Climbing the active volcano Villarrica in Pucón is a challenge that many adventurous travellers are eager to take on. Pucón is a small town in the South of Chile, also known as the adventure capital of Chile.
It takes 4-5 hours of hiking over a glacier to reach the peak of Volcano Villarrica at 2.860 m. Snow-covered Villarrica, one of Chile’s most active volcanoes, rises above the lake and town of the same name. It erupts basaltic lava and is one of the few permanently active volcanoes in the world, with frequent strombolian activity and sometimes a small lava lake present in its summit crater.The last eruption of the volcano was in 2015 and almost 4.000 persons had to be evacuated.
