Caburgua Lake (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈβuɾɣwa]) is located 23 km northeast of the city of Pucón, in the La Araucanía Region of Chile.

[7] The lake has recently gained notoriety for the holiday residences of people like former Presidents Sebastián Piñera and Michelle Bachelet.

The earliest Caburgua inhabitants before the Spanish were the Pehuenche, a subdivision of the Mapuche, who lived in the southern Andes and moved back and forth across the mountains.

They also used slash and burn agriculture, but most of the Andes in this region were covered by giant, noble hardwoods, like coihue, roble, and raulí, which were not easy to clear for farming.

When the Spanish conquered the forested regions, they likewise had trouble developing a lumber industry for lack of machines and transportation.

Although a number of sizable estates were formed in this region, due to poor soils of volcanic sands, as well as numerous lava deposits in the Caburgua Valley, this area remained unattractive to large farms and ranches.

As a result, those who forged the early Caburgua community were Mapuche inhabitants who had signed land cession treaties, Chilean campesinos, and German immigrants.