Rio Chaica - P.N Alerce Andino (Patagonia - Chile)

            El Parque Nacional Alerce Andino forma parte de la Reserva de la Biosfera Bosques Templados Lluviosos de Los Andes Australes. 

Se ubica 40 km al sur de Puerto Montt por la Carretera Austral. Abarca la zona montañosa al sur del Lago Chapo entre el Seno y Estuario de Reloncavi por el Sur-Este y  el Oceano Pacifico por Oeste. Cuenta con dos sectores para excursiones: Sector Correntoso proximo al Lago Chapo y el Sector Chaicas proximo a Lenca. 

Entre sus principales atracciones es posible visitar mas de 40 hermosos lagos y lagunas de  alta montaña, y principalmente sus 20.000 hectareas de primitivos bosques de Alerces milenarios, el Bosque Catedral. Este parque es el lugar donde es porsible visitar mas facilmente estos bosques que se caraterizan por crecer en zonas montañosas e inaccesibles tanto de la Cordillera de la Costa como de la Cordillera de los Andes de la Region de Los Lagos.

El Alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides)  es el arból mas longevo del Hemisferio Sur, se ha encontrado arboles con mas de 4.000 años de antiguedad y puede llegar a alcanzar los 50 mts de altura. Es una conífera endémica de los bosques subantárticos sudamericanos, que crece principalmente en Chile y en menor proporción en algunas zonas de Argentina que se encuentra en peligro de extincion.

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Alerce Andino National Park is part of the Biosphere Reserve temperate rainforests of the southern Andes.

Located 40 km south of Puerto Montt on the Carretera Austral. It covers the mountainous area south of Lake Chapo between Sound and Reloncavi Estuary on the south-east and the Pacific Ocean to the West. There are two sectors for excursions: Sector Correntoso next to Lake Chapo and next to Lenca town Chaicas Sector.

Among its main attractions you can visit more than 40 beautiful langoons and high mountain lakes, and especially its 20,000 hectares of primitive forests of ancient Alerces, the Forest Cathedral. This park is the place where it is more easily possible to visit these forests are categorized by growing in mountainous and inaccessible slopes of the Cordillera de la Costa and the Andes of Los Lagos Region.

The Larch (Fitzroya cupressoides) is the oldest tree in the Southern Hemisphere, found trees with more than 4,000 years old and can reach the 50 meters high. It is a conifer endemic to the subantarctic forests of South America, which grows mainly in Chile and in smaller proportion in some areas of Argentina which is in danger of extinction.

Taken in: Chile / Los Lagos / Correntoso (show map)

Taken on: May 30, 2023

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