This was a Backroads Trip and it was an incredible 275 mile biking adventure with about 17,500 feet of vertical climbing in total and the adventure included rafting, kayaking and hiking plus one could horseback ride and fly fish if desired. We passed through Chile in the Lake-volcanic area of Chile which is below Santiago and above Patagonia with a photo of one of the many volcanoes we rode by below and we rode around the Pucon, Villarrica and Puerto Varas area which was filled with incredible lakes and Volcanoes.  

Hotels: We stayed at incredible hotels/resorts with great amenities and the biking was wonderful as bike lanes and large shoulders were available plus for all that desired there were E-Bikes available for those desiring.  We stayed 2 nights at each hotel/resort and they were the:  *AWA resort in Puerto Varas followed by the **Futangue Hotel and Spa located in a private reserve followed by the awesome **&Beyond Vira Vira which is lauded by travel and Leisure as a luxurious hotel and is located above the Liucura River and Our guides James and Joe exceeded our expectations so thank you and photos below  

A few photos of our hotels and group below and the hotels were: AWA, Futangue and &Beyond Vera Vera and they exceeded our expectations as they offered great rooms, dinning, and amenities like pools, workout rooms and spa treatments. 

Our room with our own fireplace, hot tub and we all loved the indoor heated pools = wow 

 

At night we would have artists come by and preform and they were fantastic and we danced to the music below.

our Group dinning below and the dinning exceeded our expectations with views of the surrounding mountains and rivers that were stunning 

 

 

Ok a few rafting and kayaking shots before the many biking shots below 

 

Ok on the the bike event which was about 275 miles of biking with some big hills and total climbing amounted to about 17,500 feet and we were riding in the area largely between Puerto Varas and Pucon near the Argentina border. We actually rode to the border and photos below of the biking below and our first photo is of Joe, one of our trip leaders and James was the other 

 

The border crossing below that we rode to 

Shots of the lakes we rode past, the mountain we rode through and some of the rivers we crossed below 

 

We would stop for incredible lunches along the way and have a pint or two as some restaurants had a small brewery and photos below 

We also rode past many farms along the way that had: Llamas, sheep, cattle and horses and we stopped at some to take a tour a few photos below

 

 

Ok a great time was had by all and thank you Backroads, James and Joe our leaders below and our group below were awesome as well so thank you all and the hotels and staff as well = thank you and other and our photo  below 

Our group below 

Random photos below 

 

ok a great time was had by all and thank you again:Backroads, Joe, James , the staff and hotels and the group and a couple more photos below starting with a church I went into to pray