Air
LanChile, Bulnes 687, on plaza, T600-526 2000, http://www.lan.com; and Sky, T600-600 2828, fly to Manquehue Airport to/from Santiago, 1¼ hrs, from US$85 return; Concepción, 40 mins, Osorno, 40 mins, and Puerto Montt, 45 mins.
Bus
Local
Services to neighbouring towns leave from Terminal Rural, Pinto y Balmaceda or from bus company offices nearby: Erbuc, Miraflores y Bulnes; JAC, NarBus and Igi Llaima, Balmaceda y Aldunate; TurBus, Lagos 549.
To Panguipulli, Power and Pangui Sur, 2½ hrs, US$5. Pangui Sur also has services to Loncoche, US$3, Los Lagos, US$4, and Mehuín, summer only. To Curacautín via Lautaro, Erbuc, 4 daily, 2½ hrs, US$5, continuing to Lonquimay, 3½hrs, US$6. Narbus has hourly services daily to Nueva Imperial, Carahue and Puerto Saavedra. JAC runs buses to Villarrica and Pucón, many daily 0705-2045, 1½ hrs, US$6, and to Coñaripe, 3 hrs, and Lican-Ray, 2 hrs. Erbuc and Thiele run buses to Contulmo, 2 hrs, US$5, Cañete, US$5 and Lebú. To Chol Chol, Huincabus, 4 daily 1100-1800, 1 hr, US$2.
Long distance
The long-distance terminal is north of city at Pérez Rosales y Caupolicán; to get there, take buses 2, 7 or 10 from the centre. To Santiago several companies, 8-9hrs, many overnight, US$18-48; to Castro, Cruz del Sur, 3 a day; to Puerto Montt, 10 a day, 5½ hrs, US$10-18; to Valdivia, JAC, several daily, 2½ hrs, US$6; to Osorno 4 hrs, US$8; to Concepción, Bío Bío, 4½ hrs, US$9; to Chillán, 4 hrs, US$9.
International
To Junín de los Andes via Pucón, Igi Llaima and Narbus, daily between them, leaves early morning, advance booking required, US$27. To Neuquén via Curacautín, Lonquimay and the Paso Pino Hachado, Igi Llaima, Buses Caraza and Buses El Valle, daily between them, US$33; Buses Caraza have connecting services to Buenos Aires, Bahía Blanca and Mar del Plata, US$58. To Bariloche via Osorno, Tas Choapa, daily, US$30.
Car
Car hire from Budget, Lynch 471, T045-214911; Christopher Car, Varas 522, T/F045-215988; Dollar, at airport, T045-336512; Euro, MacKenna 426, T045-210311, helpful, good value; Full Famas, at airport and in centre T045-215420, recommended; Hertz, Las Heras 999, T045-235385. Several others.
Motorbike/bike
Motorbike mechanic: Terremoto, Claro Solar 358, T045-312828. Bicycles parts can be bought at Oxford, Andrés Bello 1040, T045-211869; repairs at Bulnes 228, Lautaro 1370, Portales 688. Also many on Balmaceda, Nos 1266, 1294 and 1448.
Train
The station is at Barros Arana y Lautaro Navarro, T045-233416,
http://www.efe.cl. At the time of writing, services north to Santiago and south to Puerto Montt are suspended.
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