Chile — Wildlife Hotspots | Wild Atlas Guide

Alerce Costero National Park

Corral, Chile

+34 birds

Where temperate rainforest descends to the Pacific coast in southern Chile, Alerce Costero National Park protects one of the continent's rarest and most ancient ecosystems across…

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Archipiélago Juan Fernández National Park

San Juan Bautista, Chile

+31 birds+2 mammals

Granite peaks rise abruptly from the South Pacific off the Chilean coast, their weathered slopes studded with native woodland and sweeping down to coves where seabirds…

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Cabo de Hornos National Park

Cape Horn, Chile

+88 birds+9 mammals

Where the Andes plunge into the Southern Ocean and the Drake Passage churns between two continents, Cabo de Hornos National Park sprawls across one of Earth's…

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Cerro Castillo National Park

Coyhaique, Chile

+89 birds+3 mammals

Granite peaks and windswept steppe converge across this vast Patagonian landscape, where the Andes' eastern flank drops into terrain sculpted by ice age glaciers and relentless…

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Chiloé National Park

Dalcahue, Chile

+122 birds+6 mammals

Temperate rainforest cloaks the Chiloé archipelago's northwestern reaches, where granite ridges thrust through dense, moisture-laden canopy and freshwater streams carve ravines toward the Pacific. Across approximately…

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Corcovado National Park

Chaitén, Chile

+39 birds+1 mammals

Where temperate rainforest meets the raw Pacific coastline of Chilean Patagonia, Corcovado National Park sprawls across 6,585 square kilometres of some of South America's most pristine…

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Laja National Park Lagoon

Antuco, Chile

+123 birds+1 mammals

Where the Andes descend into the Biobío Region's temperate forests, a vast lagoon fills the caldera of the extinct Antuco volcano, cradled by steep native woodland…

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Lauca National Park

Putre, Chile

+139 birds+17 mammals

Where the Andes rise toward the altiplano in Chile's far north, Lauca National Park sprawls across more than 3,000 square kilometres of some of South America's…

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Pan de Azúcar National Park

Chañaral, Chile

+74 birds+4 mammals

Where the Atacama Desert plunges toward the Pacific, Pan de Azúcar National Park sprawls across 727 square kilometres of one of Earth's most extreme transitions—a landscape…

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Patagonia National Park

Cochrane, Chile

+133 birds+8 mammals

Where the Andes meet the Patagonian steppe, vast grasslands and shrublands sweep across rolling terrain carved by ancient glaciation, their contours softened by distance and dramatic…

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Puyehue National Park

Puyehue, Chile

+110 birds+4 mammals

Across the volcanic spine of the Los Lagos Region, where the Andes descend toward temperate rainforest, Puyehue National Park encompasses nearly 2,600 square kilometers of one…

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Reserva Nacional las Vicuñas

Putre, Chile

+87 birds+6 mammals

High desert plateaus interlace with volcanic ridges across this 4,204-square-kilometre expanse at the border between Chile and Bolivia, where altitudes exceed 3,500 metres and the climate…

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Reserva Nacional Magallanes

Punta Arenas, Chile

+78 birds+2 mammals

Where windswept steppe meets sub-Antarctic forest near the southern tip of continental South America, Reserva Nacional Magallanes unfolds across roughly 352 square kilometres of profound ecological…

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Salar de Surire Natural Monument

Putre, Chile

+61 birds

High across the Altiplano of northern Chile, where the Andes push toward 4,300 metres and the air thins to a crystalline clarity, lies a vast shallow…

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Salar del Huasco National Park

Pica, Chile

+75 birds+2 mammals

High above the Atacama's shimmering flats, where the Andes grip the sky, lies a landscape of stark geological drama and surprising biological richness. Salar del Huasco…

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Torres del Paine National Park

Torres del Paine, Chile

+143 birds+10 mammals

Where granite spires pierce the Patagonian sky, Torres del Paine commands one of South America's most dramatic landscapes. Across 4,106 square kilometres of southern Chile, jagged…

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Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park

Puerto Varas, Chile

+109 birds+8 mammals

Where the Andes descend toward the temperate rainforests of Chile's Lake District, nearly 4,641 square kilometers of pristine wilderness unfolds across Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park.…

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