Reserva Nacional Rio Los Cipreses

Easy hike, great views, cool parakeets!

A lovely reserve—easy to get to, very well maintained. We got there late in the day (in the winter the park closes at 5:30) so only had time for a short hike. We did some very easy and short trails (...

Open for longer?

I had read some misleading probably out dated information about the park regarding opening times. The park is open from 8.30 a.m every day and closes at 5.30 except Fri,Sat,Sun when it closes at 8 p.m...

Go see the Burrowing Parrots - a subspecies endemic to Chile

The park is poorly managed and expensive - though they try to stimulate eco-tourism, their odd opening hours say something different. For example, they try to attract birders (yes, it's an AWESOME bi...

Burrowing Parrots and other great birds

We spent a morning here to see the Burrowing Parrot, an unusual parrot, that nests in cliffs above the river. We saw quite a few. An amazing trail winds down to the viewpoint overlooking a nesting cli...

Excellent Day Hike

We just visited for a few hours to do a hike following a horseback ride that went through this reserve. We followed the Sendero Los Puemos trail. It is listed as Medium difficulty, but I would say som...