Chaiten, Puyuhuapi & Queulat NP, Carretera Austral in Chile (Patagonia Expedition #02)

In the second episode of our Patagonia Expedition we start hitchhiking the Carretera Austral in Chile and explore the Fjords north of Chaiten and the hanging glacier of Queulat near Puyuhuapi.
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The Carretera Austral is a 1200km long road in the south of Chile which connects the most remote areas of the country. The ruta 7 is a paradise for adventure seekers as it is a mostly unpaved road which brings you to the lesser known parts of Patagonia in the stunning Los Lagos and Aysen Region.
Our plan was to get from Puerto Montt till Villa O’Higgins by thumb to get in touch with locals and fellow adventurers along the way. But for the first stretch from Puerto Montt to Chaiten we chose public transport as you need to take 3 ferries to cross through the Fjords. The landscape with its fjords and temperate rainforests around the national parks of pumalin and hornopiren is stunning and reminded me of scandinavia.
Chaitén, once destroyed by a volcano was our first stop. We explored the city and I was surprised how it came back to live after my last visit 3 years ago - a lot of restaurants and shops opened and tourism is increasing with tours to the nearby volcano and to the Pumalin park.
On the next day we got up early, headed out of town and started hitchhiking. After just about 20 minutes we got our first ride which took us to Villa Santa Lucia where we got stuck as there were many like minded adventurers. Shortly before we gave up we got lucky again and got a lift to La Junta where we stayed for the night.
Another day of waiting, only a few cars passed us that day until..after about 6h…a big truck pulled over and offered to take us - we climbed into the back where a party was going on with a bunch of other hitchhikers who got picked up along the way. This ride from La Junta to Puyuhuapi turned out to be one of the most memorable hitchhiking experiences I’ve ever had.
Puyhuapi was our base for 3 days as we wanted to explore the nearby paqrque nacional Queulat with its impressive hanging glacier Queulat. The park is located 20km out of Puyuhuapi. This time Sergio who is the park ranger at Queulat gave us a ride and told us more details about the famous hanging glacier. With this early arrival we were the first to hike up to the viewpoint to get the best view of the glacier - simply overwhelming!
This part of the trip was executed within 1week by using the local buses and altogether 5 rides via hitchhiking - following I list all the places we visited & Things to do along the Carretera Austral:
- Puerto Montt
- Hornopiren
- Pumalin Park
- Chaiten
- Villa Santa Lucia
- La Junta
- Puyuhuapi
- Queulat National Park / Parque Nacional Queulat
- Queulat Glacier / ventisquero queulat (colgante)
I'm excited to share all our experiences in Patagonia over the course of the next 6 weeks with you. In the next episodes we will Hitchhike the central part of the Carretera Austral, trek through the most impressive mountain ranges, ice hike over the glaciers of the southern Patagonian Icefield and meet impressive characters along the way.
The Patagonian Expedition is a 95% self funded video documentary project following my trip in 2012/2013. Our aim is to show you the beauty of the rather unknown parts in Patagonia alongside with the famous spots.
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[@carter00007]

Chile es hermoso, salgan a recorrer jóvenes! ... véanlo ustedes mismo. Thank for video Steve.

[@losmaniosdelqueulatpuyuhua5781]

que lindo ver nuestros platos en el restaurant los mañios del queulat en puyuhuapi cuando esta casi terminando el video gracias por incluirnos. abrazos esperamos volverlos a ver algun dia.

[@jennyjannetjorqueragonzale3015]

Gracias Hermoso video, desde Iquique , CHILE SALUDOS🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱 LINDO MI CHILE, ¡ TENEMOS QUE IR!

[@erikanavarro5216]

Que hermoso es Chileeeeeeeeeeee ❤️

[@adrianabaier7121]

Gracias por el video está buenísimo

[@miguelQR]

Guys you made me love this. Incredible. Congrats

[@tkaironx]

jajja esta exelente el video. lo mejor fue cuando se subieron al camion. exelente las tomas con el dron

[@matt_bouch]

That truck ride looked like so much fun. Nice one Steve!

