Parque Patagonia
Parque Patagonia
4.5
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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bixatthebeach
Memphis, TN246 contributions
Jan 2023
We visited quite a few national parks on the Carretera Austral and this was my favorite. While I enjoyed all the parks, this park is quite a bit different because it is primarily open savannah. This means that you have unobstructed views all the time. Due completely to Kristine McDivitt Tompkins and her husband, Douglas Tompkins who bought the property and developed it into a park before giving it to Chile, the infrastructure is top notch and the trails are excellent. This is in sharp contrast to National Parks they were not involved with where the trails are not well maintained. The Park has become an important habitat for Puma's which were hunted nearly to extinction in this region. The park headquarters has one of the best interpretive museums I've ever seen. I highly recommend this park for hikers.
Written February 3, 2023
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Rodolfo M
Panguipulli, Chile60 contributions
Mar 2024 • Couples
This park created and donated to Chile by Douglas Tompkins is an example of the contribution of a man concerned about nature and its preservation. The facilities are of a level of excellence and it is regrettable that Conaf is carrying out constructions that disfigure the place like the Guanaco house, with a mess that is visible to the naked eye. Regrettable.
The museum is of excellence and shows how you can do something interactive. High quality and that allows us to realize the need to protect and care for the planet.
Explore the company that is in charge of the hotel, restaurant and cafeteria and tour services well but with international prices for the common tourist with nationals. We had lunch for US$35 p/p, a simple but tasty menu. The attention of the bilingual staff is excellent.
The park has very nice areas and clearly shows what should be recovered.
Here are the remains of D Tompkins in the complex's cemetery.
Interior roads deserve better handling.
The museum is of excellence and shows how you can do something interactive. High quality and that allows us to realize the need to protect and care for the planet.
Explore the company that is in charge of the hotel, restaurant and cafeteria and tour services well but with international prices for the common tourist with nationals. We had lunch for US$35 p/p, a simple but tasty menu. The attention of the bilingual staff is excellent.
The park has very nice areas and clearly shows what should be recovered.
Here are the remains of D Tompkins in the complex's cemetery.
Interior roads deserve better handling.
Written March 17, 2024
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StevenSue
New York City, NY158 contributions
Feb 2020
We spent several days hiking around Patagonia National Park. Absolutely spectacular! Not crowded, and with hiking trails that you can reasonably access (this was, for us, on our recent 3 weeks in Chilean Patagonia, somewhat unique. We found national parks in Chile where trails were difficult to access--Patagonia National Park trails were easy to access. And we found easy to access trails that were mobbed, like the Hanging Glacier near Puyuhuapi. Patagonia National Park trails were easy to access but not crowded in the least).
We did several hikes:
1) The Piedra Clavada trail on the back-side of Patagonia National Park was one of our favorite hikes. If you have 4 wheel drive you can drive to the base of the hike. If not, you need to walk an extra 1.5 kilometers from the ranger station. The hike features some unique rock formations ("lunar landscape" they call it) and two caves with ancient hand paintings. Its a beautiful and not extreme hike with views and interesting things to see along its entire length. The words "totally worth it" come to mind.
This trail is accessed through Chili Chico, not through the main entrance to Patagonia National Park. The road from Chili Chico to the trail head is a very good gravel road. A ranger station near the road marks the trail head. If coming from Balmaceda consider taking the ferry to Chili Chico. If driving from Cochrane just be aware that the last 60 kilometers to Chili Chico on highway 265 is a less good gravel road with some sharp mountain turns.
2) The Aviles Loop Trail, about half an hour from the main entrance's ranger station, was a long loop trail to a scary bridge over the river (scary atleast to those of us with a bit of a fear of heights. The suspension bridge is not long but is at a high height over a gorge). Great views looking down a couple of valleys. Starts off flat and then climbs some solid elevation. About 16 kilometers long.
We did not do the Lago Chico Loop trail. The gravel road up to the trail was narrow and we were not sure about the ground clearance of our 4 wheel drive SUV. In hindsight, I think we could have easily made it to the trail head given it was a dry day. But we elected not to push it and quickly turned around and walked some other small trails in the park.
We also did a small hike off of Lago Cochrane that required a boat ride to get to. That was a nice little (1 hour round trip) hike and a nice short boat ride. The summit of the hike had a great view over Lago Cochrane. Our hotel--Ultimo Paraiso--arranged the boat for us.
