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Laguna San Rafael National Park is a large national park in the Great SouthChileWith 1.7 million hectares, it is the largest national park in Región de Aysén and has been designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. It protects the unique glacier and fjord landscape around the smaller North Patagonian ice field ("Campo de Hielo Norte"). The most famous glacier lagoon is the Laguna San Rafael.
background
history
The park was founded in 1959 and is subordinate to the Chilean forest authority CONAF. UNESCO declared the national park a biosphere reserve in 1979.
The national park is in the south about that Katalixar National Reserve with the largest national park in Chile, the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park connected. There is the larger South Patagonian ice field.
landscape
Flora and fauna
climate
getting there
Starting points for tours in the national park are:
- Puerto Río Tranquilo, into the valley "Exploradores" and to the glacier of the same name, as well as to the "Bahia Exploradores"
- Caleta tortel, Boat tours to the Steffens Glacier in the very south of the park
- Puerto Aysén, Port city from which tours to the most famous Laguna San Rafael are offered
Fees / permits
mobility
The park itself has no infrastructure, the best way to explore it is by hiking or boat tours.
