COYHAIQUE: MARBLE CHAPELS

Departure from Coyhaique on the Carretera Austral Sur to Lake General Carrera, specifically the town of Puerto Tranquilo. During the trip we can appreciate a landscape dominated by forests of lenga, coigüe and ñire, vegetation that covers the entry point to the Cerro Castillo National Reserve, composed of forests and mountains, highlighting the hill of the same name (2675 m high) and the valley of the Ibañez River. Further ahead we will be able to observe the emerald-colored Laguna Verde, surrounded by jungle. We will cross the El Manso bridge, to then observe the flooded valley covered with tall grasses and dead trunks resulting from the great eruption of the Hudson Volcano in 1991. Following our way, we will enter the Portezuelo del Rio Cajon ( altitude 600m). Here the road begins to descend until we reach the village of Murta, located on an arm of Lake General Carrera. Then, we will continue bordering Lake General Carrera with its blue waters until we reach the town of Puerto Rio Tranquilo. Here we will navigate to the wonderful Capillas de Mármol Nature Sanctuary, a place of great scenic beauty, where the constant waves of the lake have eroded and polished the limestone, leaving beautiful and polished the limestone, leaving beautiful caverns of capricious shapes and great attraction. At sunset, we will return to Coyhaique.