http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Chile , Araucania , Villarrica Volcano en-us Fri, 11 Dec 09 14:02:25 +0000 Fri, 11 Dec 09 14:02:25 +0000 We went to Pucon with the express intention of climbing to the top of the towns volcano. However as our bus neared Pucon the snow capped summit of Volcano Villarrica came into view and it became clear that getting to the top would not be easy.Tracy spent much of our first day in Pucon procrastinating over whether to attempt to climb Villarrica Volcano. However once she saw pictures of people who http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-400501.html After two days of hanging around in Pucon under grey skys and rain the horizon finally cleared to the site of the Villarrica Volcano. The Villarrica Volcano is an active Volcano situated outside of the town Pucon where I have come to stay for a week or so. Myself and my four friends woke early to setoff on the trek up Villarrica. To climb the Volcano you must be with a guide and have the proper e http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-371247.html Firstly some of you seem to take great pleasure of pointing out I seem to have become a bit volcano obsessed over the past 4 months. So I thought I'd write you a nice story about my last ascent.Tens of tour groups do Villarrica every day and as it was quite expensive I thought about trying to climb it on my own and just hiring the equipment. After all I'd just have to follow one of the grou http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-363833.html Op naar de vulkaan Villarrica Na een stuk in het nationaal park te hebben gereden staan we midden in de sneeuwhellip sneeuwballen gooien We rijden nog een stukje door en dan ineenshellip. Vliegt daar een condor Geweldig mooi om te zien zeker met de vulkaan op de achtergrondhellip We gaan weer terug we beklimmen de vulkaan niet hadden we om half 6 vanmorgen weg moeten gaanhellip maar http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-323174.html After a quick stop off in Puerto Montt where i secured a massive soft sheepskin for a tenner we proceeded to Pucon where a whole host of adventurous activities possibly awaited. Our main objective was to climb villarica Volcano and get down by any means other than walking. On first arrival we were met by a tout from backpackers hostel but who was very knowledgable and the most experienced guid http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-321812.html Hey guysOk so in Pucon we could live here forever but we ve booked a bus back to santiago tomorrow. so on friday we went white water rafting in probably the most beautiful place you can do it awsome. after stuffing around a bit we hit the clubs. we had some leathal mixtures steve had some drink lit on fire and sucked through a straw i shot half a glass of some chilean whiskey steve said not too http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-275109.html Hey allJust thought we'd do the right thing and let you know that we won't be coming home. Santiago has really grown on us and we are now in Pucon bloody beautiful. Spent all of Wednesday checking out central Santiago which was really cool before we again hit the nightclubs. Made a couple of very very nice friends in these Chilean sisters will do our best to upload photos. We didn't have tim http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-275102.html Sitting in a hostel common room in Bariloche Argentina I'm debating where to go next south into the increasing chill north a wine tour in Mendoza east to the coast where soon the whales will return or west into Chile across the Andes and to the small town of Pucn where an active Volcano can be climbed.So many options and unfortunately my time in South America is in it's final few weeks. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-271558.html Nine hours south of Santiago is Pucon a mecca for adventure sports. The town sits at the foot of the Villaricca volcano an active volcano. At 4am on our first night the towns siren went off. We thought we were in a real life Dantes Peak But it turned out to be the summoning of the towns volunteer firefighters.We can now say that we have climbed a volcano an active one at that Having had n http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-268681.html PucnThe big attraction in Pucn is Volcano Villarrica an active volcano which has an active lava lake within its crater. It is one of the most active volcanoes in Chile and has had 82 eruptions recorded. The most tragic and damaging was in December 1971 and the last one was registered in 1984.Guided hikes to the crater are offered from the town of Pucn but can be suspended in periods of incre http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-266813.html I woke up early Tuesday morning in Pucon after a long and straining overnight bus ride from Santiago. Pucon is a beautiful little town wedged between Lake Villarica and Volcano Villarica. Its located in the Lake District South of Chile 8 hours from Santiago. Cat and I checked into Hostel Myra which is a small familyrun hostel near the bus terminal. The cost per night is about 5 CLP or http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-260460.html 21st March to 23rd MarchPucon is a small but picturesque town next to Villarrica volcano which is 2847m high. The town is really cute and I really liked it there. The volcano is cone shaped and had snow near the top and is active The surrounding countryside is stunning big mountains covered in forests.21st Today we were up at 5.45am to go and climb Villarrica volcano I was so excited and th http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-260386.html We arrived in Pucon to pouring rain and unfortunately our trip up the volcano was cancelled. However our fab tour guide Sergio agreed to change the itinerary for us so that we could stay an extra day to climb the volcan as long as we left early evening on Sunday.On Saturday I took a walk around the town while the rest of the group slept and got up. It is a ski resort in the winter and has lots o http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-252271.html We had a nice small group of 5 with two guides. We had to start at 700 AM and had to reach the top by about midday because the heat of the day melts the ice near the top which releases boulders and stones making it very dangerous.We were given all the kit to carry helmets ice axes boots gaiters crampons hats gloves sunglasses waterproof trousers and a bum protector. More about the last http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-249994.html Headed to the near south. Wonderful drive down the PanAmerican highway accompanied most of the time by the towering Andes. Very little traffic. So far we have had no rain. The area we are headed for is called the Lake District and specifically to an area around Lake Villarrica and the live volcano also called Villarirca that we intend to climbIt doesn't look far on the map but was an 11 hour http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-249931.html Po vyletu do Huerquehue jsem prolelkoval 2 dny na brehu jezera na cerny lavovy plazi v Puconu coz bylo moc prima ale cas nazral na to zase podniknou dalsi vejslap a tak jsem v nedeli casne z rana vyrazil na vystup na vulkan Villarrica.Cestu je nutno podniknout s pruvodcem ve skupine. Dodali nam botky kalhoty bundu helmu cepin macky a bagl a vyrazilo se. Osazenstvo minibusu tvorili krome me 2 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-243620.html Po delsi odmlce jsem se zase dostal k pocitacum a nastal cas vylicit co jsem tropil posledni tejden. Z Iquique jsem podnikl masivni spesny presun smer jih. Nejprve letadlem spolecnosti Sky Airline Chile do Santiaga a odtud autobusem smer Pucon.K ceste mam par poznamek. Jednak ze Sky Chile je asi 2x levnejsi nez LAN Chile kdyby to nahodou nekdo kdo tohle cte potreboval. Zasadni historka se odehra http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-243590.html Bom sento eu na frente do computador com a difcil tarefa de escrever sobre Pucon. Tenho tempo vamos embora da cidade hoje nosso nibus sai s 2030 para Santiago. J deixamos o camping e estamos esperando na cidade. At configurei o teclado para portugus para conseguir colocar todos os acentos. Espero que a mudana gramatical recmocorrida aconteceu mesmo no faa com que o meu portugus http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-243559.html Hi EveryoneThis is the first of many travel blogs to keep you up to date with my adventures and mishaps around the globeThe pretty obvious first point to note is that I have already been travelling in South America for two months and I leave tomorrow for six weeks in New Zealand. Typical Laura always on top of thingsIm going to set up journal entries for my South American travels in time bu http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-238839.html I left Santiago and headed straight to Pucon for New Years. I figured that while I was there I may as well Climb the Volcan Villarrica. So on New years eve I went with a group for an all day hike up to the top.. The view was amazing it was to bad smoke was so thick on that day we could not see the lava. After the Climb I returned to the hostel for a huge BBQ its hot down here then went to th http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-238138.html