Bio-Bio

The city of Concepción is the provincial capital of the Eighth region of Chile, it is raised on the Bío-Bio River (Rio Bio-Bio) and it is located 316 miles to the south of Santiago and 69 miles of the city of Chillán, and is the commercial center of agricultural products of the fertile surrounding region. Concepción has around 327,000 inhabitants, [...]

The town of Penco is only 8.6 miles from the city of Concepción. The towns of Penco and Lirquén have around 40 thousand inhabitants, and in fact, it conforms a single city, separated by a hill that gives different origin to bays, beaches and ports. Penco was the first large city founded in the south by Pedro de Valdivia, in [...]

(Woodpecker – Pájaro Carpintero) The town of Rere was founded by Alonso de Sotomayor in 1586 under the name of Nuestra Señora de la Buena Esperanza,the town tried to be a nexus between Yumbel and the city of Concepción. In 1603 a fort  was raised also denominated Buena Esperanza, left during a mapuche insurrection in 1655 that caused [...]

(Small town – Pequeño poblado) The locality of Lota is an old mining town, placed 5 miles to the south of the city of Coronel and 26 miles from Concepción. The city of Lota was founded by the Spanish Governor Angel of Peredo in 1662, and the 5 of January of 1875 is conferred to Lota the title of city. In 1852, [...]

In the middle of a unique and exotic nature, the Mocha Island is located in the coast of Chile, in front to the limit of the Region of the Bio-Bio and the Region of the Araucanía, 21 miles orom the city of Tirúa. Administratively, it depends on the Region of the Bio-Bio. Its exact geographic location is South 38º23′06″-latitude [...]

Ralco National Reserve counts on 12,492 hectares that mainly include the cone of Callaqui volcano. Among pronounced curves, precipices and scarped slopes, the road takes you to one of the wild protected areas less known of the country. Only 95 miles away from the city of Los Angeles; the road toward the reserve has 58 miles of good asphalt and [...]

The Sanctuary of the Nature and Reserve the Huemules de Niblinto includes 9,553.5 hectares in altitudes between 2.624 feet and 6.889 feet. Its purpose is to protect the last population of huemules of central Chile. A heraldic mammal, an Andean red deer in extinction danger that formerly lived from the Cachapoal River towards the south. The Huemul, species [...]

Considered by many, one of the best thermal centers of the country, the Termas de Chillán are located 5.249 feet abose sea level, on the slopes of Chillán volcano and combine the thermal activity with a modern ski center . The Termas de Chillán ski center is located 50 miles from Chillán, in the middle of the pre mountain range [...]

The city of Los Angeles is located in the Chilean Longitudinal valley , 65 miles from the city of Chillán and 79 miles of Concepción, and has approximately 106,556 inhabitants. Los Angeles is the capital of the province of the Bio-Bio and is located in the middle of the region that during the Colony was well-known as “Island of [...]

Cartagena, with a population of 16,875, is a beautiful place, where the hills run sharp to the ocean, leaving a small sheltered bay and beach. In this resort-town were built the big and old houses in a fantasy style. Side by side, these houses form the streets that go up the top of the hills. Cartagena arose just about the end [...]