Fodor's Expert Review Huilo Huilo

This massive eco-tourism complex boasts five hotels, numerous cabins, and several camping sites amid the beautiful temperate forest, rivers, and lakes at the Huilo Huilo Biological Reserve. The three main lodges—Montana Magica Lodge, Nothafagus Lodge & Spa, and Reino Fungi Lodge—are connected by a long, wooden walkway. A fourth, Nawelpi Lodge, is a smaller, more exclusive lodge deeper inside the reserve on the northern side of the Puerto Fuy River. The fifth, Marina del Fuy Lodge, faces Lake Pirehueico and the Mocho Choshuenco volcano. Like nothing you have ever seen before, the surreal Nothafagus Lodge is shaped like a Baobab tree, while Reino Fungi Lodge resembles a giant mushroom. All of the hotels are heavily rustic, with walls made from native woods and the floors from handsome stones. The views from the rooms, looking out on forest with constant bird-singing traffic, are tremendous. Diverse nature and outdoor sports excursions in winter and summer are available.