[@jasonpetersharpe]

You are living my heart! Fantastic lifestyle and beautiful video! -j

[@mariaevana6368]

so amazing...

[@dwightestrella563]

As always cool video... 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@exequielpavez1298]

Buen video... saludos!!!

[@danichile2009]

great job!!! following you already :) I'm from Chile by the way. Glad that you were able to come here.

[@especia420]

Muchas gracias por el vídeo .voy a ir para el próximo veranono sabia como ir con la mochila haciendo paradas y conociendo el lugar gracias al vídeo esa parte se me aclaró :) me motivo mucho! este verano recorrí los 7 lagos en la IX region y es hermoso. buen vídeo amigos mucha suerte en sus viajes!!! adiós

[@BackPackerSteve]

q bueno - suerte y buen viaje!

[@jazztification]

Hey! One of the Golden Gate's kids! : ) nah, kidding... what a superbly gorgeous country! And I'm not bias but... it happens to be mine!

[@reginaldocosta597]

Congs guys. It is one the most beautfull and amazing place. I have had a chance to cross the legendary chilean road Carretera Austral by pick up truck. I agree with you, this place ia wonderfull. Your videos are outstanding an show exiciting place in Patagonia. Excelent.

[@thrudur84]

Really enjoyed your video! :) We're going there next month, although driving ourselves

[@JR-lk1ub]

Is very wonderful my country Grettins from Puerto Montt Chile

[@TheSebastian27]

CHILE!!!!

[@SrHitDerUwU]

I am from Puyuhuapi :3

[@juangodoy2436]

paraisos terrenales

[@shalltinbeneke]

The truck ride must have been the higlight :)!!!

[@BackPackerSteve]

Oh it was definitely - good vibes!

[@JZGamer]

Great video! I'm from Chile and I've just discovered your channel! Pretty nice content :) I'm looking foward to backpack through Carretera austral very soon! Like and you got a new sub!

[@maanishgajewar784]

GREAT DEAR, NICE INFORMATION।

[@issabelbbbvv5254]

Exelente video. ojalá pongan subtitulos .

[@JuanArayaF]

Looks jurassic park :)

[@victoriaconislla3420]

Hay un angelito rondando mi mente limon pie 😆

[@brunoandrade1021]

Hey Steve, how did you manage to keep your recording stuff charged?

[@fredyspradena5930]

Me ha gustado mucho. ¡Bravo! queremos ver más. Saludos desde Zaragoza, España

[@constanzarivasmorel2277]

Hola! me podrías comentar en qué fechas estuviste en la Carreter Austral? gracias!

[@hossainurrahman6700]

chile is really good place

[@giorgio74933]

Yo realicé ese viaje por la carretera austral este año con una camioneta totalmente recomendable aventura 100polvoriento

[@hossainurrahman6700]

fantastic video video quality is very nice salute from india i subscribe your channel.

[@tododocumentalesyvideos563]

yo te iba a corregir pensando que decía ''Chalten'' Argentina pero despues lo mire bien y vi ''Chaiten'' Chile .jaja muy lindo paisaje !

[@BackPackerSteve]

Jeje...es una cosa q pasa mucho. Chaiten es hermoso y un lugar q es mas facil para ir q otros en este zona. Puedes tomar un bote desde puerto montt o chiloe tambien!

[@tododocumentalesyvideos563]

gracias por la información tengo pensado andar por santa cruz Argentina esos lugares chilenos quedan cerca .. saludos desde Buenos Aires!

[@luismena3846]

no confunda mi chile lindo con esa republiqueta pampiana de hambrentina

[@juanneira7904]

@@BackPackerSteve Un bote jajaja si claro .

[@juanneira7904]

@@tododocumentalesyvideos563 Pura pampa fea una mierda españa.

