Raukolafken Lake

Lake Ranco lies among the wooded foothills of the southern Chilean Andes. Several rivers flow into it, including the Calcurrupe, which connects it with Lake Maihue, and the Nilahue and Riñinahue from the eastern mountains. Its waters drain westwards through the Bueno River. Huilliche communities lived around the lake basins, where forests, waterways and nearby mountain valleys formed their homeland long before extensive Spanish settlement.