In the locality of Lebu, you will be able to see the Cannons of Bronze (Cañones de Bronce), which measure 9 feet in length, with edgings, names and the shield of Spain on relief. They were melted in Lima in 1778 by the master Joanes Espinoza during government of the virrey Manuel de Amat and Jumiet. Declared National Historical Monument (Monumento Histórico Nacional), these cannons are installed in the main seat. And further, by the Saavedra Street (Calle Saavedra), you will find the fluvial Port, plenty of motorboats and fishing schooners. In the front is the artisan fishing port.

In the town of Lebu, you will have the possibility of enjoying a visit to the carboniferous industry Bocalebu, going through an old mining population. Later, you will arrive at the old wharf and the mouth of the Lebu River (Rio Lebu), where you will see the task of the "harvest" of coal, in which the miners gather the material dragged by the river from the natural mines.

It is suggested to return to the seat of Lebu and to rise to the Hill the Cross (Cerro La Cruz), to complete the visit with a panoramic view of the place.

In Lebu it is possible to develop varied activities, as body board and surf, in the area of the Lighthouse, Bocalebu; sport fishing, in Great beach (Playa Grande) or strolls in Motorboat going up to the river or to the mouth.

From Lebu, you can make a short stroll to the Millaneco beach (Playa Millaneco), where there is good hostel. Follow through the Ignacio Pinto Avenue and, in mile 1.8, make a left, which is signalized, towards Caves of the Bull (Cuevas del Toro). It is a full natural cavern plenty of ferns and lichens. Next to it, there are other caverns, excavated at the beginning of the century XX, one of which leads to a beautiful white sand beach.

From Lebu, by boat, you will be able to arrive at the Mocha Island (Isla Mocha), where around one thousand people live, that make a living of agriculture and fishing. Its perimeter can be crossed by horse. The Mocha Island (Isla Mocha) where abundant native flora grows on hills, is one of the few places all over the world where fardela nests.

The city of Lebu owns its name to the beautiful river on whose margins its history is born and of its gorgeous inferior valley.

The locality of Lebu, located in the South shore of the river of the same name when arriving at its mouth, is the natural exit door of the Hinterland Araucano.

It was founded by Colonel Cornelio Saavedra the 8 of October of 1862, when a solemn ceremony was carried out of positioning of the first stone of “Fort Varas”, with the intention that on its environs raised a population that would attract the numerous pilgrims scattered in the Valley of the Lebu River (Valle del Rio Lebu).

And so was born the city of Lebu, which years later would become the Province of Arauco, the most legendary provinces of Chile and the center of the carboniferous industry of the zone of the araucana coast.

The name of the river comes from the mapuche word “leuvú”, that means river indeed, leufu mapuche made more Spanish by the conqueror in Lebo, Levo, Leubu or Lebú, was considered as the natural borderline between the indomitable states of Arauco and Tucapel and, until the middle of century XIX, marked the limit of the Chilean penetration in the Lafkenche territory.

On the Valley of Lebu, Alonso of Rivera founded, in 1604, Fort Santa Margarita of Austria, up the river at one “long legua” of the sea.

During the deadly War, the forests of the Lebu gave refuge to the fugitive nuns Trinitarians of .

At the same time, Benavides, definitively defeated by the patriotics in Vegas de Saldías, looked for shelter in the corners of Lebu, specifically in the natural caverns that existed in the sector of Millaneco.

Leave Lebu (mile 62) remaking the way until the crossing (mile 80). From there, go on towards Cañete. In mile 86, it is the village of Antiguala, where Caupolicán was captured by Alonso de Reinoso, the 5 of November of 1558.

In the town of Lebu, you will have the possibility of enjoying a visit to the carboniferous industry Bocalebu, going through an old mining population. Later, you will arrive at the old wharf and the mouth of the Lebu River (Rio Lebu), where you will see the task of the "harvest" of coal, in which the miners gather the material dragged by the river from the natural mines.

It is suggested to return to the seat of Lebu and to rise to the Hill the Cross (Cerro La Cruz), to complete the visit with a panoramic view of the place.

In Lebu it is possible to develop varied activities, as body board and surf, in the area of the Lighthouse, Bocalebu; sport fishing, in Great beach (Playa Grande) or strolls in Motorboat going up to the river or to the mouth.

From Lebu, you can make a short stroll to the Millaneco beach (Playa Millaneco), where there is good hostel. Follow through the Ignacio Pinto Avenue and, in mile 1.8, make a left, which is signalized, towards Caves of the Bull (Cuevas del Toro). It is a full natural cavern plenty of ferns and lichens. Next to it, there are other caverns, excavated at the beginning of the century XX, one of which leads to a beautiful white sand beach.

From Lebu, by boat, you will be able to arrive at the Mocha Island (Isla Mocha), where around one thousand people live, that make a living of agriculture and fishing. Its perimeter can be crossed by horse. The Mocha Island (Isla Mocha) where abundant native flora grows on hills, is one of the few places all over the world where fardela nests.

The city of Lebu owns its name to the beautiful river on whose margins its history is born and of its gorgeous inferior valley.

The locality of Lebu, located in the South shore of the river of the same name when arriving at its mouth, is the natural exit door of the Hinterland Araucano.

It was founded by Colonel Cornelio Saavedra the 8 of October of 1862, when a solemn ceremony was carried out of positioning of the first stone of “Fort Varas”, with the intention that on its environs raised a population that would attract the numerous pilgrims scattered in the Valley of the Lebu River (Valle del Rio Lebu).

And so was born the city of Lebu, which years later would become the Province of Arauco, the most legendary provinces of Chile and the center of the carboniferous industry of the zone of the araucana coast.

The name of the river comes from the mapuche word “leuvú”, that means river indeed, leufu mapuche made more Spanish by the conqueror in Lebo, Levo, Leubu or Lebú, was considered as the natural borderline between the indomitable states of Arauco and Tucapel and, until the middle of century XIX, marked the limit of the Chilean penetration in the Lafkenche territory.

On the Valley of Lebu, Alonso of Rivera founded, in 1604, Fort Santa Margarita of Austria, up the river at one “long legua” of the sea.

During the deadly War, the forests of the Lebu gave refuge to the fugitive nuns Trinitarians of .

At the same time, Benavides, definitively defeated by the patriotics in Vegas de Saldías, looked for shelter in the corners of Lebu, specifically in the natural caverns that existed in the sector of Millaneco.

Leave Lebu (mile 62) remaking the way until the crossing (mile 80). From there, go on towards Cañete. In mile 86, it is the village of Antiguala, where Caupolicán was captured by Alonso de Reinoso, the 5 of November of 1558.