Photografic Safari Osorno Volcano & Petrohue Waterfall & Todos Los Santos Lake - Chile

Photographic Safari

Osorno Volcano & Petrohue  Waterfall & Todos Los Santos Lake

• CLASSIFICATION : Light – Medium  activity.
• FREQUENCY           : Daily.  All year around according weather conditions.
• PERSONS                : Min 2 people.  Max 8 people.
• DEPARTURE           : 08:00 am,  from your hotel/hostel.
• DURATION             : 6 – 8 hours approx.
• INCLUDED             :  Professional Local guide-driver, Wilderness First Response guide accreditation, entrance to «Petrohue Waterfall», 1 mineral water  and         transport.
• NOT INCLUDED    : Accident insurance, lunch or meals,  tips or anything not listed in the program.
• GUEST PROVIDES: Comfortable clothes according to the activity (overlanding & hiking), trekking boots or tennis shoes, walking sticks (optional), backpack, camera, water, cap or hat, sunscreen and sunglasses.

We’ll depart from your Hotel/Hostel (Puerto Varas or Puerto Montt) and travel through Villa Ensenada to the skirts of Volcano Osorno or “Pirepillán” in mapuche language, to the entrance of Vincente Perez Rosales National Park and the Laguna Verde area.  Our excursion  takes us along the skirt of the volcano, where we will enjoy the native plant and animal life while proceeding to our destination, “Los Pilleyos”. We’ll continue into Vincente Perez Rosales National Park to visit the “Burbuja”, an area where is located the ski resort and where we may see the glacial run-off from the volcano’s slopes and glaciers, together with other points of interest.

We will then proceed to the famous Petrohué waterfalls or “Los Saltos”. The falls were created, first by the enormous lava flows of Osorno Volcano, which cut-off the flow of water between Lake Todo Los Santos and Lago Llanquihue and formed a new outflow from Todos Los Santos, now known as the Petrohué River. The volcanic flows created a rise in the land that immediately came under attack by the power of the river. The lava was, and is being sculpted into unusual forms by the power of the river. The flora and fauna of the temperate rain forest abound in this area. 

We will take short hikes to “Los Enamorados” and “Carilemu” where we will learn about the different types of rocks, vegetation, and birds that live in this evergreen forest or “Bosques Siempreverdes”. We’ll complete our excursion   to visit The  “Todos Los Santos” Lake or as it is also known --“Emerald Lake,”-- so named for the deep emerald color of its waters. You will want to take photos from the beach while enjoying walk around to the black sand beach. 

Return to the Hotel/Hostel. This is a special expedition for the family and for those who love the outdoors and wish to see and photograph the flora and fauna of this volcanic area.

During our excursión we will appreciate forest species as: Radales (Lomatia hirsuta), Maitenes(Maiytenus boaria), Tepú(Tepualia stipularis), Avellanos(Gevuina avellana), Picha – Picha (Myrceugenia planipes); Bushes as  Murtilla(Ugni candollei), Deu(Coriaria ruscifolia); also  wild flower as:  Canchanlahua(Gentianella magallanica) y Prum(Acaena ovafolia).  Also different kind of Ferns as:  Helechos como Costillas de Vaca, Kättälapi, Quilquil, Yerba del platero Shushu – lahuén, entre otras.  About wildlife, we will see Chucaos (Scelorchilus rubecula), Huet – Huet (Pteroptochos tarnii), Churretes (Cinclodes fuscus), Traros (Caracara plancus), Tiuques (Milvago chimango), Choroy (Enicognathus leptorhynchus), Diucones (Xolmis pyrope), and others local birds.    

*Optional lunch in Ensenada Village, Osorno Volcano or Petrohue.