Vira Vira

Hotel Vira Vira sits nestled between two National Parks, a private reserve, waterfalls, rivers, and lakes. On arrival, you will receive a welcome briefing from one of the hotel's experienced guides. They will talk you through the area, find out about your experience and what you're hoping to do, and then set up a programme for you once you've talked through all the possible excursions options that would suit you. For the more adventurous, you can get your crampons on and hike to the summit of the active Villarrica Volcano, mountain bike some downhill single track or raft grade III rapids on the Trancura River. For a more leisurely experience, you can float down the Liucura River straight from the hotel's front door, fly fish, take a 1/2 day hike to volcanic caves or waterfalls. The area is also surrounded by thermal pools which are great for soaking weary legs after a hard day's hike. In 2017, the hotel added Heli Tours to its excursion offering, which can fly you over the crater of the smoking volcano.

The hotel produces nine different types of cheese from a dairy on site. Further to this, the four greenhouses, numerous allotments, roaming chickens and many other animals allow for a true "farm-to-table" menu. As a result, the food is creative, wholesome, tasty and continually changing, with no tw0 days the same. Each course is paired with one of the 3,000 wines stored in the cellars.

The hotel has a wood burning hot tubs dotted around its property on the shores of the lake, and in secluded spots around the grounds. They also have a newly built spa area where they offer a full range of massage therapies.

Hotel Vira Vira is located very close to the lakeside town of Pucon in the northern part of the Chilean Lake District, an easy flight and transfer from Santiago (2.5 hours total travel time). With the Liucura River snaking its way through the beautiful garden of the hotel, and mountain peaks in the distance thickly forested with virgin forest, the setting really is idyllic. At night you can see the red glow of the active Villarrica Volcano, and by day kingfishers perch on branches down by the river.