The most stunning place I think we've been so far. Like a natural disneyland. The town of Pucon is underneath the pretty active Volcan Villaricca (last went off in 1986 and on a cycle of 23 years - shizah!) and surrounded by lakes - it's beautiful!We warmed ourselves up with a quick wee hike which turned out to be a 17km full-on climb to view some lakes but was totally worth it. Next came the big climb up the imposing Volcan. Using the crampons and ice pick was great craic, with lots of hilarious falling over. The summit had spectacular views and ooodles of sulphur, both of us thinking we'd never be at the top of an active volcanoe! The highlight was sliding down the glacier on our bums, like bobsledding with out the bobsleds - great craic! Alot of ash was consumed over the day, so fulfilling and knackering.
The next day we went canyoning i.e. for me ridiculously lowering yourself down a sheer waterfall, amazing scenery and adrenaline pumping, the photos tell a good story.
A short trip to Pucon but a real highlight
Photos are here
liked the his and hers wet suits! not to mention the helmets with names on. Must have been strenuous but amazing. Trip seems to be quite a mixture of chilling out / adrelanine rush activities. Particularly liked the power shower shot!
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