About 25km west of Pucón the paved road ends at Lake Caburgua, a small, but exclusive resort where the current President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, has a vacation home. Unlike most lakes in the region which were gouged out by glacial action, Lago Caburgua was formed behind a huge landslide that blocked the valley in ancient times. A few kilometers south, water, leaving the lake in underground passages through the volcanic rock, bursts out in two dramatic waterfalls called the Ojos de Caburgua. We made a morning excursion, along with hundreds of Chilean tourists, to view the falls. Returning home by an unpaved road that followed the Rio Trancura, we got to see some of the rapids that the popular whitewater rafting trips experience. We were able to cross the river back to Pucón over a narrow suspension bridge just in time for the wonderful lunch prepared for us by our housekeeper, Louisa. Life is good!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Ojos de Caburgua
About 25km west of Pucón the paved road ends at Lake Caburgua, a small, but exclusive resort where the current President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, has a vacation home. Unlike most lakes in the region which were gouged out by glacial action, Lago Caburgua was formed behind a huge landslide that blocked the valley in ancient times. A few kilometers south, water, leaving the lake in underground passages through the volcanic rock, bursts out in two dramatic waterfalls called the Ojos de Caburgua. We made a morning excursion, along with hundreds of Chilean tourists, to view the falls. Returning home by an unpaved road that followed the Rio Trancura, we got to see some of the rapids that the popular whitewater rafting trips experience. We were able to cross the river back to Pucón over a narrow suspension bridge just in time for the wonderful lunch prepared for us by our housekeeper, Louisa. Life is good!
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