled water from the river and Tomáš did without water.Tobias
The next day we continued Beautiful floating! No dangerous streamers or rapids in the meanderriver. Everything felt like it got progressively easier but wood was still sneaking up here and We boiled the water before drinking, since there. The tebanos were relentless, this is our third year here are many cows and for me I have never had them at the level we had them that day. They didn't even leave us alone while crossing saw settlers doing their laundry by the windy lake Tomáš: I must have killed like 70 of them over this section)river. And as for the lake, when we got to We could not cross Lago Neltume, we had a moderate headwind, however the waves were noticable but harmless. Therefore we basically aimed and paddled straight to the campground @24.7, which took us slightly above one hourbecause of strong winds.
At the campground there were two groups of people but very spread apart. No (free) drinking water but there were toilets and tables ext. Nobody asked us for anything. I had a super lovely swim in the lake, the temperature was perfect and I enjoyed a break from the tabanos. When we left we made a silly mistake. We both assumed the double padlock on the closed gate was locked so Tomáš ended up cutting a bunch of blackberries near the side fence in order for us to jump over. We found out later it wasn't actually locked because the couple that gave us a hitch to Neltume were staying there. Before getting that hitch we walked perhaps 1-2km on the road.
It was Sunday but shops were still open in Neltume to buy food. Definitely enough to resupply if needed. There are a couple of main shops in the center but the best shop of all was the fruit* ''' 2025-JAN-07 > 08 /veg stand on the right of the main road just at the east end of town. Good prices and quality.1 jours / Randonnée / SOBO / RR / Pierre-Marie '''
There was good internet in Liquiñe, all over lake Neltume and both Puerto Guy and Neltume (and it seemed in between too) including our last camspot. Also we noticed upper Rio Cuacua had some coverage, but our middle camspot was offline.Etape : GPT14+GPT15+GPT16+GPT17+GPT18+GPT19| Meteo : soleil| Eau : plutot rare| Neige : non| Intérêt : 2/5| Difficulté : 0/5| Danger : aucun
The last hitch to J'ai essayé de faire du stop mais personne ne s'est arreté alors j'ai acheté un peu de nourriture et suis allé dejeuner au restaurant a Liquine.Il faut prendre la 17H-D au km 15,7 car la RR est en mauvais etat.Le sentier est bien balisé et en parfait état partout ailleurs. Pas de refuge au km 18,2, il y a un pont au km 21,9, pas de place pour camper au km 25,0 ni au 27,5. Pas de porte au km 34,4. Ce n'est pas une rain forest, il n'y a pas de boue ni de zone humide. Il n'y a que de petites epiceries a Puerto Fuy was easy . *'''2025-JAN-04 to 2025-JAN-05 / 1 day / Hiking / SOBO / Var. 12-01, RR + OH (Var. B, C) / Ivan, Jakub, Daniel''' A simple and short section featuring wild and very dense Valdivian forests. Worth mentioning are two beautiful lakes, Lago Quilmo and Lago Pirihueico. We left Carriñe Bajo around noon, heading toward Liquiñe via variant {17H-B}, where we had dinner resupplied at a shop. Liquiñe has several shops, all fairly well-stocked. We began ascending and, around kilometer 11, left the only restaurant openRR route for variant {17H-C}, rejoining the main restaurant "Puerto Fuy"RR at Camp Without Water {17H} [15. The salmon 8/917]. Lago Quilmo is truly beautiful and salsa appetizer was very goodsurrounded by dense forest. Surprisingly, but a bit priceythere were no mosquitoes. If you can order just a jar of The trail to Lago Pirihueico is well-maintained and beautifully designed. For the salsa I would try for that! Then first time, we walked a bit to find a camp spot (Water even saw fir trees here. At Ford {17H} [3421.09/646994], we didn’t need to ford the river, as there’s a small bridge. Upon arriving at the crystal-clear Lago Pirihueico, we found a lovely spot with a picnic table, fire pit, and a perfect bivouac area at coordinates -39.8703487309, -71.87386; that is 50 metres after 85218. The remainder of the well built MR ends, from there on, the trail is route to Puerto Fuy follows a picturesque trail that used with occasional views of the lake. *'''29Dec2024 - 30dec2024 / hiking SOBO / RR - varD - RR / 1.5 days / Clara''' Bus from coñaripe to be an NR but is not passsable for cars liquiñe 2x/day except sunday no one. You can ask schedules in the supermarkets of coñaripe. Short and easy section, nice forest and lakes. Camp : - at all) km10 nice camping 6500/pers. - Pozo de oro. Table, flat spot, nice to start swim in the paddle of Lago Pirihueico (GPT18) lake. Good water flowing in the next day river just beside. (I don't know why there is no camp at laguna quilmo but seems to be used and say hi should be nice to Clara camp.) Navigation : MR until km12, can hitchhike if lucky. Then good trail or old road, often marked with red huilo-huilo birds, easy. Then not hard to skip 18. Took me about half a day taking multiple buses (whom we missed in Pucónpuerto fuy - panguipulli - los lagos - paillaco - futrono - llifen), hi Clara!maybe a bit longer on WE with less buses.
* '''24-12-26- 24-12-27/ 1,5 days / SOBO / RR/ Volker'''
The forest section - beautiful, short and smooth
