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Block House · Puerto Octay, Lake Llanquihue
Two private wooden stays in the countryside facing Lake Llanquihue, with Osorno Volcano right in front.
See the staysOsorno Volcano and Lake Llanquihue
Block House offers two independent stays, each for your exclusive use, with its own garden and parking. Both are booked on Airbnb, where you’ll find up-to-date availability, rates and conditions.
The Guest Cabin: a two-storey log house
A log cabin of Douglas fir, built from the timber left over from the main house. A retreat for the whole family. See inside the Cabin.
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El Carro, our tiny house
The very first house at Block House, built in wood on a four-wheeled wagon. Made for a getaway for two. See inside El Carro.
Book the Tiny on AirbnbExposed logs, wood in every corner and Osorno in the window. Choose an area to see its details and photos.
Living and dining area with a sofa facing the wood stove and a TV corner. Kitchen equipped with stove and oven, fridge, microwave, kettle, toaster, coffee maker and juicer. Full bathroom with shower and washing machine.
Main bedroom with a double bed under a skylight, a work area and access to a covered balcony with a sofa. A second room with three beds, a bunk bed and a single, overlooking the fields.
For your exclusive use, with its own garden and parking. Terrace under the eaves with a high table, gas grill and firewood for the stove. From the balcony, Osorno Volcano straight ahead and sunsets over the fields.
The very first house at Block House, made of wood on wheels. Small, warm and with Osorno in the window. Choose an area to see its details and photos.
A 45 m² retreat for two, lined in Douglas fir: lounge with sofa, high table, TV and Bosca wood stove; bedroom with double bed, sheets, duvets and towels; and a full bathroom with shower cabin. Through the window, Osorno.
The barbecue kitchen is separate, for your exclusive use and accessed from outside: sink with granite countertop, fridge, microwave, kettle, toaster, washing machine and kitchenware. Under cover, a gas grill with side burner.
A covered terrace at the front, to watch the rain fall with a coffee in hand, with a log table, stools and firewood at hand. Your own garden and parking, and Lake Llanquihue just across the road.
Some places are dreamed first, and then, with patience, raised log by log.
Block House was born from the dream of Uwe Petersen, a German jeweller who passed through New Zealand before coming to Chile in search of a place where life moved at a different pace. At a gathering of the German community in southern Chile he met Heini Tampe and Marta Schmidt, a local couple who welcomed him as one of their own and introduced him to the owner of a stretch of lakeshore in Las Cascadas. He bought the land there in 2010.
The earthquake that same year convinced him to build with one of the oldest and sturdiest techniques there is: the log house, the Northern European Blockhaus that gives the place its name. He bought a thirty-year-old Douglas fir plantation and, with carpenters brought from Germany, the whole logs were carved one by one and joined with wooden dowels between 2011 and 2013. The leftover timber was later used to build the Cabin.
Almost everything you see inside, the furniture, the staircase and the details, came from the hands of Heini, a farmer by trade and a wood artist by vocation. He also built El Carro, the little house on wheels where Uwe lived for his first two years, facing the beach, while he imagined the house.
Today the main house, by the lake, is private and not for rent. Guests stay in the Cabin or in El Carro, on the same property across the road, in the Puerto Klocker area, between Puerto Octay and Las Cascadas.
From the eastern shore of Lake Llanquihue, the landscape is dominated by Osorno, Puntiagudo and Calbuco, each with its unmistakable shape.
The almost perfect cone seen from the house, snow-capped most of the year.
The rocky spire rising northeast of Osorno.
The massif with a broken summit to the south, across the lake.
The main plan is to have no plan. What the place offers is just steps from the door.
The clean, cold waters of Lake Llanquihue, with Osorno in the background.
Trails through native forest, lakeshores and country roads.
The lakeshore between Puerto Octay, Las Cascadas and Ensenada.
Country silence and truly dark nights, the kind that are getting hard to find.
Birds, forest and volcanoes. The landscape changes with every hour of the day.
Read, look at the lake and unplug from the pace of the city.