[@KILTROSKI69]

Hi friend, excellent your videos. I follow you now also in Instagram. I'm going to make a trip to the south of Chile, I wanted to ask you what video and photo frames you used, I liked the quality of the image. Thank you

[@jesusislord8075]

I love Chile 🇨🇱 I’m planning on going there but I don’t speak much Spanish is it okay ?great video by the way

[@MariaMaria-od2xs]

Me gustaria ir allá

[@whyalwaysme2522]

I subscribe came here from DW docu about caretera Austral

[@fafal211]

Hi, ein tolles Video! Wie habt ihr die Karten bearbeitet und eingeblendet? Danke!

[@BackPackerSteve]

Danke - die Motion Graphics mache ich immer selbst mit After Effects. Hier auf KZbin findest du entsprechende Tutorials

[@mtkuparsin4188]

it is a heavenly place, but you should always be prepared, because it is a volcanic zone, with intense rains and alluvions, there is a lot of loose pyroclastic material, you should never go without warning. Yesterday, December 17, part of a thousand-year-old glacial melted because of intense rains and devastated an entire village, burying it in the mud, global warming caused serious damage. Never go alone and tell the police where you are going to walk. Its climate is very intense and rainy

[@luisgamboa8729]

Alguien sabe el nombre de la cancion de fondo ? Anybody knows the name of the song, please ?

[@eatingchampion3041]

what is the name of the song in the background

[@mtkuparsin4188]

t is a heavenly place but you should always be prepared, because it is a volcanic zone, with intense rains and alluvions, there is a lot of loose pyroclastic material, you should never go without warning. Yesterday, December 17, part of a thousand-year-old glacial melted because of intense rains and devastated an entire village, burying it in the mud, global warming caused serious damage. Never go alone and tell the police where you are going to walk. Its climate is very intense and rainy

[@angelggx]

Great video, music too loud though. Keep up the good work.

[@mtkuparsin4188]

it is a heavenly place, but you should always be prepared, because it is a volcanic zone, with intense rains and alluvions, there is a lot of loose pyroclastic material, you should never go without warning. Yesterday, December 17, part of a thousand-year-old glacial melted because of intense rains and devastated an entire village, burying it in the mud, global warming caused serious damage. Never go alone and tell the police where you are going to walk. Its climate is very intense and rainy

[@sabi9121]

Wie immer ein super Video ; ) wie lange dauert die Tour noch?

[@BackPackerSteve]

Vielen Dank fürs Lob! Insgesamt werden es wohl 8 Folgen :)

[@sabi9121]

Ich wünsche euch noch viel Spaß! Freue mich schon auf die nächsten Videos ; )

[@aikidomatrix1]

#backpacker Steve: Hi, great shots and well edited videos, they definitely look professionally made. How did travel from Argentina to Puerto Montt and from there to Chaiten? I'm mostly asking because there seems to be no video doc about that stretch in your feed. Beautifully, congrats. PS: I also hitchhiked, from Puerto Montt to Tortel. IG: alexaspensnow. Cheers from NYC

[@maanishgajewar784]

ग्रेट डिअर

[@PerfectLittlePlanet]

For sure it's less expensive and a greater adventure to hitchhike, but it kills me to see all that time spent/wasted on waiting for a ride. Judging the value of my time is always something I struggle with when traveling. Do I spend a little more to get there faster, to have more time to spend at the destination? Or save the money (but take more time) for a bigger adventure along the way, but less time at the destination?

[@PerfectLittlePlanet]

Great video by the way, this trip is fascinating to watch! I can't wait for the next episode!

[@BackPackerSteve]

We chose to hitchhike as we wanted to get in touch with locals and other hitchhikers who were from all over chile. In this region you hardly find travelers who are not from Latin America - this made it so interesting and a good opportunity to practice Spanish. The rides we got were great as the people who took us told us more about the region and the life they are living there...this puts everything into perspective. As you see it was not about saving the money for us. Indeed we spent it on private rooms (which were also fairly cheap) and good food. We planed with a lot of time to be able to do all that...so time was no issue. Great to hear that you enjoyed it - thanks for watching this series!

