Mallin Colorado Cabanas, Chile

Mallin Colorado is located in the Region of Aysen on the shores of Lake General Carrera, in Chilean Patagonia, 273 Kms. to the south of Coihaique on the Austral Highway. it is, a long way from anywhere, in stunning scenery. The cabanas are luxurious, the food is excellent and the owners extremely hospitable. The area is scarcely populated and most of the land is national parks or protected areas.

Mallin Colorado is an Eco lodge. The maximum capacity of 18 people ensures that visitors receive exclusive and dedicated attention. Mallin Colorado hosts its clients in cabins built of native wood, with excellent views of Lake General Carrera. Each cabin is isolated and provides a private and peaceful environment that is harmonious with the local landscape. They are rustic, comfortable, and elegantly furnished cabins, surrounded by a park of native tree. They have hard wood floors, beds with natural down comforters, box spring mattresses, wood stoves, and ample windows with views of the immense Lake.

They offer excellent food. You sit down at table with the owners and converse with them over dinner. They prepare homemade and traditional dishes with fresh vegetables from their garden and healthy meats of the region. The food is cooked over a wood fire in clay pots, with lots of love and care. A very nice place to stay


They don't want the rivers dammed for electricity here.	Arriving at the Cabanas Mallin Colorado

Lake in the area	Relaxing with a wood fire

View from inside	and same view from outside

Walk along the lake	over stiles

along the river	and back along the lake

Owners of Cabanas Mallin Colorado	Our cabana

Lupins along the road to Coihaique	Dirt road with lupins

Lupins	View of dead trees killed by volcanic ash

View of dead forest killed by volcanic ash	Passed more high mountains

over mountain passes	and more snow capped peaks