Chile & Easter Island - Northern Patagonia (PDF Chapter)
This is the Northern Patagonia chapter from Lonely Planet’s Chile & Easter Island guidebook.
Exuberant rainforest, scrubby steppe and unclimbed peaks crowd the Northern Patagonian horizon, but the essence of this place is water, from the clear cascading rivers to the turquoise lakes, massive glaciers and labyrinthine fjords.
- paddle the misty fjords and trek the temperate rainforests of the excellent Parque Nacional Pumalín
- maps
- admire the rural farms, rushing rivers and hanging glaciers while tracing the length of the mythic Carretera Austral
- transport
- ride on remote Andean trails with traditional cowboys
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Hornopirén, Parque Nacional Pumalín, Chaitén, Fu-taleufú, La Junta, Puyuhuapi, Parque Nacional Queulat & Around, Coyhaique, Reserva Nacion-al Río Simpson, Parque Nacional Cerro Castillo, Villa Cerro Castillo, Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez, Chile Chico, Reserva Nacional Lago Jeinimeni, Puerto Río Tranquilo, Parque Nacional Laguna San Rafael, Cruce el Maitén, Puerto Guadal, Puerto Bertrand & Río Baker, Parque Nacional Patagonia, Cochrane, Caleta Tortel, Puerto Yungay, Villa O’Higgins.
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