Itinerary ten days trail-ride Glacier and Hot Springs Trail

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  DAY ONE

  We pick you up in Pucon and welcome you to the ranch where we‘ll eat breakfast together. At 10.30 we start our initial ride, 2 hours through the Quelhue Mountains and along the rapids of Liucura River to evaluate your riding experience, get familiar with the saddle and tack, and determine which horses to take on our great adventure. In the afternoon we move the horses in trucks to the end of the gravel road in Renahue and have a 2,5 hours ride to reach our first campsite besides a sparkling creek, overlooking lake Caburgua.

  DAY TWO

  Heading up the valley we ride into Huerquehue National Park and cross the pass down to the natural hot springs of Rio Blanco where we put up our tent camp.

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  DAY THREE

  After a hot bath in the morning we‘ll head back into the forest. Ad midday we pass by a cristal clear mountain lake that invites for a swimm and in the evening we put up our tent-camp on the farm of a Mapuche family in Flor del Valle.

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  DAY FOUR

  Today we‘ll traverse this intense volcanic landscape and observe the various features of Sollipulli: bland hillsides of shale and slate; huge deserts of black volcanic sand; snow fields; and gushing streams of glacial runoff. From this high altitude we‘ll have truly stunning views of the dozens of volcanoes, mountain ranges and deep blue lakes that constitute the local landscape. In the afternoon we‘ll descend back to the Flor de Valle valley.

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  DAY FIVE

  After a breakfast with fresh bread baked by the senora of the farmhouse, we‘ll continue down the valley , crossing a hill on the foots of Sollipulli to return, following the Rio Blanco river to the natural hotsprings for another night at the pools.

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  DAY SIX

  In the morning we ride down the Ro Blanco River until we reach its delta at Lake Caburgua. From now on we follow the lakeshore sometimes on the coastline sometimes high up in the mountain. In the evening our trail meets the road where we will be picked up by our van to drive back to Antilco. Back on the ranch we have a farewell BBQ before we drive back to Pucon.