We did several hikes:
1) The Piedra Clavada trail on the back-side of Patagonia National Park was one of our favorite hikes. If you have 4 wheel drive you can drive to the base of the hike. If not, you need to walk an extra 1.5 kilometers from the ranger station. The hike features some unique rock formations ("lunar landscape" they call it) and two caves with ancient hand paintings. Its a beautiful and not extreme hike with views and interesting things to see along its entire length. The words "totally worth it" come to mind.
This trail is accessed through Chili Chico, not through the main entrance to Patagonia National Park. The road from Chili Chico to the trail head is a very good gravel road. A ranger station near the road marks the trail head. If coming from Balmaceda consider taking the ferry to Chili Chico. If driving from Cochrane just be aware that the last 60 kilometers to Chili Chico on highway 265 is a less good gravel road with some sharp mountain turns.
2) The Aviles Loop Trail, about half an hour from the main entrance's ranger station, was a long loop trail to a scary bridge over the river (scary atleast to those of us with a bit of a fear of heights. The suspension bridge is not long but is at a high height over a gorge). Great views looking down a couple of valleys. Starts off flat and then climbs some solid elevation. About 16 kilometers long.
We did not do the Lago Chico Loop trail. The gravel road up to the trail was narrow and we were not sure about the ground clearance of our 4 wheel drive SUV. In hindsight, I think we could have easily made it to the trail head given it was a dry day. But we elected not to push it and quickly turned around and walked some other small trails in the park.
We also did a small hike off of Lago Cochrane that required a boat ride to get to. That was a nice little (1 hour round trip) hike and a nice short boat ride. The summit of the hike had a great view over Lago Cochrane. Our hotel--Ultimo Paraiso--arranged the boat for us.
Written February 26, 2020
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3waytieforlast
Portland, OR402 contributions
Feb 2019 • Couples
abundant wildlife, grasslands, forests, mountains, lakes, rivers; increasing number of memorable hiking and biking trails....
Written February 5, 2019
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Jet161572
3 contributions
Nov 2018
We just returned from 5 weeks traveling down Patagonia from P. Montt to P. Arenas, Chile and one of the main highlights was visiting Parque Patagonia about 1/2 way down the C. Austral highway or Rt. 7. We stayed 4 nights at the various camping facilities, had 2 fabulous meals at the lodge and did a majority of the hikes that have been developed; all fantastic. I highly recommend this park, Patagonia in general and the C. Austral for a great road trip!
Written December 28, 2018
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Bezi
London, UK668 contributions
Dec 2018 • Couples
First the little annoying bits. The visitor centre wasn't going to open till 15th Dec so we were unable to get trail maps. I should have printed them off their website before going to Patagonia but I didn't so it was a bit annoying. There are no trail maps even at the start of the trails so nothing you could take a photo of and no WiFi in the park to download the maps.
The Lago Chico trail start is poorly signposted. By the way do not attempt to get to this trail without a 4x4 with decent clearance as it really is off road. If you have the right vehicle follow the signs till you reach the second car park and look for a small sign indicating the start of the trail. If you continue driving there is a third car park and that is the end of the road (there is a barrier across the road here so you will definitely know it is the end). From this last car park you can do a very short walk to Mirador Douglas Thompkins where there are great views. If you are doing the Lago Chico walk this is where you should walk down the track back to your vehicle. There are no signs or maps at the mirador, just a big picnic area hut. We missed the start of this walk and ended up doing some of it backwards but it looked really pretty with lots of trees.
Now the good bits. The park is fantastic and it is amazing what they have done in the sense of joining 3 parks together. Seeing guanacos is guaranteed and we also saw condors. The camp grounds look good although we didn't stay there.
We did the Avales trail, it was a very hot day (30°C!) and there is very little shade on this walk. The first 2 km are dead flat then it climbs up to just past 3 km, that is the steepest bit over. The scenery was quite arid but really pretty. The trail continues undulating till you reach the bridge. There is water on the trail and the best spot is just before the 7km sign but there are quite a few other places.
The bridge is new and looks like an Indiana Jones bridge, only one person allowed on the bridge at a time, if you have a phobia about bouncy bridges maybe this could put you off. Once over the bridge you start the return. What is not mentioned in the trail literature is that you will have to wade across a big stream (the Estero Pintura) so you will get your feet wet. I suspect the stream get higher as the season goes on. If I had known this I probably would have bought some wet shoes for this bit. Once you have got to the 10 km marker the uphill from the bridge is basically over and the walk flattens out.
