CHILEAN PATAGONIA. Coyhaique and General Carrera Lake

One of the places that more please me of Chili is the Patagonia’s zone; I believe that it is one of the most magic places in the planet, with native forests, lakes and Torrents Rivers.
During the summer I had the opportunity to know the most important city of the Chilean central Patagonia and the second biggest lake of South America; Coyhaique and the General Carrera Lake respectively.

Coyhaique is located in the oriental slope of the Mountain chain of the Andes, where the rivers Simpson and Coyhaique converge, probably the most impressive of this city is the morphology, with abrupt and alternated landscapes product of the intense glacial activity.
Coyhaique's city besides being a very beautiful place is a point of item of maritime cruises towards the San Rafael Lagoon, one of the most important parks in the region where the field totality of Ice is the north side, one of the glaciers of major size in the world.

On the other hand I had the opportunity to visit the General Carrera Lake that you can find to 500 km approximately of Coyhaique and is the biggest lake of Chile, it measures 200km of length and it has a beautiful celestial color. From this lake it is possible to see the summits of the San Valentín Mount and the The St Lawrence Mount, covers of glaciers and if you take a boat, you can visit an impressive marble cavern, carved for the action of the water during million of years. In addition the contrast vegetation and steep topography make it very attractive.

It is important to emphasize that the General Carrera Lake Bertrand drains off into the Lake, from where born the Baker River, the mightiest of Chile, which flows for 200 kms. Towards the southwest to go out finally to the sea. Nowadays The Bertrand Lake and the Baker River are considered a Tourist National Interest Zone (ZOIT) and nevertheless, actually they are endangered due to the fact that thanks to the Hidroaysén Project these rivers will be repressed stopping besides being attractions for the tourism, a great impact for the ecosystems of the region.