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An Araucano Model Temuco is a model city in Southern Chile and the antechamber to the Lake District. This is an invitation to see its booming and modern urban center. |
An Araucano Model |
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Araucano Empire The district of Nueva Imperial, lying 35 kilometers from Temuco, lets visitors come close to the Mapuche culture and the natural attractions of the area. |
Araucano Empire |
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At Full Steam The new Pablo Neruda National Railway Museum rescues an ancient train station and a steam locomotive yard in order to turn them into a significant art and culture space. |
At Full Steam |
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Conguillío National Park From Temuco you take route 5 to the north via Lautaro to Curacautín and passing by Manzanar Hot Springs next to Saltos del Indio and La Princesa, or visiting Tolhuaca Hot... |
Conguillío National Park |
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Facing the Sea We reached Puerto Saavedra and Lake Budi, windows of the Araucanía onto the Pacific which have displayed the ethnic value of the region. |
Facing the Sea |
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Green Nook Mount Ñielol is a real shelter lying very close to the urban center. An emblematic historical place, it invites visitors to contemplate the city from its vantage points and... |
Green Nook |
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Interlomas Motor Racing Circuit for Fans With a huge number of racing enthusiasts, motorsports displays its racing teams through various circuits in Chile. Interlomas Motor Racing Circuit is one of the best-known... |
Interlomas Motor Racing Circuit for Fans |
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Llaima Volcano – Ski Track Leaving from Panamericana to the north until Cajón, 9 km. from the city, you take a paved road to the volcano through a prairie until Vilcún... |
Llaima Volcano – Ski Track |
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Protagonists of History The Araucanía Regional Museum displays a neat collection of the Mapuche legacy and the colonists’ heritage. |
Protagonists of History |
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Strolling About the Abasto The Municipal Market is one of the traditional spots that visitors should not miss if they really wish to see all aspects of Temuco. |
Strolling About the Abasto |
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The Mapuche New Year Celebration On June 24, the primitive peoples both from Chile and Argentina celebrate the beginning of the new year. An ancient tradition which attracts new visitors every year. |
The Mapuche New Year Celebration |
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Touring around Araucanía The route to Curacautín and Lonquimay leads to several attractions, including natural reserves and hot spring resorts. |
Touring around Araucanía |
Mountain Biking
Enter the two-wheel world and learn the secrets of mountain biking to go around the mountain in the safest way.
This sport is one of the quickest to have evolved with the passing of time, becoming a much more risky and amusing modality to enjoy the most inaccessible and complicated paths in the mountain.
The rise of the estancias has changed the empty limitless space into a rural production environment that enabled the country to be positioned among the first suppliers of raw material in the world.
Towards the south, the estancias have given the scenery a new shape. Getting through the harsh winter, the intense snowfalls and the incessant wind, they have become real settlements scattered in the vastness of the fields.