Summer in Malalcahuello – accommodation The first thing to be clear about is that there are a lot of cabins and other forms of accommodation available for vacation rental in summer in Malalcahuello. The most plentiful option are cabins of varying price and quality. Other options include camping, hostels, lodges…
Malalcahuello comes alive in winter with ski and snow enthusiasts. The small town cuadruples in size and local businesses and entrepreneurs maximise their activity and earnings offering all sorts of activities and products. Skiing/Snowboarding From July to September skiing and snowboarding are the main winter activities in Malalcahuello. Cross country…
Malalcahuello in winter Winter in Malalcahuello is a bustling place alive with activity largely from the influx of ski tourists to the area. The town swells to more than triple the usual population. This means that vacation cabins are highly sought after and command top prices. All is not lost,…
Winter in Malalcahuello, in the ninth region of Chile (called the Araucanía region), has much to offer tourists. Snow From July one is guaranteed to experience snow. Sometimes it starts snowing solidly from June, sometimes from the first or second week of July. When it snows Malalcahuello awakes from its…
Malalcahuello is a quaint rural town situated in a beautiful valley of the Andes mountains in the central-south of Chile. It is surrounded by forested mountains which in winter turn completely white with snow creating a stunning landscape. Cycleway Manzanar to Malalcahuello Passing through this beautiful valley the cycleway was…
Volcano Lonquimay is a strata volcano of 2,865 m.a.s.l (9,400 ft) located in Malalcahuello National Reserve in the Araucanía region in the south of Chile. The Reserve contains some of the best examples of Araucaria forest, although much of the park is dominated by the volcano and the rocky andesite…
In Malalcahuello, we are towards the end of the first major outbreak of COVID-19. As always, being human, people are finding ways to pick themselves up and carry on, despite the hard knocks. Being desperate to get out and enjoy the fresh air, powder snow and the wide outdoors, people…
Total eclipse of the sun is due on 14th December 2020 in Chile, and will be visible in the Araucanía region at around 13:03 with the partial eclipse visible between 10:30 and 13:30 (weather permitting). In Malalcahuello, a small rural town close to Volcano Lonquimay, the owners of tourist establishments…
When the Spanish arrived in Chile, the indigenous Mapuche tribes occupied a large area of territory between Limarí River in the region of Coquimbo in the north of Chile, to the Island of Chiloe, some 1690km (1050 miles) to the south, and from the coast to the mountains east west…
Conguillío National Park Is located in the central south of Chile, some 148km (92miles) from the city of Temuco towards the Andes Mountains, in the Araucanía region. The region is famous for it´s links with indigenous culture, being the last place of defence against the Spanish colonists by the Pehuenche/Mapuche….