Quemchi - Linao - Manao

If you are willing to travel about 150 km round trip, you can tour the coast of the inland sea, passing deep gulfs and coves where you can see oyster and mussel farms and splendid views of the sea and the Andes.

Take the Pan-American Highway toward Castro; at kilometer 41 the road to Quemchi branches off to the left. About 4 km before that, turn right to visit Aucar Island, which used to be reached by a half-kilometer-long footbridge that is now in ruins (today access is only by boat or along the beach at low tide). You will see black-necked swans, a chapel and a cemetery framed by ornate gardens. Back on the main road, past large dairy and cattle farms (fundos), at km 71 you will reach Quemchi, a small town where you can stroll its picturesque streets and visit the weaving workshop and the striking miniature boats made by the craftsman Mr. Triviño. If you continue north, at km 76 you will come across the Tubildad estuary and its mussel farm. You will see the road head into the forest until it reaches Lluico at km 89, a privileged spot for its view of the Osorno, Calbuco, Yates and Hornopirén volcanoes, surrounded by long beaches of fine sand. On the beach you can see a lovely little chapel. At km 117, on a peninsula that separates Hueihué Gulf from Manao Bay, you will find an excellent and very popular fine-sand beach, and nearby there are also oyster farms open to the public on weekdays. Continuing the trip along the bay to the north, you will reach the Pan-American Highway at km 123, and from there you will get to Ancud, just 23 km away.