We waited until the sun warmed up the tent again before getting up and enjoyed a nice breakfast on a very calm morning – the lake was flat and the steam of the water which we saw every morning had disappeared. After I returned from the bańos early in the morning there were two large stray dogs waiting for me which kept following me around for the rest of the day. We had a few fixes MacGyver style to be performed – my phone holder on the bike had broken off the plastic mount on top of the volcano the other day and I used cable ties and Gaffa tape to fix it. Our cooler bag which we carry all our food supplies in also had worn through the insulating layer in a few spots – another Gaffa tape fix.

At about lunch time the wind started to blow so strongly that there were white caps on the lake. We finished packing up and after fuelling up rode to the entrance of Petrohué Falls where we paid the National Park entry fee to the oldest National Park in Chile and walked to the various platforms and took a lot of pictures and video footage of the rapids and cascades. The most unusual part was that it is flowing over black lava rocks. The falls were very busy on a Saturday and there were way too many people for my liking. We left the park as it closed and rode around the lake to Frutillar. The road was winding along the lake and through farmland and it was a very nice ride (when we were not stuck behind very slow weekend drivers who slowed down for every corner 😂). The phone took us into Frutillar through the poorest parts of Frutillar Alto which looked like a very poor part of town, but once we reached Frutillar Bajo it became very upmarket. We arrived just on sunset at our expensive hotel and checked in and unloaded the bikes. The room was very nice with an alcove surrounded by windows with a round table overlooking the lake. We headed for dinner into town and ate at a great seafood restaurant.