Trails Experience at Alerce Andino National Park

We depart from your hotel in Puerto Varas or Puerto Montt, driving toward Alerce Andino National Park (39, 255 hectares). This national park was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2007. This National park is also part of the Route of Parks of Patagonia. Our excursion takes us through the Pacific Coast Reloncaví Sound by the Southern Road. We pass by quaint fishing villages. The Calbuco Volcano and all the beautiful Andean-Patagonian mountain range are alongside us in this stunning journey! The beautiful native forest wows us with its intense green, where we can see and identify species of local flora and fauna. After half an hour we arrive at a beautiful waterfall. As we continue, we can see or hear birds such as the black woodpecker, the Huemul Huemul, the Kingfisher, the Chucao, and the Cara-Cara. We reach a 3, 000-yr. -old redwood, and then we continue to Lagoons Chaiquenes and Triangle. Time to relax, take photos and eat our box lunch. Back to the hotel or pier.

Pick-up at the agreed meeting point. We drive through Puerto Montt and continue along the scenic Carretera Austral, following the shores of Reloncaví Sound toward Alerce Andino National Park, Lenca sector. Along the way, enjoy views of rural landscapes, fishing villages and the surrounding mountains. We begin our hike through the temperate rainforest beside the Chaica River, with stops at Chaica Waterfall and Chaiquenes Lagoon. On the longer route, after about 1.5 additional hours, we reach Triángulo Lagoon, where we rest, enjoy our box lunch and take photos before returning along the same trail. Long option: approx. 16 km / 10 miles round trip to Chaiquenes and Triángulo Lagoons. Moderate–challenging. Short option: approx. 9 km / 5.5 miles round trip to Chaica Waterfall and a 3,000-year-old Alerce tree. Easy–moderate. Return via the Carretera Austral. Drop-off at your hotel, pier or airport in Puerto Montt or Puerto Varas.