Fray Jorge National Park and the Enchantment Valley

Very early in the morning we’ll head for the beautiful Enchantment Valley a sacred site of the ancient Molle culture. In that place we’ll walk around in an area of about 3 hectares where you will find petroglyph, pictographs and bowl-shaped Tacita stones, used as mortars in the seventh century, AC.

After this fascinating experience we’ll have lunch in a typical restaurant to enjoy delicious Chilean food.

We’ll continue our trip towards Fray Jorge National Park, declared Biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1977. The coastal fog (Camanchaca) hangs on the mountain-slopes and moistens subtropical vegetation, allowing the hydrophilic forests to survive despite of being surrounded of semiarid scrublands, with average annual rainfall of approximately 113 mm. The forest is a vestigial survival of the last glacial period .

We will walk in a 1 km delimited path. You will appreciate the native flora like cactus and bushes like guayacanes and alcaparras, olivillas, sinnamons and a variety of ferns. Also the fauna like quails, eagles, falcons, owls, rabbits, fox and guanacos.

Recommendations:

- Mineral water
- Comfortable, flighty clothe
- Long trousers, an extra T-shirt, jacket, hat
- Glasses, sun screen
- Comfortable shoes .