Full day excursion

After breakfast we depart from Punta Piedras Lodge. A comfortable and modern car takes us to Puerto Montt towards west to the spectacular Carretera Austral (The Southern Road) until Caleta La Arena. At this point we board a ferryboat for about 40 minutes to our next stop, Puelche. We continue our trip along the coast of the Estuary of Reloncavi arriving to Soldado Gomez a small port located on the mouth of Botapiedras River. The real adventure starts here when we board our motorboat to navigate the area where we will see hundreds of sea lions (loberias), small islands, different types of birds, green forests and the wonderful scenary around us.

We will have the opportunity to visit a real “nursery” of molluscs in the small coastal village of Sotomo where we will taste a delicious “curanto” at lunch time. Curanto is a typical dish prepared with seafood, fish and meat specially steam cooked covered with potatoes, greenpeas and other vegetables. It results an exotic combination worth to try. All these accompanied with excellent wines to end up with traditional mouthwatering desserts.

There will be free time to relax, take pictures or just admire the outstanding location where the Andes fade into the Ocean, the native flora and fauna that fascinated Charles Darwin, the natural waterfalls in an athmosphere of tremendous peace.

At 5 pm we begin our return trip sailing back to Soldado Gomez. Our car will drive us to Tenglo Island via the Carretera Austral to Puerto Montt or around the shores of Llanquihue Lake along Ensenda, Puerto Varas and Alerce. Return to Punta Piedras Lodge.