Alwe Lake

The lakes of the southern Chilean Andes lie among forests, volcanoes and mountains shaped by glaciers. In the country around Lake Todos los Santos, rivers carry abundant rainfall from the cordillera towards the Pacific. Steep wooded shores enclose the water, while snow-covered volcanic peaks rise beyond them. These lakes form part of the ancestral landscape of Mapuche and Huilliche communities, whose routes connected the mountain valleys with the western lowlands.