South Zone

Mocho Choshuenco National Reserve

Mocho Choshuenco National Reserve Mocho Choshuenco National Reserve (Reserva Nacional Mocho Choshuenco) is located about 37.2 miles to the northeast of the city of Panguipulli, in the IX Region, and has a surface of 18,624 acres. Mocho Choshuenco National Reserve comprises the area of Mocho volcano , at 7,946 feet above sea level, whose last eruption occurred in 1863, and the Choshuenco volcano , [...]
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Carlos Anwandter Sanctuary

Carlos Anwandter Sanctuary Carlos Andwandter Nature Sanctuary  an aquatic reserve of about 12,051 acres comprising the ending area of the Cruces river, in the Province of Valdivia. Carlos Andwandter Nature Sanctuary has been  protected by law since 1981, in the same year it was included on the “Convention of Wetlands of International Importance” list, becoming the first place in Chile to be protected [...]
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Ancud

Ancud (Place of paunchy hills) The city of Ancud is located in the northeast end of the  Chiloé Island, at 689 miles of Santiago and 55.9 miles to the south of the city of Puerto Montt. Ancud is one of the most beautiful and better equipped cities of the islet with a population of about 40,000 inhabitants. Its maritime rainy climate has [...]
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Castro

Castro The city of Castro is located at 101 miles from Puerto Montt and at 737 miles from Santiago, Chile. The main economic activity of Castro is its fishing industry, complemented by the agriculture, which production is destined for the local market. Castro was founded on February 12, 1567 by Captain Martín Ruiz de Gamboa, which makes it the third oldest [...]
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Puerto Montt

Puerto Montt The city of Puerto Montt has a beautiful view to the Osorno and Calbuco volcanoes, is located at the northern end of the Reloncaví (seno de Reloncaví), in the western area, and is protected by the Tenglo Island (Isla Tengo). Puerto Montt is located at 634.4 miles from Santiago and has a population of about 175,000. Puerto Montt was originally a [...]
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Puerto Varas

Puerto Varas Puerto Varas is located at 12.4 miles to the north of Puerto Montt, on the southwest bank of the Llanquihue lake (lago Llanquihue). The city of Puerto Varas has a population of about 28,000. Puerto Varas grew from the arrival of the German colonists brought by Vicente Pérez Rosales, who settled on the bank of the Llanquihue lake by the [...]
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Chiloé Island

Chiloé Island The Island of Chiloé (Chiloé Island) (Isla Grande de Chiloé) is a group of islands formed by very pleated and a bit metamorphosed Paleozoic sediments, located in the southern end of Chile between the gulfs of Corcovado and Ancud. The Island of Chiloé (Chiloé Island), of 111 miles long and 31 miles wide (the biggest of the country), borders the Piuchén [...]
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Panguipulli

Panguipulli Panguipulli is located at 71.4 miles from Valdivia towards the Andes mountain range and 508 miles from Santiago,Chile, has a population of 8,326 inhabitants. The city of Panguipulli stands out as an important tourist center which still keeps the charming port atmosphere. Its thousand rose bushes planted in the 80´s are worth seeing during the summer when they are in full [...]
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Puerto Saavedra

Puerto Saavedra Puerto Saavedra has 14 348 inhabitants and is located to 54,06 miles from Temuco towards the coast. Puerto Saavedra was founded on 1887 by Cornelio Saavedra next to the sea, in the place where it was the bar of the river. From 1895 it served as a service port for those who maneuvered the boats that came from the sea, [...]
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Villarrica Lake

Villarrica Lake Villarrica Lake counts with a surface of 42.749,23 acres and 721,78 feet of altitude. The popular Villarrica Lake, in IX the region of the Araucanía, is one of the more important tourist poles of Chile. Every summer an aproximatly 70,000 tourists arrive to its shores, attracted by the combination of nature, lacustrine beaches and adventure and every winter [...]
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