Puerto Montt - Chile
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This website is not the brainchild of GV Tours of Puerto Montt Chile, but of those who were fortunate enough to find Gail and Veronica Stein while visiting Puerto Montt during their South American Cruise.
One of the most striking things about GV Tours is the lack of time constraints. All of the tours available from the cruise menu stated 2, 3 or 4 hours each. None included meals and all were more expensive than GV. The only concern about time with GV Tours is the necessity to get you back to your ship in time to sail. Their tours can last up to 8 hours depending on sailing time
Gail and Veronica prefer to guide small groups of people to the wonders of the area and to share an intimate meal with their new found friends. The lack of language barriers makes the day even more special.
Mt. Osorno (shown above) whose peak is capped with snow almost year round, is one of three major volcanoes in the area. The others, also visable are Calbuco and Puntiaguado.
Puerto Montt is a very important part of Chile as it is the largest seaport in the region and receives a great deal of imports to the area as well as tourists. Because of the number of ships that come to Puerto Montt, many vendors bring their handcrafted items to the shops and excellent buys are available in a variety of textiles. More about Puerto Montt.
Puerto Montt is a city of over 185,000 people and is noteworthy as the capital of Chile's tenth region which includes the well-known Lake District. Its ports serves as the shipping point for many of its locally produced products, mainly lumber and its by-products as well as an abundance of farm-raised salmon. After traveling several miles over the Pan-American Highway, we enter the rich agricultural part of the region where there are many farms and ranches, with several varieties of livestock, including llamas and emus. Our itinerary inclues a stop at the bavarian-styled village of Frutillar, which overlooks our country's largest lake, Lago Llanquihue, with the near-conical, snow-capped volcano, Mt. Osorno, in the backround.
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The beautiful city of Frutillar has a population of about 15 thousand. Frutillar is located at 51.5 miles from Osorno, at an altitude of 229.6 feet. Frutillar grew in 1856 as an embarking dock. Soon there were commerce houses, tanneries, mills, brewery and an alcohol distillery. Frutillar got to have four docks. With the arrival of the railroad to the city, in 1907, the station and a locality of High Frutillar (Frutillar Alto) were born.
The city of Frutillar has beautiful old houses in a German style with gardens. In one of them theres a Chilean palm tree, the most southern of the world. Frutillar experienced a strong tourist re-activation in the last two decades; the locals restored their typical houses and set up a promenade, next to the most beautiful beach in the Llanquihue Lake (lago Llanquihue). Its surrounded by trees and gardens, where the begonias reign. To the south of the promenade there are Lleuques (Prumnopitys andina), small trees whose fruits look like grapes; these are one of the seven species of the native coniferous trees in Chile.
We include a visit to the town of Puerto Varas, also on the lake and known ad the City of Roses. Its origin are german as well, since immigrants from encouragement of our goverment to settle and develop this potentially rich part of Chile, which until then had been overlooked.
The tour continues its way along the lake with osorno virtually always in view. This brings us to the restaurant where a three-course meal, with wince, is offered to our guests for a break of an hour or so. This has been proven to be quite popular, particularly since it is not included in some other tour's pricing.
Following lunch, we visit the Vicente Perez Rosales National Park and the Petrohue Falls and Rapids. This is a very restful and relaxing natural phenomenon and includes quaint shops with interesting local handicrafts and clothing. Well-looked after restroom (WCs) facilities are also available.
Depending on road conditions, we next visit Lago Todos Los SanFrom here we begin our return to Puerto Montt's dock are. There is usually ample time for our guests to shop for handicrafts, wines and other locally produced items of interest, within easy walking distance of the port entrance, before returning to their ship.
tos, also known as Emerald Lake. The road to this area is unpaved and traverses a lava fiel which some find a bit uncomfortable.
From here we begin our return to Puerto Montt's dock are. There is usually ample time for our guests to shop for handicrafts, wines and other locally produced items of interest, within easy walking distance of the port entrance, before returning to their ship.
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