Peri-urban Reserve Llancahue

Peri-urban Reserve Llancahue with an extension of 1,300 ha emerges as a natural laboratory for science and undergraduate training. Although it is located in a fiscal property, the land was given on loan by the Ministry of National Assets to the Institute of Forestry at Universidad Austral de Chile, for its protection and to advance in the research on issues such as forestry of native forests, forest ecology, hydrology and the study on ecosystem services of Chilean native forests. The land is provided with a Heritage Route that makes available to the visitor the natural values of the area.

Notably, Llancahue was recently declared a protected area for its conservation and sustainable development, thus joining the National System of Protected Assets of the Ministry of National Assets. This system aims to develop this area by combining protection instruments, planning, public access, and third party management and administration.

Forests developing there correspond to one of the most pristine landscapes in the province of Valdivia, and therefore this route represents a unique opportunity to discover a scenary that has persisted throughout the area for over 200 years.

Location and Access

This plot is located southeast of Valdivia. From the city center, go straight through Picarte Avenue and move south. A little further than 5 kilometers (3 mi) from the main square, less than a kilometer (0.6 mi) away from the urban perimeter of the regional capital the road branches as a fork into a gravel road, which runs to the left (north) of the main road. This road goes inland around the hillside. After about 4 km (2.5 mi) the vehicular road ends and the trek begins.

More information: www.wikiexplora.com and 
www.forestal.uach.cl/