Excursion / Trip

Written by Claudio Muñoz on

October 16, 2016

ECOTOURISM

Chillan, historic city located 400 km to the south of Santiago, offers in its mountains, beautiful environments to enjoy its trails. The rich flora and fauna, a great complex of active volcanoes, rivers, glaciers and extensive and old growth forests justify that international organizations (BirdLife International, Nature Conservancy, WWL) declared it as Biosphere Reserve and Biological Corridor, considered a site priority for biodiversity conservation. With a high endemism of flora and fauna, in Shangri-La is possible find more than 30 species of Alstroemeria.

Excursions

Trail	Difficulty	Effort	Duration	Ramp	Main attraction
Aguas Calientes	Low	Medium - High	8 hours	500 meters AMSL	Beautiful valley with abundant hot water.
Garganta del Diablo	Low	Low	4 hours	400 meters AMSL	Old mountain refuge.
Fumarolas Valle Hermoso	Low	Low	3,5 hours	100 meters AMSL	Outcropping sulfur rich thermal waters.

 

The following clothing and articles are recommended:

• Trekking shoe.
• Trekking pants.
• Two long sleeve shirts.
• Polar jacket or windbreaker.
• Swimwear.
• Sunscreen; skin and lips.

The total price of the trip, including trasportation Santiago-Chillan-Santiago is $300 dollars. For reservation and payment, visit the following link: https://welcu.com/la-oreja/congreso-forestsat-2016?locale=en and + Add ticket in "Excursión / Trip".

A bus will depart from Santiago on Friday November 18 at 17 Pm and will travel the beautiful countryside between Santiago and Chillan. The estimated time of arrival to the cottages will be at 22:00 pm. The guests will be greeted with a tasty dinner with typical Chilean food and can sleep and rest to start the tour the next day, Saturday 19 November. Excursions and walks to the thermal pools will be held on Saturday and Sunday. The return to Santiago will be held on Sunday 20 November at 18 hours to arrival Santiago approximately 23 hours.