The best holiday I've ever had

My best holiday ever was 2 years ago. I went to a place called Icalma near the border with Argentina in La Araucania region . I had never been in a place so heavenly amazing  so it was definitely the best one to me.

I traveled with my girlfriend and her parents and brother by car. The trip took around 20 hours but the time passed quickly while i was sighseeing wonderful landscapes.

When we finally arrived to Icalma town we took a boat to get to the other side of Icalma big lake. There was a campsite run by a mapuche-pewenche family and we stayed there with our tents at the edge of the lakes for more than a month.

After two weeks, the pewenche family that we had met invited us to their annual ceremony called nguillatun and it was a privilege to us because it is an earnest and hermetic  feast .

Days later we went to “piñonear” with them to the mountain full of Araucarias so we trekking a lot while we were finding more “piñones” to collect.

I remember that all the mornings we woke up with the kultrun sound and the singing of the “machi” of the place, It was a magical experience. I also remember that sometimes we swam in the gauzy lake at noons  and then we did kayaking in the afternoons.

One day, in the evening, It started to rain and the lake was really warm so my girlfriend and I decided to dive in to the lake and see what would happen. It was so fun and adventurous that i will never forget that.

The landscape, the mapuche culture, the animals, the magic and peace that i saw and lived in there was incomparable, i would definitely come back everytime I could.