At the end of the day, the sun sets over Lake Llanquihue and the sky changes colour minute by minute. A show that repeats almost every evening, steps from the house.
Block House sits on the eastern shore of the lake, at the gateway to Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park. The closest places can be reached by bike; the farthest, on a day trip.
Puerto Klocker area, Puerto Octay.
A small lakeside village with a beach and local shops. Starting point for the waterfall.
A waterfall of about 50 metres fed by the Blanco River, reached by a forest trail of about 30 minutes.
One of the longest zip-line circuits in South America: about 2 km across 11 cables, up to 90 metres high, with views of Osorno Volcano and the lake. Minimum age 7.
Gateway to the national park, Osorno Volcano and Petrohué. A base for kayaking, rafting and trekking.
Turquoise rapids running over volcanic rock in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park, the oldest in Chile. Easy-access walkways.
A mountain road up to the ski centre, at about 1,240 metres, with viewpoints over the lake, glaciers and chairlifts that climb even higher. Guided trekking in summer.
A town of German architecture on the northern shore of the lake, with the Puerto Octay Museum, the Centinela peninsula and Maitén beach. Famous for its cheeses.
An emerald-green lake surrounded by the Osorno, Puntiagudo and Tronador volcanoes. Boat trips and kayaking from the Petrohué pier.
An eco-village at the far end of Lake Todos los Santos, almost two hours by boat from Petrohué. Horse riding, trails and zip-lining. Limited places: book in advance.
Teatro del Lago, home of the Semanas Musicales festival; the German Colonial History Museum and its pier facing Osorno.
The city of roses: waterfront, food, shopping and the Sacred Heart Church, from 1915.
Provincial capital, with services, shops and an airfield. Access to Lake Rupanco and Puyehue National Park.
Approximate road distances from Block House.
We want you to arrive knowing exactly where you are staying: a country cabin in southern Chile, with wonderful things and others worth knowing in advance.
This is real countryside. The cabins are surrounded by pastures with cattle that sometimes wander into the gardens, and there is plenty of wildlife and insects depending on the season: horseflies, June beetles, spiders, wasps, bees, flies and mosquitoes. At dusk, it’s best to turn off the lights before opening doors or windows.
Birds are part of the place and some are loud: southern lapwings, ibises, parakeets and owls. Also, both stays are about 21 metres from route U-55, so you will hear passing cars, motorbikes and bicycles. If you are a very light sleeper, keep this in mind.
It rains all year round, especially between March and November, with occasional windstorms, hail and thunderstorms. Winter brings hard frosts: during a frost the water heater may freeze and leave you without hot water until the temperature rises. The firewood may be damp on the outside, but it is dry inside and lights without trouble.
Yes. It is well water, drinkable and chlorinated by the supplier. It may taste different from city water.
There are outdoor cameras, active and monitored. There are no cameras or recording devices inside the stays or in any private space. The PTZ cameras may switch on lights and make the sound of their movement.
Yes, they are welcome. Please don’t leave them loose or unsupervised in the gardens. In the Cabin, they also may not get on the beds or be left alone on the property.
We do a full clean before your arrival and at the end of your stay; cleaning during the stay is not included. All items are inventoried and checked at check-out. There is an outdoor bin, which we empty on collection days.
The internal roads are dirt and do not require 4x4; puddles may form when it rains. Each stay has its own parking next to the cabin.
Any questions? Message us on WhatsApp before booking.
Block House is in the Puerto Klocker area, Puerto Octay, Los Lagos Region, on the lakeside road that connects Puerto Octay with Las Cascadas and Ensenada.
The nearest airport is El Tepual, in Puerto Montt; from there you drive through Puerto Varas and Ensenada, along the lake. You can also arrive from Osorno via Puerto Octay.
Access is from route U-55, which connects Osorno with Las Cascadas: the property has vehicle gates and a pedestrian entrance, and each stay has its own parking next to the cabin. The internal roads are dirt and do not require 4x4; puddles may form when it rains. Lake Llanquihue is right in front, across the road.
Self check-in with a key lockbox. Access instructions, the lockbox code and check-in and check-out times are sent through Airbnb once your booking is confirmed.