Cerro Castillo National Reserve

This park was created in 1970 and encompasses an area of 134,000 hectares (294,800 acres) to the south of Coyhaique. The stretch of the Austral Road that leads to the city of Cochrane crosses the mountainous chain of Cerro Castillo which separates the hydrographic basins of the Aysén and Ibáñez rivers. The predominant native tree of the reserve is the lenga, and can be found forming pure lenga forests at altitudes between 600 and 1,200 m (1,968 and 3,936 ft) above sea level. With its aim to protect the land, the park reforested around a thousand hectares (2,200 acres) with exotic species. Among the animals and birds that live here, there are guemuls, guanacos, foxes, pumas, condors, cachañas (small parrots), eagles, etc. The most beautiful sites are Cerro Castillo (2,320 m. or 7,609 ft. above sea level), Cerro Iglesia (1,750m. or 5,740 ft.), and Conde Stone, a rock shaped over the years by natural elements to look like a human profile.

Other nearby attractions
Lake Elizalde, Lake General Carrera, Lake Paloma, Simpson River National Reserve.

Activities
Photography, wildlife observation, fishing, mountaineering, trekking, sea kayak and white water kayak.

Climate
There is a tendency towards a cold-steppe climate and continental trans-andean. It can be very cold here with snow in the winter.

Services
Park rangers, environmental information, trails.

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