In order to protect and preserve its landscape, flora and fauna, Lake Todos los Santos in the 10th Region of Chile became in 1926 the core of the Vicente Perez Rosales National Park. Unlike other lakes damaged through unchecked development, the Todos los Santos, as a national ecological reserve, is protected from environmental degradation. This National Park covers 253 000 hectares (roughly 630 000 acres) of wilderness. Moreover, it is contiguous with the Puyehue NP in Chile and the Nahuel Huapi and Lanin NPs for a total of ca. 15 000 square kilometers (roughly 5700 sq. miles).

Lake Todos los Santos has two road accesses. Petrohue, on its western end, is linked to Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt by a good road. Peulla, at the eastern end, is linked by road, through the Vicente Perez Rosales pass, with Puerto Frias in Argentina. It is possible to get to Bariloche by car but such exercise requires three ferry services and is therefore not practical. Car drivers universally prefer the Puyehue pass that links Osorno with Bariloche and the Nahuel Huapi lake. There is a third access to the Todos los Santos from Ralun to Cayutue at the southern end of the lake, but this acces is seasonal. The lake has no ring road, and no good reason to construct one, but park development foresees establishing hiking paths.

Lake region inhabitants use boats for their transport needs. There is also a scheduled navigation service linking Petrohue and Peulla, which mainly serves tourism but also provides scheduled service to residents. Both in Petrohue and Peulla there are good hotels and restaurants. Petrohue is at less than 100 km by road from Puerto Montt, the regional capital. There are frequent public buses plying this road. Puerto Montt has an airport with frequent flights to Santiago. Both in Puerto Montt and Puerto Varas there are properly staffed and outfitted medical clinics. On the Todos los Santos one is "out of this world" but not really remote:

The estates proposed here have access to untreated yet good drinking water. Cellular telephone coverage is partial; where there is no coverage, satellite telephone and internet services can be obtained. Heating, hot water and basic cooking will be ensured through firewood. Refrigerator and impromptu cooking can be ensured through commercial bottled gas. Electric light and necessary domestic appliances require ad-hoc solutions. These will go through battery storage. The batteries will be loaded through a petrol or diesel generator and/or an eolic generator and/or hydropower and/or solar cells.

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Contact:

Estudio Gutiérrez Cabello y Asociados

Huerfanos 1160, Oficina 301

Santiago, Chile

Teléfono: (+56) 2 6711311 & (+56) 2 6874925

email: parcelas@lagotodoslossantos.net

Pichilaguna de Cayutue (Carilauquen)

"Pichilaguna de Cayutue", also named "Carilauquen", is on the east coast of the Cayutue Bay, a fjord pointing from Isla Margarita southwards. The lagoon included in this land can be recognized on the Google Maps link on the right column. The estate has about 176 hectares with 2100 meters of coastal line on lake Todos los Santos. The coast has a succession of sandy beaches, with a large beach on the north and northeast coast, that is, on the sunny side. The *pichilaguna" or lagoon has about 10 hectares (25 acres) of surface with depths that go to 18 meters (20 yards). It is, with its own internal shore of 1000 meters, in the private domain. This land is entirely covered with primary native forest and has never been cleared by fire or subject to agricultural use, nor has it ever had any infrastructure; this is intact virgin land. There is no access by land, only over water. A motor boat takes about one half hour between Petrohue and the beaches of this place.

The Pichilaguna estate has an authorized subdivision into 10 parcels (see map on the left column). Plots 1 to 9 have areas comprised between 2.5 and 4 hectares (7 to 10 acres), each one with about 100 meters (330 feet) of lake coast. Parcel 10 has 142 ha (355 acres) and includes a lagoon of about 10 ha (25 acres). This plot of land also has direct access to the large beach on the northwest coast and to a brook suitable for micro-hydropower.

Punta de las Cruces Punta Cruces and Casa Vieja

The Punta de las Cruces estate has approximately 58 hectares of land with 1400 metres of shore on lake Todos los Santos. The larger part of this land is exposed to the north (the sunny side). The land is covered with valdivian rainforest, partly old growth and renewed since early settlement a century ago. There are (small) terraces for pasture, gardening and orchards. At one point there is a panoramic view of 270 degrees from the Osorno to the West to the Tronador in the East. There is access to a large beach and mooring at the bottom of Puerto Verde bay. There is a springwater source, which can also be used for micro-hydropower. Wind power can also be obtained.

There are no constructions on this land. It is proposed for sale jointly with the Casa Vieja (the old house) across the bay in Puerto Verde. The Casa Vieja has 5000 square meters (1.25 acres) of land exposed towards north and east. This was one of the earliest homesteads on the lake because of the convenient and pleasant situation close to the beach and safe mooring. The old family home in northern German style has been partially restored but requires further work for permanent residence. There is pressurized drinking water and the infrastructure of a micro-hydropower plant that was in use until 2005.