After a day bus and spending the night in Puerto Montt, we caught a local bus to the nearby town of Puerto Varas. Puerto Varas is a larger town than Pucon and is also tucked away in the mountains with an immense volcano towering nearby. We stayed in one of the coziest hostels of the whole trip. Located at the top of the hill overlooking the town, our hostel had wood everything giving it a warm cabin ambiance. As if the wood theme wasn’t enough to make us feel like we were in a mountainous cabin, there was a sitting area wrapped around a wood burning furnace to keep everyone nice and toasty.

One of the highlights of the hostel was the movie nook. A comfy couch in front of a large flat screen TV preloaded with hundreds of new movies to choose. After our sprint through the first week of the trip, a few home cooked meals and movie time was a great way to relax in our down time in Puerto Varas.

Ever since my canyoning trip in Vietnam, I have wanted to do it again. I told Logan we had to do it before he went home. We tried booking it for day two in PV, but it unfortunately got canceled at the last minute. Luckily for us, we were able to go on our last day in Puerto Varas. With full body wet suites, we plunged into the ice cold mountainous waters and began to work our way down the valley. We slid down waterfalls, jumped off cliffs, and ended the excursion with a 115 foot abseil alongside a waterfall. I have to say, this trip definitely topped the canyoning excursion we did in Vietnam.

The following morning we caught a flight to the tip of the world, Punta Arenas so we could visit the famous Torres Del Paine National Park!