Mediterranean Chile Botanical Tour. On this journey we will enjoy botanizing one of the areas with the highest degree of plant endemism of the world: Mediterranean Central Chile.
This area holds a wealth of species that are not only unique to the country, but are in many cases very restricted in range and threatened due to loss of habitat, as this part of Chile is the most densely populated. Part of the plant rich diversity of this region is due to the different microclimates found across the country as one moves from the coastal plain to the Coastal Range to the central valley up to the Andes, with contrasting conditions and landscapes that rival in beauty with each other.
Coastal communities, mountains with a strong maritime influence, plains and high Andean bogs all harbor unique vegetation formations. A great array of endemic plant genera such as Beilschmiedia, Jubaea, Echinopsis, Mutisia, Rhodophiala or Schizanthus, makes of a botanical tour in Central Chile a great choice if you have an interest in plants. Mediterranean Chile Botanical Tour.

Itinerary in Brief (5 days, 4 nights)

Day 1 • Santiago – Farellones and Yerba Loca Nature Reserve – Santiago (2 nights)
Day 2 • El Yeso Reservoir & Baños Morales
Day 3 • La Campana National Park – Olmué (2 nights)
Day 4 • Los Molles
Day 5 • Drive back to Santiago – End of the trip