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The Best Attractions In Futaleufu

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Futaleufú is a Chilean town and commune located in Northern Patagonia, specifically in Palena Province, Los Lagos Region. Futaleufu is a frontier town with a small but growing tourism industry based on adventure tourism—most specifically whitewater rafting—but also fishing, mountain biking, trekking, and canyoning. Located 7 miles from the Argentinian border, Futaleufu is most easily accessed from airports in Esquel and Bariloche, Argentina. The town is named after the crystal blue Futaleufú River, widely considered to be one of the best whitewater rafting rivers in the world. The name Futaleufu derives from a Mapudungun word meaning Big River. T...
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  • 1. Futaleufu River Futaleufu
    The Futaleufú River, located in northern Patagonia, is one of the premier whitewater rivers in the world. The river is fed by glacial snow melt in the Andean lakes region of Argentina and Chile. The river gorge drops as low as 1,700 metres below the surrounding glaciated peaks. The name Futaleufú is an indigenous Mapuche word meaning Big River.” Locals refer to the valley as un paisaje pintado por dios—a landscape painted by God.
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  • 2. Futaleufu Futaleufu
    The Futaleufú River, located in northern Patagonia, is one of the premier whitewater rivers in the world. The river is fed by glacial snow melt in the Andean lakes region of Argentina and Chile. The river gorge drops as low as 1,700 metres below the surrounding glaciated peaks. The name Futaleufú is an indigenous Mapuche word meaning Big River.” Locals refer to the valley as un paisaje pintado por dios—a landscape painted by God.
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  • 3. Rio Espolon Futaleufu
    The Futaleufú River, located in northern Patagonia, is one of the premier whitewater rivers in the world. The river is fed by glacial snow melt in the Andean lakes region of Argentina and Chile. The river gorge drops as low as 1,700 metres below the surrounding glaciated peaks. The name Futaleufú is an indigenous Mapuche word meaning Big River.” Locals refer to the valley as un paisaje pintado por dios—a landscape painted by God.
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  • 14. Volcan Chaiten Chaiten
    Chaitén is a volcanic caldera 3 kilometres in diameter, 17 kilometres west of the elongated ice-capped Michinmahuida volcano and 10 kilometres northeast of the town of Chaitén, near the Gulf of Corcovado in southern Chile. The most recent eruptive phase of the volcano erupted on 2008. Originally, radiocarbon dating of older tephra from the volcano suggested that its last previous eruption was in 7420 BC ± 75 years. However, recent studies have found that the volcano is more active than thought. According to the Global Volcanism Program, its last eruption was in 2011.The caldera rim reaches 1,122 metres above sea level. Before the current eruption, it was mostly filled by a rhyolite obsidian lava dome that reached a height of 962 metres , partly devoid of vegetation. Two small lakes occu...
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