FUTALEUFU:
a 1,153 inhabitants’ town located at the riverside of the
homonymous river and just 10 kilometers away from the frontier,
by the pass that drives to Esquel, in Argentina.
That
was the place from where the first colonists entered in the decade
of 1920, beginning the cattle raising. In 1940, a fire razed with
the forest. In 1960 the contact grew with Chile thanks to the
commercial aviation and in 1982 it was communicated via terrestrial,
through the southern highway.
As
much in the town as in the surroundings (lakes Espolón
and Lonconao), it has been stimulated the installation of hotels
and fishing lodges, giving to the region international prestige
among the lovers of the Fly Casting.
The
Futaleufu river is world famous because it is excellent for the
whitewater rafting and kayaking.
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