I went two years ago in late jan with the mrs so this wasnt strictly a fishing trip. We spent time in valparaiso which is a beach town 1.5hr outside of santiago with wonderful food and drinks. Great for R&R.
We then flew the chilean airline for less than $100 to temuco and spent a couple days in pucon. A beautiful area and would highly suggest spending a couple days there. We hiked in the national forest a couple days and fished some lakes which were wonderful. See pic below. It reminded me of Jurasic Park.
For there, we drove to san martin in Argentina. We fished the Colon Cura, Traful and Hua hua for a couple days. Wish we could have fished the limay, but again, this wasnt a fishing trip ..... Great fishing anyways. Again, absolutely beautiful. Make sure to drive around hwy 40 for some beautiful views. One thing of note if you do drive into argentina from chile, make sure to allocate a full day to cross the border. They are in a serious trade war so customs will take 5-6hrs looking for people who buy electronics in Chile and bring this to Argentina.
Hope this helps and enjoy!
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