Road Cycling Chile Tour ( 9 DAYS)

Day 01, Santiago – Temuco – Pucon – Warm up ride – Welcome dinner

Our drivers and guides will welcome you at Temuco airport and you’ll be transferred to Pucon town for check in at your Hotel and to enjoy a local lunch all together. After lunch we’ll check bikes and do a warm up ride that takes to the 2 faja, with amazing views of Villarrica Volcano, and ending a great local brewery for a toast and tasting. Then we’ll get back to your Hotel to take a shower and rest, meeting at 20:00 hrs. to enjoy a welcome dinner at a local restaurant.
Lodging at Hotel Martina Goñi
Bike travel distance: 30 kms

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PD: Arrive on a flight at 12:00 hrs. to Temuco airport and let us know if you need help booking flights.

Day 02, Caburga Lake & Huife Hot Springs (Second ride)

We’ll cycle from our hotel to the village of Caburgua where we’ll enjoy a beautiful view of the beach of Lake Caburgua and top of Llaima Volcano. The road today is a constant false-flat with a few short climbs – just enough to get your legs going. Before you start cycling, the staff will provide a snack for you to bring with you and some more on the support van. Throughout today’s ride our guide will help us identify several species of birds and trees as we cycle next to beautiful farms and enjoy views of the Villarrica volcano. With a little good luck, we will see smoke coming out of the active Villarrica volcano. After cycling the rolling road to Huife, we will visit the Hot Spring Resort and enjoy a soothing soak in a hot mineral bath, having lunch at their restaurant, enjoying a delicious trout or salmon. Once we relax for a while, we’ll take our bikes and cycle back this same road and see another perspective of Villarrica Volcano.

Dinner will be on your own at any restaurant, walking distance from your Hotel.

Lodging at Hotel Martina Goñi
Bike traveled distance = 70 km
Elevation gain: 900 mts
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Day 03, Pucon – Argentinean Border - Pucon (Third ride)

We’ll cycle from outside of Pucon to our first stop at Curarrehue town. The first 35 kms are relatively flat and next to the beautiful Trancura River, with amazing views of 3 Volcanoes: Villarrica, Quetrupillan and Lanin.

Our last 30 kms section will be ascending to the border in Argentina by a brand-new asphalt and admiring look out points with beautiful small Lakes, waterfalls and getting to the foots of Lanin Volcano, one of the tallest of this area and that is shared by Chile and Argentina. We’ll be able to enjoy a nice lunch at a local restaurant and then drive back to your Hotel in Pucon.

Dinner will be on your own at any restaurant, walking distance from your Hotel.

Lodging at Hotel Martina Goñi
Bike traveled distance = 65 kms
Elevation gain: 1050 mts
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Day 04, Panguipulli – Huilo Huilo (Fourth ride)

Each day brings new beauty on this tour and today is no exception.  Our day will start by driving in the van for 90 minutes to the town of Panguipulli. Today we will ride the shores of Panguipulli Lake and with spectacular views of Mocho-Choshuenco Volcano on a very scenic and beautiful road part of the 7 Lakes route.  We’ll start with a fun descent with great views of Villarrica Volcano and turn right on the road that will lead us to the famous Huilo Huilo Biological Reserve - http://huilohuilo.com/en/

Our ride will have short climbs, fun descents, low traffic, great asphalt and many lookout points for you to take pictures and admire the amazing Panguipulli Lake. The ride takes 55 kms until our lunch spot, although vans will always have snacks, water and fruit for you to fuel up.

We’ll enjoy a delicious lunch at Choshuenco town and then we’ll be able to cycle to our hotel located next to Pirihueico Lake on a bike lane that extends for 25 extra kms.
Once at the Hotel you can jump on the Lake for a swim or relax at the Hotel, meeting at 20:00 hrs. for dinner.
Lodging at Hotel Marina del Fuy.
Bike traveled distance: 80 kms
Elevation gain: 1000 mts
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Day 05, Lake Ranco Loop (Fifth ride)

After breakfast and saying goodbye to Huilo Huilo reserve, we’ll drive 2 hrs to the town of Futrono, where we’ll get the bikes off the trailer and start our beautiful ride round the shores of Lake Ranco. This road has been paved just few months ago and we’ll be able to admire on its splendor passing by small towns as Llifen and Lago Ranco, see views of the Huapi Island   and many green land that is used for agriculture and cattle rising. After enjoying lunch we’ll face the most challenging part of the route, making push yourself on some great short climbs.

