COLONIA SUIZA

This is an interesting "cherry" on top of the trip along "Circuito Chico" as it is located in the area between Lake Moreno and NR Nš 237. This small village is framed in a untamed mountain environment and its pleasing wooden houses give it a very special charm.

Colonia Suiza is bisected by the Goye Stream, named after its Swiss founders, surnamed Goye, from which ad great number of the local inhabitants are descendants of these hardworking pioneers.

Two of the main magnetic items of the colony are the fish farm located on Lake Moreno Este and the fruit orchards, where authentic regional preserves and other products are on sale.

Colonia Suiza was peopled by Swiss and French immigrants. Currently, their descendants dedicate their work to the production of canned foods, jams, preserves and homemade fruit liqueurs. They also offer tourists a chance to sample traditional curanto, an Araucano dish made of meat and vegetables cooked over heated stones buried in the ground.
Many camping grounds are used as bases for budding mountaineers who use the trails around Colonia Suiza to access the refuges or lagoons in the area.