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Río Liucura: Pucón’s cold, clear class III run

Río Liucura guide near Pucón: the lower Liucura class III run, put-ins, take-out, play spot, season and today’s live Liucura water level.

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Where the Liucura runs

The Liucura flows through the valley northeast of Pucón, between Lago Caburgua and Huerquehue National Park, and joins the Trancura system just above Pucón. Steep creeks such as the Río Nevado feed its upper reaches.

The lower Liucura

The classic run is the lower Liucura: cold water, year-round flows and class III read-and-run rapids. The exception is the last major rapid, La Leona, which comes soon after the junction with the Trancura. The run takes about 45 minutes to an hour. A well-known play spot about 1 km below the put-in works best at low water in February and March.

There is also an upper Liucura that is only worthwhile in the higher-water months; part of it can be reached by putting in on the Coilaco.

Put-ins and take-out

• From Pucón, take the road toward Caburgua and cross the Trancura at Puente Metreñehue (about 10 km). About 0.6 km beyond the bridge, turn left opposite the Capilla Santa Cruz chapel, following signs for Camping Manzano and Ecoparque.
• Option 1: after about 0.8 km, turn right to Camping Manzano. It charges a small fee and gives you roughly 1 km of flatwater to warm up.
• Option 2: after about 1.3 km, another right turn ends at a public launch on the Liucura.
• Take-out: the Quelhue suspension bridge over the Trancura, reached by the gravel road signed Pasarela Quelhue / Aeródromo Pucón, about 2 km off the international road. Cars left there have been broken into, so many paddlers hire a shuttle driver from a Pucón rafting company.

Season and flows

The Liucura runs all year. Rivers of Chile doesn’t give a flow range, but notes the play spot is best at the low flows of late summer.

How to read our Liucura gauge

The Liucura has its own DGA station, Río Liucura en Liucura, shown live on our Pucón page. Below the confluence the Trancura and Liucura flows add together, which is why La Leona is bigger than anything above it. The Liucura reading also serves as the downstream proxy for the ungauged Nevados.

Safety

The water is cold even in summer. La Leona is the crux, so scout it if you don’t know it. Don’t leave valuables in cars at the take-out.

Frequently asked questions

What class is the Liucura?

The lower Liucura is class III read-and-run, with La Leona as its biggest rapid.

Where can I see the Liucura water level today?

On <a href="https://chilewaterlevels.com/pucon/">chilewaterlevels.com/pucon</a>, from the DGA station Río Liucura en Liucura.

Provisional real-time data from DGA Chile. Always scout and check conditions on the river.

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Sources: riversofchile.com/rio-liucura · riversofchile.com/trancura-lower · Updated 2026-10-26