Hospedaje Küschel

The Lakes District


You're in the thick of it with the pigs and chickens at this run-down farmhouse across the lake, but a newer annex has drastically improved the rooms here, with nice beds on raised pallets and modern bathrooms.

Friendly Fernando will snag you on his boat; the matriarch here is good-hearted and you are situated right on the lake (from where your startlingly good home-smoked trout dinner comes). Breakfast is included; dinner or lunch runs CH$8000.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby The Lakes District attractions

1. Saltos del Petrohué

3.07 MILES

Six kilometers southwest of Petrohué, the Saltos del Petrohué is a rushing, frothing waterfall raging through a narrow volcanic rock canyon carved by lava…

2. Museo de Puerto Octay

27.59 MILES

A small but well-done museum inside the historic 1920 Casa Niklitschek telling the story of Puerto Octay via antiques.

3. Ventisquero Negro

29.85 MILES

From Pampa Linda, it's a 6km drive (or over an hour's walk) along a severely potholed dirt road to the Ventisquero Negro lookout. It's a spectacular sight…