Hiking: Parque Pumalín

The formally private 700.000 he park is covered by temperate rainforests and it is said to probably be the most diverse one in the world , where trees, fern and moss live in perfect simbiosis.

It is pretty humbling to look up the 3 to 4000 years old and 3 metres wide Alerce trees. I got absolutely fascinated by the semi-transparent leaves of some plants.

The Parque Pumalín was created by a US billionaire who formally owned the "North Face", "Esprit" and "Patagonia" - all clothing companies. He stated, that after making money with useless things people actually didn't need, he had to do something meaningful and created this conservation project, evitating that its nature wasn't destroyed by exploiting its ressources. After founder Tompkins died in 2015 the park was somehow donated to Chile.

I was completely amazed by the dense and dark green forests, clear waters and sparkling waterfalls. On the other hand I was completey attacked by some maybe black flies or other insectos, which I was feeling still weeks afterwards...Lue lisää