Puerto Montt

With more than 150.000 inhabitants, it's the capital city of the 10 Region ( Los Lagos). Located on the "seno de Reloncaví", it is the gate to the southern side of continental Chile and to the insular world of Chiloe archipelago.

Brief history

It owes its name to Manuel Montt, a chilean president who encouraged german immigration to the "new" incorporated territories, after the conquest of huilliche natives, which called the place as Melipulli (four hills).
Founded in 1853 by Vicente Pérez Rosales, it was the obliged pass for accessing the lake region in the north, during the following half century. This was the route used by first european settlers of Bariloche.
As it was connected by railway, first to Llanquihue lake, and later to Santiago, in 1912, it became the outlet to the sea towards the southern territories of the country, with a sustained growing, just broken by the strong earthquake of 1960.
Nowadays, Puerto Montt is a vigorous administrative center, extended to Puerto Varas, and possesses an important fishing industry, salmon culture and distributes a large amount of tourists, with a good structure of shopping centers, hotels and gastronomy.

Puerto, vista panorámica

With more than 30.000 inhabitants, and the sight of Osorno volcano (2.652 m.o.s.l.), it is the main tourist city of Llanquihue lake. It has already been that since early past century, besides have been the gate for reception and delivering of merchandise for the lake outskirts. From Puerto Varas, you can visit Petrohué waterfalls and Pérez Rosales National Park. To get Puerto Montt, we suggest to do it by the old road across Alerce, which still has that "air" of the european countryside.

Argentina: Norte Neuquino, Caviahue - Copahue, Villa Pehuenia, Aluminé,

Junín de los Andes, San Martín de los Andes, Villa Traful, Villa La Angostura,

Bariloche, El Bolsón, Lago Puelo, El Hoyo, Esquel, Trevelin.

Chile: Pucón, Villarrica, Temuco, Valdivia, Puerto Montt - Puerto Varas.