Pumalín Park

The 400,000-hectare park contains temperate rainforests, fjords, rivers, granite walls, glaciers, volcanoes, waterfalls, and lakes in Northern Patagonia.

Douglas Tompkins, founder of North Face, purchased land in the Reñihue River Valley during 1991 to protect the Valdivian temperate rainforest from exploitation.

The name Pumalín derives from Huilliche language, where 'Pu' means place and 'malín' refers to marshland or flooded area.

Visitors can access the park through buses and ferries from Puerto Montt, with seven designated campsites providing facilities for overnight stays.

The park protects twenty-five percent of Chile's remaining thousand-year-old alerce trees, which rank among the longest-living tree species on Earth.

Location: Chaitén

Elevation above the sea: 7 m

Operator: Conaf

Website: http://parquepumalin.cl

GPS coordinates: -42.58443,-72.49605

Latest update: May 26, 2025 03:32