4 Best Shopping in The Lake District, Chile

This nonprofit promotes the fair trade of Mapuche handicrafts; the quality of their handwoven, colorful wool rugs, blankets, pillows, scarves, gloves, and other textiles are spectacular. They also have a stunning selection of jewelry and ceramics.

This shop sells ancestral Mapuche remedies for everything from simple head colds to cancers and improving sexual performance.

At the Feria Libre, you can bargain hard with the Mapuche vendors, who sell their crafts and produce in the blocks surrounding the railroad station and bus terminal. Leave the camera behind, as the vendors aren't happy about being photographed.

Across the Río Cautín from Temuco is the suburb of Padre Las Casas, a Mapuche community whose center is populated by artisan vendors selling locally crafted woodwork, textiles, and pottery under the auspices of the town's rural development program. You can purchase crafts here weekdays 9 to 5.