Trekking Tagua Tagua

  • Duration: 2 hours

  • Difficulty: Easy

  • Guide included

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.