People love our place because the bbq's, the fire pit, our big secluded gardens with lots of places to lounge under the cherry trees, the fire place and tv room with dvd's and cable tv, a big kitchen to accommodate all your cooking needs, our close proximity (1 block!) to the beach and the main plaza, and our friendly helpful staff.
check the video of the hostel (next to the photos)
Hi, I'm Gustavo Arenas, owner and founder of etnico hostels and Chilean mountain guide. I'm very pleased to receive you in my hometown and to be able to share with you the natural beauty and magic of Pucon. We are located in a stunning part of the world, surrounded by volcanoes, rivers, lakes, and forests-- all of which make this place so special for nature and outdoor activities lovers.


Etnico Eco-Hostel offers:

~Private enclose gardens with hammocks, bbq place and outdoor seating
~Swimming pool (summer only of course)
~Quincho; relaxing area with fireplace for drinks & more
~Trek mountain bike rentals (new!)
~Car and bike parking
~Large kitchen
~Living room with big fire place, cable tv, dvd library, ipod speakers and books
~Mateo and Tomas our friendly Newfoundlands who lounge in the garden- but never come in the hostel.
~Check out 11am. luggage storage.
~ wireless internet conection and computer station.
~ We organize your outdoor activities. why with us? we offer the best relationship between price-quality, because we operate and we know who run the activities and so you wont have unpleasent or dangerous surprises. also the activities start and finish from the hostel.

Activities we offer:

~Hike to the active crater of the Villarrica volcano with an amazing view of the lake district and it's many volcanos. in winter we can ski it down (only advanced ski snowboarders)
~Trekking in Huerquehue National Park among Araucaria trees,
swimming in mountain lakes and outdoor hot springs
~Day trekking in el Cai forest sanctuary, first private park in chile.
~Horseback riding in a Mapuche (local indigenous people) reserve in the Quelhue mountain range.
~Mountain bike along the Liucura river then relax at Playa Blanca, the best beach in the region, on the Caburga Lake.
~Sea kayak toward the delta of Trancura River
~Paragliding over the villarrica lake
~Ski diving over the Villarrica Volcano
~Canopy in the native rain forest.
~Hot springs next to the liucura River
~Rafting or ducky in any of the beautiful rivers in the area
~River kayaking (all levels, from classes to waterfalls)
~Sailing trips on Lake Villarica

We are very excited about our new hostel which is actually a very old historic building in Pucon. It was a monastery in the 1930's where English nuns lived. We have converted the monastery chapel into our quincho (BBQ & party place in Chilean) to honor our favorite Chilean past-time of BBQ!