Chile Amps National Parks Investment

By Janeen Christoff, Travel Pulse

 

 

Chile continues to make good on its 2015 pledge to create new opportunities for travel within the country along with its dedication to sustainable tourism.

 

 

There are more than 35 national parks in Chile, not including its natural reserves and monuments, and these protected areas encompass a truly massive amount of space of more than 54,000 square miles.

 

The parks also create a wide variety of opportunities for visitors, ranging from adventurous pursuits in Patagonia to birdwatching in the altiplano:

 

Torres del Paine National Park

Torres del Paine is probably Chile’s most well known national park. It is also one of the largest, encompassing mountains, glaciers, lakes and rivers in the nation’s southern Patagonia region.

Visitors flock to the park in great numbers. More than half of the tourists here are foreigners who come from around the world to see the area’s brilliant blue glaciers and iconic towering peaks.

 

 

Chiloe National Park

Chiloe occupies an incredibly diverse landscape, and the park is divided into two regions: Chepu and Anay.

Anay, the larger of the two, is in the foothills of the Chilean Coastal Range and is home to dunes, forests, swamps and peat bogs.

The park is dominated by its Valdivian rain forest, and its main attractions are the Cucao Lake, coastal dunes and colonies of sea lions.

 

 

Rapa Nui National Park

Rapa Nui is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as well as a national park, and it draws in visitors who come to see the more than 850 moai statues that date back as far as 300 A.D. The park occupies much of the island and is under the control of Corporacion Nacional Forestal, which provides legal protection for the entire island.

Activities for visitors include hiking, trekking, mountain biking, horseback riding and more in addition to admiring the mysterious statues.

 

 

Lauca National ParkTravelers to Chile’s altiplano will want to explore the wonders of Lauca. Located in the far north portion of the Chilean Andes, the park has Las Vicunas National Reserve and Salar de Surire Natural Monument as its neighbors and, all together, they form Lauca Biosphere Reserve.

It is one of the best national parks for birding, with more than 140 species, including Andean goose, giant coot, silvery grebe, Andean condor and Chilean flamingo. Wildlife sightings, in addition to birds, include vicunas, llamas, alpacas and more. The park is also home to a wide variety of unique vegetation that has adapted to the harsh, dry environment of the region.

 

 

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