Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve is a private natural reserve and ecotourism

Ecotourism

Ecotourism is a form of tourism visiting fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas, intended as a low impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial tourism...

 project in southern Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. The reserve was created in 1999 and includes 600 sqkm of native forest in Chile dedicated to wildlife conservation and tourism. The reserve is owned by the businessman Víctor Petermann who bought it in the 1990s, and was prior to the land sellings of the late Pinochet Regime part of Complejo Forestal y Maderero Panguipulli

Complejo Forestal y Maderero Panguipulli

200px|thumb|right|Sustainable [[forest management]] carried out by Complejo Panguipulli has contributed to the preservation of the forested landscape around [[Neltume]], one of the principal sawmill towns....

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The reserve is located north east of the Mocho-Choshuenco

Mocho-Choshuenco

Mocho-Choshuenco 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...

 volcano in Los Ríos Region

Los Ríos Region

The XIV Los Ríos Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. Pop. 356,396 . It began to operate as region on October 2, 2007. It was created by subdividing the Los Lagos Region in southern Chile...

. The main entrance is on the international gravel road

Huahum Pass

Huahum Pass is an international mountain pass in the Andes between Chile and Argentina. The pass takes its name from the Huahum River that flows from Argentina into Chile at the site of the border crossing. Even though the pass does not go through the continental divide, it crosses the highest...

 that connects Panguipulli

Panguipulli, Chile

Panguipulli is city and commune in Valdivia Province, southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Panguipulli. The town is known for its natural beauty and is called "City of roses" . Panguipulli is located on the western edge of Panguipulli Lake, and is on a moraine in the Chilean Central...

, with San Martín de los Andes

San Martín de los Andes

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, Argentina.

Its tourist attractions include:

• The Huilo-Huilo Falls
  Huilo-Huilo Falls
  The Huilo-Huilo is a waterfall located in Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve in southern Chile. It lies next to Neltume in the international road to Huahum Pass, in the border to Argentina. The waters of the Huilo-Huilo Falls originates in Lácar Lake in Argentina. During the summer it frequently...
  
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• The longest zip line system in South America (430 meters).
• Year-round Skiing
  Skiing
  Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
  
  
• Pudu
  Pudu
  Pudu may refer to:*Pudú, a genus of small deer;*Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, a town;* Pudu , a Buddhist monk in Yuan China, native of Danyang, Zhenjiang. Follower of Mao Ziyuan, propagator of the orthodoxy in the White Lotus teaching....
  
  (Pudu puda), the world's smallest deer (10 kg body weight and 40 cm shoulder height).
• Magic Mountain Hotel
• Bird watching

External links

• Huilo Huilo Foundation, partial source for information.
• BOOKING HOTELS HUILO HUILO