Rent a car in Temuco at La Araucania Airport (ZCO), where Sixt lists an airport location and the arrivals area hosts Chile's usual rental names, or in the city for a later pickup. Temuco is the gateway to Chile's lake-and-volcano country, and the rental math is simple: Pucon and Villarrica sit about an hour southeast, Conguillio National Park's araucaria forests two hours northeast, and the hot-spring valleys scatter between them on roads public transport serves thinly. A standard car handles the paved network fine; choose higher clearance for Conguillio's lava-field gravel sections, and in winter carry chains for the volcano approaches - ski traffic to the Villarrica and Corralco slopes meets carabinero chain checks in season. Book ahead for January-February holidays and for ski weekends.
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