Aguas Termales

Aguas Termales is a natural sulfurous geothermal hot spring in Chile where the volcanic activity of the Andes produces sulfur-rich geothermal waters of considerable character in one of the world's most volcanically dynamic mountain landscapes — Chile's 4,300-kilometer Pacific margin supports over 270 volcanoes and one of the planet's densest concentrations of active geothermal energy. The sulfurous mineral content of these waters is associated with sulfur springs in both the indigenous Mapuche bathing traditions that have used Andean thermal springs for centuries and contemporary thermal culture, within a long tradition of mineral bathing. The Andean setting — typically a remote mountain valley accessible by dirt road through landscapes of volcanic rock, native lenga beech forest, and glaciated peaks — adds an elemental wildness to the experience of bathing in sulfurous volcanic water that connects the visitor directly to the tectonic forces reshaping South America's Pacific margin.