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Viaducto del Malleco

In its time, the Malleco Viaduct was considered the highest railway bridge in the world. It is one of the greatest feats of metal engineering in Chile, and was constructed as part of a vast expansion of the railway network by the state, which the then President, José Manuel Balmaceda, considered fundamental to the country’s...

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...

Nahuelbuta National Park

The park comprises 6,832 hectares and is located 35 km from Angol, in the highest part of the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta, via the road to Vegas Blancas. The trip takes only an hour and the road is paved for 22 km and then gravel until you reach the park entrance. Access to the park is easy in summer but for the rest of the year you should...

History of Pucón

Pucón was founded on the 27th February 1883, as another stage in the pacification of the region and its people. Once Villarica had been founded a second time, a group of soldiers was ordered to find an adequate site to build a fort. Consequently the military garrison of Pucón was founded with the aim of protecting the national...

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...

The Picunche People

A pre-Columbian people of northern Chile who lived south of the Diaguita culture and north of the Mapuches in a zone located between the Choapa and Toltén rivers, such that they received the influence of both these cultures. The Picunches or ‘people of the north’, were an agricultural people and also made pottery. They...

Tolhuaca National Park

This is located in the province of Malleco, northwest of Temuco, 63 Km from Victoria and 49 km from...

The Mapuche People

The Mapuche are an Amerindian people of the Araucan language family who inhabit various areas of central and southern Chile and western Argentina. Their name in quechua is ‘auca’ and in their own Araucan language they call themselves ‘Mapuche’ which means ‘people of the earth’. Their language is...

Contulmo Natural Monument

12 km from Purén, on the paved road to Contulmo, the natural monument comprises an area of 82 hectares and is located on the southern slopes of the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta. It has a mediterranean climate, modified by the low altitude of the area, which allows for a maritime influence and damp winds from the west, which generate a...

Conguillo National Park

This park covers an area of 60,833 hectares. Volcán Llaima which sits at 3125 metres above...

Manzanar Hot Springs

These hot springs are 104 km from Temuco, 17 km east of Curacautín, via the international road to...

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