After 70 kms we’ll end the ride and drive to the town of Osorno, where we’ll do check in at your hotel and enjoy dinner.

Lodging at Hotel Sonesta
Bike traveled distance: 70 kms
Elevation gain: 900 mts
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Day 06, Osorno - Frutillar – Llanquihue / North side of Llanquihue Lake (Sixth ride)

After breakfast, we’ll ride 20 minutes out of Osorno city and start our ride. We will ride through rolling hills and beautiful beaches along Lake Llanquihue, always on the lookout for wildlife and views of 4 volcanoes (Osorno, Puntiagudo, Casablanca and Puyehue). With the lake on one side, green pastures and fields on the other, and the snow-capped Andes in the distance, this will be another picturesque day on our bicycles, passing by Puerto Octay town and doing a gradual climb of 5 kms. until arriving to our delicious lunch spot with fresh products and super views of Lake Llanquihue and Volcanoes Osorno and Calbuco.
After lunch, we’ll tackle the second part of the ride that consist of 45 kms on rolling hills, ending by the shores of Llanquihue Lake.

Upon arrival to Llanquihue town, we’ll drive 15 minutes to Puerto Varas and stay overnight at hotel in Puerto Varas,  enjoying free diner at many great restaurants walking distance from your hotel.

Lodging at Hotel Enjoy
Bike traveled distance: 85 kms
Elevation gain: 850 mts
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Day 07, Puerto Varas – Ensenada – Ralún (Seventh ride)

In the morning, we’ll start cycling from the Hotel exploring the shores of beautiful Lake Llanquihue where we will approach the Osorno Volcano with its perfect cone. As we cycle along the lake, the snow-capped volcano appears to rise directly out of the water and we will have wonderful views of it during much of the day. We’ll pass through the village of Ensenada, and enjoy a delicious lunch, cycling our first 40 kms of the day by a new bike lane.

Our last 30 kms will be done towards Ralún town, by a beautiful rolling hill road with great asphalt and few vehicles. Our ride will end at Ralún town where we’ll jump in the van and drive back on the vehicles 45 minutes back to your hotel in Puerto Varas and have free time to enjoy dinner at the Hotel or walking distance into town.

Lodging at Hotel Enjoy
Bike traveled distance: 72 km
Elevation gain: 850 mts
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Day 08, Llanquihue Lake Route, Northeast section: Puerto Octay - Las Cascadas – Petrohue Falls (Eighth ride)

This trip of a lifetime is about to end. In the morning, we drive out of Puerto Varas and start riding from the Puerto Octay, alongside Lake Llanquihue, where a unique landscape is waiting for us - the Osorno Volcano with its perfect cone. The side of the Volcano reaches the shore of the lake and we will pass through the middle of this astounding landscape as we travel to the villages of Las Cascadas for lunch. This 67 km northeast section of the Llanquihue Lake Route is one of the most beautiful routes of the tour, as you get closer to Osorno Volcano.

Our day will end after attacking a 12 km on to the Vicente Perez Rosales National Park and hike a short distance to the dramatic Petrohue Falls.
Upon completing the ride we’ll head back with the vans to the charming German-style city of Puerto Varas, were you’ll enjoy farewell dinner all together.

Lodging at Hotel Enjoy
Bike traveled distance: 70 km
Elevation gain: 600 mts
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Day 09 Puerto Varas – Airport in Puerto Montt (PMC)

Sadly, it’s time to say good-bye to the beautiful Lake & Volcano District of Chile.  After breakfast, we’ll ride in vans to Puerto Montt airport to catch your flight back to Santiago or to extend your trip to spectacular Patagonia. It’s been a trip you will always remember!

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PD: Contact us for any idea of extending your trip to Patagonia, Atacama Desert, Wine country or any other destination in Chile.