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The Huilliche People

A pre-Columbian people of the central zone of Chile, who lived between the Toltén River and the Gulf of Reloncaví. Like all the peoples of the Araucan cultural group, the Huilliches or ‘people of the south’ spoke the Mapuche language ‘Mapudungun’. Likewise their economic activity was based principally...

Puyehue National Park

Comprising an area of 107,000 hectares, the landscape of the park has been molded by intense...

National Monuments in the South of

Monitor Huáscar Talcahuano, a commercial and industrial port, is home to the Monitor...

Puelche Community

This was a pre-Columbus community occupying the area between Lonquimay and Osorno in the Andean foothills. Its name means ¨people from the east¨ given that they lived to the east of the Araucano people. The puelche people were hunter gatherers who started off collecting food but later on became nomadic hunters...

Cunco Community

This is a pre-Columbus community originally situated on the coast between the river Bueno and the Chacao canal. In the 15th century its people abandoned the mainland, forced by the Mapuches to emigrate to the northern part of Chiloé Island. The cuncos were farming/potters who developed an agriculture based on crops such as...

History of Puerto Varas

The city was originally populated by German colonists, who made an important contribution to the development of the area. It was Bernardo Phillipi who got the colonization started with his discovery of the lake. Later, Vicente Pérez Rosales introduced new groups of German colonists to this beautiful place. It was founded in 1854 and...

Kuchen Day in Puerto Varas

Every year on the first Saturday in February Puertos Varas celebrates one of its most traditional festivals - Kuchen Day. (Kuchen is a sweet tart). In the main square, the "Plaza de Armas", large tables full of different types of kuchen are set up for visitors to taste and buy these delicious puddings which are made by...

Where to go in Puerto Varas?

Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús This church, of impressive proportions, was built of...

Group of Houses in Puerto Varas

There are nine houses in Puerto Varas which have been declared National Monuments. There are a further twelve old houses built at the time of the expansion of the town in 1909. Ángulo House Declared a Historic Monument, it is at Calle Miraflores Nº 96, at the corner with Nuestra Señora del Carmen. Gotschlich House Declared a...

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Llanquihue Lake

The Huilliche People

Puyehue National Park

National Monuments in the South of

Puelche Community

Cunco Community

History of Puerto Varas

Kuchen Day in Puerto Varas

Where to go in Puerto Varas?

Group of Houses in Puerto Varas

Vicente Pérez Rosales National

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Attractions Around Puerto Varas

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The handcrafts trail

Guaviña Church

Pukará of Copaquilla