The Mocho-Choshuenco National Reserve (Pronounced: ) is a

natural reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or o ...

around the

Mocho-Choshuenco Mocho-Choshuenco (Pronounced: ) is a glacier covered compound stratovolcano in the Andes of Los Ríos Region, Chile. It is made of the twin volcanoes Choshuenco in the northwest and the Mocho in the southeast. The highest parts of the volcan ...

volcano A volcano is a rupture in the Crust (geology), crust of a Planet#Planetary-mass objects, planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and volcanic gas, gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Ear ...

, in

Los Ríos Region The Los Ríos Region (Spanish: ''Región de Los Ríos'', , ''Region of the Rivers'') is one of Chile's 16 regions, the country's first-order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. It began to operate as a region on October 2, 2007 ...

, southern

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. The reserve was created by decree in March 1994 and covers distributed in

Panguipulli Panguipulli ( ; Mapudungun for "hill of the puma") is a city and commune in Valdivia Province, southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Panguipulli. It is located on the western edge of Panguipulli Lake, and is on a moraine in the Ch ...

, Los Lagos and

Futrono Futrono (from the Mapudungun: ''Futronhue'', meaning "place of smoke") is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune in southern Chile administered by the Municipality of Futrono. It is located in Ranco Province in Los Ríos Re ...

municipality. The principal access goes from the

Pan American Highway The Pan-American Highway (french: (Auto)route panaméricaine/transaméricaine; pt, Rodovia/Auto-estrada Pan-americana; es, Autopista/Carretera/Ruta Panamericana) is a network of roads stretching across the Americas and measuring about in to ...

to Enco passing by Panguipulli and

Choshuenco Choshuenco is a village ( es, aldea) on the eastern edge of Panguipulli Lake in Panguipulli commune, Los Lagos Region, Chile. It is south of the 203-CH route that goes from Lanco to Huahum Pass. It is west of the Argentina Argentina ...

. From Enco a small way goes to the refuge area, during the summer months tracked vehicles can go there. Mocho-Choshuenco National Reserve has no park guards or any public infrastructure. In the refuge sector there is a

mountain hut A mountain hut is a building located high in the mountains, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers, climbers and hikers. Mountain huts are usually operated by an Alpine Club or some organization ...

leased to Los Lagos municipality, some old military buildings ruins, and the rests of a small

ski A ski is a narrow strip of semi-rigid material worn underfoot to glide over snow. Substantially longer than wide and characteristically employed in pairs, skis are attached to ski boots with ski bindings, with either a free, lockable, or partia ...

centre.

Gallery

image:Riñihue.jpg, Sunset on Riñihue Lake, view from Mocho-Choshuenco File:Rioblanco 1608515578.jpg, Río Blanco Valley. Río Blanco river drains the west side of Mocho-Choshuenco to the

Enco River The Enco River (Spanish: ''Río Enco'') is a river in Panguipulli commune in southern Chile. Flowing from Panguipulli Lake to Riñihue Lake, it carries the water of the six upper lakes of the Seven Lakes area into Riñihue, the last lake in the ...

References

External links

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A specialized blog about Mocho-Choshuenco National Reserve
at mochochoshuenco.blogspot.com National reserves of Chile Protected areas of Los Ríos Region Protected areas established in 1994 1994 establishments in Chile 1994 in Chilean law Valdivian temperate rainforest {{SouthAm-protected-area-stub