Located on the Pacific coast of southern Chile, San Rafael National Park spans an area of about 1,742,000 hectares. San Rafael National Park is the largest park in Aysen and incorporates the entire Northern Ice Fields which is the source of innumerable rivers and lakes. The motley topographical elements have qualified this park to be a Biosphere Reserve. World Travel 4 Indians is your indispensable e-travelogue that provides you with important info on San Rafael National Park.

San Rafael National Park is characterized by its topographic variety. Its coalesces a variety of disparate elements and gifts a spectacular nature park to the tourists. The sea creatures, islands, channels, snowcaps and fiord, all find their place in San Rafael National Park. The ecological biodiversity displayed in The North Ice Field, San Rafael Lagoon and San Rafael Snowcap draws a considerable number of tourists to this place. The birds that are commonly spotted in San Rafael National Park include black box albatross, black neck swans and huala ducks. Pudu (Pudu pudu), puma (Felis concolor), fox (Dusicyon culpaeus), mustelids (Conepatus humboldtii) and kodkod (Felis guigna) are the mammals that you will normally stumble upon in this park. The sea abounds in a variety of sea animals that comprise of the sea elephants, sea dogs and tuna fish. The parks can be clearly classified into f our ecological zones. They are the cold temperate oceanic, the oceanic sub-Antarctic, the oceanic Trans-Andean, and the Andean.

At San Rafael Lagoon National Park, there is no dearth of activities. In fact you will be spoilt for options. Hiking, mountain climbing, high mountain tours, snow trekking, mountain skiing, sea kayaking, flora and fauna observation, photography are the exhilarating activities you would love to indulge in. The park is accessible all the year round and promises to gift you an experience of a lifetime.

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