Amphitheater Cohamo's Trekking
[/ux_text]The trek begins at La Junta heading south west. Bordering the Cochamo River. We will cross the river by a trunk that serves as a natural bridge to enter the evergreen forest. During the first stage of this trek we see waterfalls and enter the deep forest of Coihues, Canelos, Mañios, Alerces, Quilas and Lengas. After 3 hours of walking, we leave the forest behind and the magnificent amphitheater appears, a circular vertical granite wall 700 meters high. Here begins the most demanding part of the walk where we lose the trail and begin to follow the bed of a stream dodging large rocks that cross the stream in some sections passing through roots and fallen trees. At the end of the walk, we will enjoy an amazing view at the base of the huge granite wall. After an epic lunch at the base, the helicopter will pick us up to fly back past the iconic peaks of Trinidad and El Monstruo.
*Distance: 4.8 kilometers in one direction
*Slope: 800 metros
*Difficulty: Medium-High
*Equipment: We recommend the use of hiking poles.
Barraco's Trekking
[/ux_text]We start from the lodge our own trek within our property. It goes from our backyard ascending to the east almost getting to the Mea de la yegua waterfall the ancient native forest with coihues, ulms, arrayanes, palo Santo, luma, avellanos and maitenes will embrace us with colors and scents.
We pass by some streams to the point where we will start climbing uphill by a natural path crossing the several quila canes along the trail. Man made stairs of wood, with bridges and gateways will permit us continue our ascent to reach the mañios a tree that has the two genders which makes them very special. In our way we might see the black woodpecker, and the huete huete similar to the chucao bird singing by.
We can taste the chicharron del bosque a very wetty mushroom; with luck we can see a Pudu a very small chilean deer typical of this forest.The trek is always in deep tall trees until we get to the ancient larches where we find some trunks that are barely embraced by 5 trekkers. The trail has three different sections each with different kinds of trees and landscape.The first section immediately after departing from the lodge has native forest abundant in species from sea level till the 600 meters asl.The second section steeper terrain reaching the mañios at about 900 meters above sea level. The third section from 900 meters to 1,200 meters above sea level, is where the enormous larches are and the steep part of the trail finishes, the terrain turns flatter and we walk towards the lagoon surrounded by ñirres and lengas that can endure snow and hail at high altitudes. In winter the lagoon freezes thick enough to ice skate.
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[/ux_text]Tagua Tagua Park lies in the Patagonian Andes, where forest, water and mountains form part of an ongoing cycle of life. The valley’s geography has helped preserve its pristine character: Lake Tagua Tagua below and the surrounding granite peaks form natural barriers that have protected it from human intervention.
Tagua Tagua Park has 18 kilometres of trails designed to minimise visitors’ impact and 3,000 hectares of native forest dedicated to conservation. It has two mountain huts: Alerces and Quetrus. The 6.5-kilometre hike to Alerces takes approximately four hours and reaches an elevation of 535 metres above sea level. Its view of a submerged alerce forest is a particular highlight. The hike to Quetrus covers 10 kilometres and takes approximately five and a half hours. This hut overlooks granite mountains surrounded by alerce trees.
We travel to Tagua Tagua Park by boat and hike to Alerces or Quetrus hut. We then walk back to the park entrance and return to the lodge by boat.
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[/ux_text]Departing in the morning from our helipad with all mountain gear: crampons, cords harness probes to walk in the southern glacier of the active Yates volcano. Guides & Chef ready. Our flight heads west, we fly close to the rapid el salto in Puelo river. We continue ascending the eastern slope of Yates volcano full of crevasses and sulphur smoke.
Weather permitting we land at the base of the south glacier where we start ascending guided and roped.View north the Estuario Reloncavi and south Volcan Hornopiren and Canal Comau in the Pacific Ocean. Views are superb.
Walking up a mild slope and admiring the astounding views to the four cardinal directions we reach the summit for a rest and pictures. Coming down we can smell the sulphur emanations of the volcano to finally arrive where the chef will cook on site. Seated in our campaign table relaxed we will enjoy our Barraco Sour, wines and appetizers before the meal, all this surrounded by snowed peaks all over. The flight back is descent flight by the east side of the volcano and then the Puelo Valley to arrive back in the lodge where the warm fire in our living rooms will embrace our bodies.
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