[@mendes1176]

Can you do the same ways by bus or ferry ?

[@Mariana-st2kr]

yes, I did it by bus and ferry a month ago. (you can't avoid ferry)

[@anvipra]

How many languages do you speak and were are you from? Great video! Im waiting for the next one

[@BackPackerSteve]

Hey Angela, great you liked it! I'm from Germany and speak English (fluent) as well as Spanish (intermediate) besides German.

[@anvipra]

¡Qué coincidencia! Ich komme aus Spanien aber ich wohne gerade in Österreich so ich kann auch Deutsch sprechen und Englisch muss man sowieso lernen Do you have another chanel in german or is this your only one?

[@BackPackerSteve]

Hey Angela - I had another channel but combined both to this one for ease. Every now and then I upload videos in German like general travel guides and "top things to do in".

[@berlindarodriguez6061]

I can speak two languajes castellano and english Im from chile

[@hugoaraujo8064]

0:07 Tronador = Tororaroro

[@butsfrif2048]

Like si eres de aysen:)

[@enrique8molina]

Schön tschüss

[@armandocayulandrade1863]

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[@josealvarezdureaux3577]

5:24 Cheap but tasty red wine $3 usd, 2lts.

[@rosanacamerlingo4656]

Faltan subtitulos en español

[@petryflavio]

Show o vídeo sobre a Carretera. Viele Lob. Wunderbar!!! Inscrito no meu canal.

[@mtkuparsin4188]

it is a heavenly place, but you should always be prepared, because it is a volcanic zone, with intense rains and alluvions, there is a lot of loose pyroclastic material, you should never go without warning. Yesterday, December 17, part of a thousand-year-old glacial melted because of intense rains and devastated an entire village, burying it in the mud, global warming caused serious damage. Never go alone and tell the police where you are going to walk. Its climate is very intense and rainy

[@mariaisabelzurita7585]

No vi ninguna carretera Austral... pasé por Trebelin y la frontera por Futalefu... pasando un camino de tierra hasta Chaiten...

[@leandrodiaz9438]

Rosamelano

[@xsebastianx100]

Gran obra la carretera austral ...... de pinochet .......pero con los pulmones de cientos de soldados conscriptos asi cualquiera

[@gerar2158]

Esto nada más que Chile ...en el título decía Argentina y acá no existe

[@camahueto_AON]

I lost the game...

[@pepegallagher5632]

carretera austral una gran obra del general pinochet

[@FutHDChannel]

PEPE GALLAGHER es broma supongo

[@davidsan6718]

PEPE GALLAGHER Que ignorante

[@davidsan6718]

PEPE GALLAGHER Una vez más sacas a relucir tu ignorancia. Yo conozco a gente como tú, cuando se quedan sin argumentos se ponen a insultar. Ahora cuéntame, cómo va ser obra de Pinochet si está carretera se comenzó a construir en el año 1980?

[@pepegallagher5632]

David Sanhueza me tratas de ignorante a mi fue obra de pinochet la ruta 7 mas conocida como la carretera austral la cual ademas de acercar a los lugareños de la zona les cedio terrens para que no fueran citios ocupados pero el general no se los dio pues por cada hectarea de propiedad las personas pagaban un peso de contribucion fue un gesto simbolico para que no se dijiese que el no regalo esos terrenos averigua mas pelmazo ni me conoces y me tratas de ignorante pero tu ignoras quien soy yo y es mas ignoras no sabes de historia de chile pero que mas se le puede pedir a un regueatonero marihuanero como tu

[@davidsan6718]

PEPE GALLAGHER Ignoro quién eres tú? El hombre más ignorante de Chile. Si fue obra de Pinochet me puedes explicar cómo la comenzó en el año 1980? No has respondido eso. Responde con argumentos por favor y datos serios