Excursion to Petrohue Falls

Pick up from your hotel in the morning. We will visit a church dating back to the early 20th century. We will visit the waterwheel El Condor and Puerto Humos, a special place where the delicious smoked salmon fish is prepared. The tourist will have time for shopping and tasting the fish. After that, we will go to Ensenada village where we will go to The Laguna Verde located on the foothills of the incredible Osorno volcano.

Free time for you, to walk around in the area and have lunch in any of the restaurants available. In the afternoon we will visit Vicente Perez Rosales National Park, where we will see the world-famous Petrohuè falls. Petrohué Waterfalls (pronounced petro-WEH; Spanish: Saltos del Petrohué) is a chute-type waterfall in the upper reach of Petrohué River in Chile, a short distance downstream of the source of this river in Todos Los Santos Lake.

This waterfall is inside the Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park, close to the road leading to the Petrohue locality on lake Todos Los Santos. The waterfall is supported by basaltic lava (andesite) stemming from the Osorno Volcano that sits in between Todos Los Santos and Llanquihue Lake and provides an interesting background for pictures. The average water flow of these falls is 270 m3 per second, but it can be much larger during the rainy season when the surface level of Lake Todos Los Santos rises by up to 3 meters. The water, decanted in the lake, is usually clear with a green hue; however, occasionally, when lahars descending from the volcano are active, water at the falls can be loaded with sand and silt. Transport of these abrasive materials explains the polished aspect of the rocks.

We will continue with our excursion in the area of Todos Los Santos. Return to your hotel in Puerto Montt or Puerto Varas