Puerto Montt. The cycle tourism activity will go across the Reloncaví Bay between February 1 and February 4, in a route starting and ending in Puerto Montt, capital of the Region of Los Lagos.
70 cyclist from all over the country will arrive to Puerto Montt to participate in the 2024 Reloncaví challenge. This cycle tourism initiative, in its third version, will go across for more than 200 kilometers along the edge of the Reloncaví Bay, between the municipal districts of Puerto Montt, Hualaihué, Queullín and Puluqui islands, Calbuco and Puerto Montt in the middle of the idyllic landscape of the Chilean Patagonia.
The initiative of the Social, Cultural and Environmental Rainy Cyclist of Puerto Mont Association is supported by the municipalities of Puerto Montt, Hualaihué and Calbuco, and the companies Salmones Austral and AquaChile.
Participants of the 2024 Reloncaví challenge will start at the front of the Puerto Montt Municipality next Thursday, February 1, at 9 AM, towards the town of Contao (Hualaihué). The second day they will embark towards the Queullín Island in Calbuco. The third day they will go across the Puluqui Island (Calbuco). The fourth day they will go through the cost route between Calbuco and Puerto Montt and will end the tour at the front of the Puerto Montt Municipality, with the award ceremony.
The chairman of the organization, Ernesto Wenzel, indicated that “we are very proud of this activity, because we were able to organize this third version with the support of various organizations, institutions and companies. Cyclists from all over the country who love cycle tourism will come to Puerto Montt. Friends from 27 municipal districts and 6 regions of the country, from La Serena to Quinchao, all of them willing to join this unique adventure in the south of Chile, that starts in Puerto Montt, in the heart of Patagonia”, he said.
The Reloncaví challenge is a non-competitive cycle tourism activity that includes 4 transfers in ferry and the opportunity to enjoy the landscape, beaches and share and know the inhabitants of the Region of Los Lagos, with important stops in Mañihueico (House Museum of riverside carpentry), Contao, Queullín Island, Puluqui Island and the town of Huelmo in Puerto Montt.
Rainy Cyclists
The rainy cyclist movement has been developing activities for more than 5 years in the municipal district and region, promoting road coexistence, the city on a human scale and, basically, mutual respect in public spaces. Among its activities, the “Critical Mass” stands out, which is an activity to make the bicycle visible as a mode of mobility in public spaces, as well as a demonstration for road coexistence and mutual respect.
Through its social networks, the organization constantly invites to cycle tourism routs in the Tenglo, Maillén and Huar Islands, and also to the attractive Chapo Lake, Llanquihue National Reserve, Carretera Austral, Alerce Nursery Park, Alerces Sanctuary, Alerce Andino Park, Las Quemas, Huelmo, Monte Verde, Puerto Varas, Llanquihue, Hornopirén, Ancud, among other destinations and tourist attractions in the municipal district and the Region of Los Lagos.
Source: www.elcalbucano.cl
