Pucon is an amazing place, with a beach on the lake and all kinds of outdoor excitement available from kayaking, hiking, treking canopy flights to zip lines. By far the most popular though is to climb the volcano (Volcan Villarica) which completely dominates the town with its towering, smoking top. We were here to climb it after hearing how much fun Ricks parents had had going up (and down) last year. We were very lucky that the only day we had available to climb it was beautifully sunny, we set off at 7.00 in the morning having been provided with crampons, ice axe, helmets and a plastic slide for getting down. The volcano is a twenty minute drive from town and at the bottom you have the option to take a chair lift to save your
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