Arboretum de la Universidad Austral de Chile

The Arboretum of Austral University is a collection of trees and plants from Chile and other parts of the world, spread across extensive grounds. Visitors walk along marked paths through different sections where various species grow side by side.

This collection began in the 1970s as a forest restoration project on a large piece of land. Over time it grew into a place that now attracts researchers and students interested in plants and ecology.

The space functions as a place where visitors directly encounter trees from around the world and see how local plant knowledge is preserved and shared. This hands-on experience with living plants connects people to nature in a way that reading alone cannot achieve.

The grounds are easy to reach on foot and laid-out paths make it comfortable to walk between different plant areas. It helps to allow enough time to explore the various zones at your own pace.

One special area is dedicated to poplar trees, where carefully selected varieties grow together and are rarely seen grouped this way. This focused collection shows how researchers work with different plant types.