Chile vacations at hot springs hotel, Patagonia, Chile

Termas de Puyuhuapi, Hotel & Spa is situated next to three natural hot-springs, on the Ventisquero Sound, accessible only by sea in the protected shore of Dorita Bay. Built from the wood of the surrounding forests by local craftsmen nearly 30 years ago, the hotel offers guests the creature comforts of a first-class hotel for travel amidst the spectacular wilderness of Patagonia. The structure itself was designed to harmonise with the surroundings so that its very aesthetic and would help offer the traveller a unique experience, the perfect vacation and health spa, a healing retreat.

Some come to Puyuhuapi [pronounced Pooh - yeah - w· - pee] to unwind, leaving the hustle and bustle of their regular lives for a more natural tranquility. Others travel to Puyuhuapi to explore. From the hotel there are many excursions for you to safely enjoy wilderness. Our Patagonia Express launch takes visitors to the glacier of San Rafael regularly and this is one of the most popular expeditions. Visitors return to the spa to continue to relax or take special healing treatments.

You can hike on trails through the surrounding temperate rain forest, visit Quelat National Park and a spectacular hanging glacier, kayak through a myriad of interior passage channels and islands, fish, observe and photograph wildlife, or, just relax and soak up the soothing waters of the hot-springs that gave the hotel its name. Other guests come to Puyuhuapi strictly for the fly-fishing. Professional guides organise the fly-fishing and operate on an exclusive "catch and release" basis. There are many ideal locations on surrounding rivers excellent for Brown and Rainbow Trout. Coho Salmon run toward the end of the summer which in the southern hemisphere comes in early March.

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Homepage Patagonia Connection, Chile
website: http://www.puyuhuapilodgespa.com
Activities, hiking, canoeing, glacier San Rafael, Thalassotherapy centre