Our cabaña at Hotel El Parque
We couldn't have picked a better hotel to recuperate and semi-isolate than Hotel el Parque. It was located a few kilometers out of Villarica on park-like grounds.
Our cabaña was very cute and comfortable and we were able to prepare simple meals.
Our kitchenette
We had a great view of Lago Villarica from our window.
In the morning we would walk up to the hotel
And have our buffet breakfast in the breakfast room.
Breakfast consisted of an assortment of breads, salami, cheese, fruit, yogurt and cereal, fruit juice, and cake(!). They made scrambled eggs to order.
View from the breakfast room:
View of the restaurant from the breakfast room:
We had a resident group of Southern lapwings living on our lawn.
Leo inadvertently got too close to a nest and the group went crazy screeching and dive bombing us.
Leo was intrigued by the Douglas firs they had planted, massive but without the thick bark big old trees have at home.
Leo took a photo of a stack of lumber to show how fast growing the trees are here but I'm not sure it shows all that well.
The giant rhubarb (Gunnera) that's grown as a novelty in horticultural gardens in Vancouver and Victoria (and banned as an invasive in Britain) is native to Chile where it's called nalca. People were selling the peeled stalks for eating on the street in Temuco.
I believe this giant fern is also native. We saw it growing on the Cerro Ñielol in Temuco.
Giant fiddleheads too.
And there was more Fuchsia magellanica.
Down on the lake we could see the volcano peeking over the hills.
Checking for birds:
We saw another dark-bellied cinclodes.
Enjoying the grounds:
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