Fuentes Termales

Fuentes Termales — simply 'thermal springs' in Spanish — designates a natural hot spring site in Chile, a country endowed with some of the most abundant and varied geothermal spring resources in South America due to its position along the Pacific Ring of Fire and the active volcanic arc of the Andes that stretches from Arica in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the far south. Chile counts hundreds of named thermal springs along the Cordillera, emerging from volcanic flanks, Andean faults, and geothermal fields associated with its chain of more than 90 active volcanoes. This site offers naturally heated mineral waters in the volcanic Andean landscape that defines Chile's thermal geography, continuing a bathing tradition shared by Mapuche, Atacameño, and other indigenous communities.