Lonquimay Volcano & Las Raíces Tunnel — Curacautín to the AraucaníaFrontier.
Distance
65 km
Duration
1 day
Climb
1,300 m
Lonquimay Volcano & Las Raíces Tunnel — Curacautín to the Araucanía Frontier.
A short, scenic mountain road from Curacautín east to the Araucanía high frontier, beneath the smoking Lonquimay volcano. The route passes through the Malalcahuello araucaria reserve and the single-lane Las Raíces tunnel — long one of South America's longest road tunnels — into the wide Lonquimay valley near the headwaters of the Bío Bío.
Quick facts
SurfacePaved
Distance65 km
Days1
Total climb1,300 m
DifficultyModerate
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The route.
CuracautínStart · Start in Curacautín on the Río Cautín. Fuel up and head east up the valley toward the Lonquimay volcano and the high frontier.
Reserva Nacional Malalcahuello & Túnel Las RaícesScenic Point · Araucaria reserve beneath the smoking Lonquimay volcano (2,865m) and its Navidad crater, which erupted on Christmas Day 1988. The road threads the long single-lane Las Raíces tunnel through the cordillera.
LonquimayEnd · End in Lonquimay town, a remote frontier settlement in the wide upper valley near the source of the Bío Bío river. Pehuenche country.
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