Alerse Andino National Park

Alerse Andino National Park was established in 1982 in northern Patagonia, Chile. The park, with an area of 39,255 hectares, is a moist, evergreen, millennial forest and is part of the Southern Andes Rainforest Biosphere Reserve.

The park occupies an area in the Andes mountain range, which was formed as a result of tectonic and glacial processes. There are deep valleys with almost vertical slopes, numerous lakes and lagoons that are located at different altitudes, the most interesting of which are Fria, Sargaso, Tronador, Chapo, Triangulo.

"Alerse" or "Fitzroya" is the most unique tree species that grow in the Alerse Andino National Park and this species grows only in this part of the planet. They are considered one of the largest trees in South America, whose height can reach 50 meters, and 4 meters in diameter. The age of individual specimens reaches 4000 years. The forests in the park cover about 20,000 hectares throughout the park.

The park is home to such mammals as the cougar, pudu, codcode, Molina, pig-fish, Chilean mountain opossum, Patagonian bird fox - Magellan royal woodpecker, condor, uyut, desert goose, kingfisher, Magellan goose, quack duck, Patagonian pigeon and synician fish tyrants - rainbow and coffee trout.