It's a great walk and I recommend it.
Lots of the trails are quite a long way from the lodge so that needs to be built into your timing. The lodge has no shop for food so you will need to bring your own. I had read that you could buy a packed lunch but this is for the hotel guests only and not for visitors.
The Lago Chico trail start is poorly signposted. By the way do not attempt to get to this trail without a 4x4 with decent clearance as it really is off road. If you have the right vehicle follow the signs till you reach the second car park and look for a small sign indicating the start of the trail. If you continue driving there is a third car park and that is the end of the road (there is a barrier across the road here so you will definitely know it is the end). From this last car park you can do a very short walk to Mirador Douglas Thompkins where there are great views. If you are doing the Lago Chico walk this is where you should walk down the track back to your vehicle. There are no signs or maps at the mirador, just a big picnic area hut. We missed the start of this walk and ended up doing some of it backwards but it looked really pretty with lots of trees.
Now the good bits. The park is fantastic and it is amazing what they have done in the sense of joining 3 parks together. Seeing guanacos is guaranteed and we also saw condors. The camp grounds look good although we didn't stay there.
We did the Avales trail, it was a very hot day (30°C!) and there is very little shade on this walk. The first 2 km are dead flat then it climbs up to just past 3 km, that is the steepest bit over. The scenery was quite arid but really pretty. The trail continues undulating till you reach the bridge. There is water on the trail and the best spot is just before the 7km sign but there are quite a few other places.
The bridge is new and looks like an Indiana Jones bridge, only one person allowed on the bridge at a time, if you have a phobia about bouncy bridges maybe this could put you off. Once over the bridge you start the return. What is not mentioned in the trail literature is that you will have to wade across a big stream (the Estero Pintura) so you will get your feet wet. I suspect the stream get higher as the season goes on. If I had known this I probably would have bought some wet shoes for this bit. Once you have got to the 10 km marker the uphill from the bridge is basically over and the walk flattens out.
It's a great walk and I recommend it.
Lots of the trails are quite a long way from the lodge so that needs to be built into your timing. The lodge has no shop for food so you will need to bring your own. I had read that you could buy a packed lunch but this is for the hotel guests only and not for visitors.
Written December 16, 2018
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Robert H
Cambridge, MA12 contributions
Jan 2018 • Couples
Park Patagonia is the centerpiece of the trust that is protecting land in Patagonia. It is an unusual east west valley and will be turned into a national park which connect with 2 adjacent national parks and will rival Torres del Pines. We did the Avilés Loop Trail which is a 16 km loop across an amazing gorge.
Written January 24, 2018
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AFJ2013
London, UK143 contributions
Dec 2022
The standout part of hiking in the park is the suspension bridge. Otherwise the hiking is rather monotonous and boring. Guanaco., Guanaco skeleton. Chile has 1,000’s of stunning lakes, The lake in the park is not one of them.
Written January 10, 2023
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Coralia P
Hannover, Germany114 contributions
Dec 2022 • Couples
It’s a well done project specially by restoring biodiversity. Perhaps one of the most beautiful parks I’ve visited in S. America!
Written December 10, 2022
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Coldings
Copenhagen, Denmark597 contributions
Jan 2020 • Couples
As almost all over the Carretera Austral you are headed for yet another type of landscape if you make a detour from the CA between Bertrand and Cochrane and head east towards Argentina. Already a the turnoff you will begin to see grazing guanacos (of which you will find hundreds along the road) and after a 20 mins drive you will arrive at the visitors center of Parque Patagonia. This place, which is today run by the Chilean authorities, was built by the Tompkins couple and is quite simply 100% quality all way through. The informative visitors' center is, as everything else in the Park, built of solid and stylish materials (e.g. wood carved panels) and apart from a model of the Park in the hallway exhibits 4 sections: 1. overpopulation and man's impact on the Earth 2) flora and fauna of the area 3) original people and culture and 4) why this park and nature conservation? The last section offers a 16 min extraordinary multi-media video show of mankind's toll on the environment and arrogance as well as Douglas Tompkins thoughts about how mankind can still regain a balance with Earth if we act now. Top class restaurant and high end souvenir shop to be admired also. Close to the visitors center you can visit Doug Tompkins grave if you are so inclined.
Written January 18, 2020
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como se les ubica? hay un telefono o correo? como esta ahora, septiembre 2018
Written September 14, 2018
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