Milodon Cave Natural Monument

The Natural Monument Cave of the Milodón is formed by three caverns and a rocky conglomerate denominated “Chair of the Devil”. The greater one of these caverns is to 492,13 feet above the sea level and its dimensions are: 98,43 feet tall, 262,47 feet front and 656,17 feet of depth.

The investigations did possible to determine a survival of the Milodón of about 5,000 years back and confirm the existence of other animals like the Dwarfed Horse, the Tiger Teeth of Saber and the Great Guanaco denominated Macraucheria. The National Service of Tourism, SERNATUR, through a project of investigation of the antecedents that exist of the Milodón, made a reproduction of natural size of this herbivorous, which is in exhibition in the place of the found rest of the animal. The area of the Cave of the Milodón, complements with a rock of 164,04 feet of height, denominated “Chair of the Devil” and with a cavern of smaller dimensions called “Small Cave”.

The Cave of the Milodón is a natural accident that is opened in the western slope of the Benítez Hill. This Cave can be crossed in all its extension. In its access there is a replica of the Milodón, constructed by the National Service of Tourism, SERNATUR.

In spite of the historical importance, scientific and cultural that has the area of the Cave of the Milodón, it offers an additional attractive, the one of its landscape and natural life. The area corresponds to a zone of transition between the steppe and the forest, and its typical flora ñire, calafate and romerillo.

The animal life is abundant, especially in birds. In the area of the Cave of the Milodón there are other caverns of minor size, some with stalactites and where have been found rest of human settled, which approximate data borders the 11,000 years of antiquity.

Before arriving at the Cave of the Milodón, the access road goes through the “Chair of the Devil”, name that comes from the given popular imagination to a rocky structure with certain aspect of certain armchair of which it tells that it was “seat” of the Milodón and that the legend transformed into “devil”. The area of the Natural Monument Cave of the Milodón is a zone controlled by the Forest National Corporation, CONAF, where in the day-care center it will receive complete information on the place. In the Natural Monument Cave of the Milodón there are places of picnic, very frequented by the Native inhabitants of Port Natales.

The Cave of the Milodón is a natural accident that is opened in the western slope of the Benítez Hill. This Cave can be crossed in all its extension. In its access there is a replica of the Milodón, constructed by the National Service of Tourism, SERNATUR.

In spite of the historical importance, scientific and cultural that has the area of the Cave of the Milodón, it offers an additional attractive, the one of its landscape and natural life. The area corresponds to a zone of transition between the steppe and the forest, and its typical flora ñire, calafate and romerillo.

The animal life is abundant, especially in birds. In the area of the Cave of the Milodón there are other caverns of minor size, some with stalactites and where have been found rest of human settled, which approximate data borders the 11,000 years of antiquity.

Before arriving at the Cave of the Milodón, the access road goes through the “Chair of the Devil”, name that comes from the given popular imagination to a rocky structure with certain aspect of certain armchair of which it tells that it was “seat” of the Milodón and that the legend transformed into “devil”. The area of the Natural Monument Cave of the Milodón is a zone controlled by the Forest National Corporation, CONAF, where in the day-care center it will receive complete information on the place. In the Natural Monument Cave of the Milodón there are places of picnic, very frequented by the Native inhabitants of Port Natales.

Locations

Miraflores #537. Santiago - Chile

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