Termas de Queipúe
- Location
- Melipeuco, Araucanía, Chile
- Water type
- sulfurous
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 6.5
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in active gases or metals — a strong mineral character.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Termas de Queipúe is a naturally sulphurous thermal spring in the Los Ríos region of southern Chile, set within the biodiverse temperate rainforest landscape of Chilean Patagonia where ancient forests of ulmo, coigüe, and mañío trees frame a geothermal setting of great natural beauty. The spring's name carries elements of the Mapuche indigenous language that saturates the place-names of southern Chile, rooting the thermal site in the deep cultural heritage of the Mapuche people who have inhabited and revered the volcanic landscape of the Lake District for millennia. The warm sulphurous waters invite bathers to experience the geothermal energy of the Andean earth in one of Chile's most ecologically rich and culturally meaningful landscapes.