Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park

The National Park Vicente Perez Rosales (Spanish: Parque Vicente Pérez Rosales ) is located in Chile in the Region X, the Región de los Lagos. Named the 1926 furnished and oldest National Park of South America by the Chilean politician and diplomat Vicente Pérez Rosales ( 1807-1886 ).

Geography

The 231,000 -hectare National Park is located about 60 kilometers east of Puerto Varas in the Andes and extends to the border with Argentina. The highest point is the Osorno volcano with 2652 meters. At the foot of the volcano, the mountain lake Lago Todos los Santos extends that extends far into the Andes. Drained the lake by the Río Petrohué which flows southeast and finally empties into the Pacific Ocean. Here, the river, the Saltos del Petrohué, a series of spectacular rapids and waterfalls will happen after 16 km.

Flora and Fauna

Due to the numerous rainfall in the park and the altitude, the vegetation is dominated by Valdivian rainforest. The park living mammals are next to Pudu and Puma and the Argentine Kamp Fox and the Chilean Forest Cat, but they are all very shy and rarely seen by visitors. In addition, there are several marsupial, the opossum Chiloé and Chilean Opossummaus as well as several species of birds.

Tourism

The National Park is part of Los Lagos to the most important tourist destinations of the Región de accordingly well is the infrastructure. In the park regularly drive tour buses from Puerto Montt and Puerto Varas. The access road is up to the Saltos del Petrohué asphalted, which are a major attraction and have been made available by some shorter walks and bridges for visitors. Longer marked trails there are not in the park.

In Petrohué on the shores of Lago Todos los Santos there is a hotel and camping. A popular tour is the Cruce de Lagos, one more day of combined bus - boat trip across Lake Todos los Santos and Lake Nahuel Huapi to San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina.