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The Norte Chico stretches from the Santiago region up to about 500km north. The geography is characterised by long parched hills, punctuated occasionally by lush valleys, that have sprung up around rivers that flow down from the Andes to the ocean. This is where Chile’s national drink ‘Pisco’ comes from, but the region has prospered mainly due to the huge reserves of gold and silver that were discovered by the Incas and are still being mined today.
Just North of Huasco, in the south of the Atacama Desert, is the Llanos de Challe National Park. Those...
A favorite pet for some, and an endangered species for others, the wild chinchilla can be found in o...
Parque Nacional Bosque de Fray Jorge is a cloud forest odyssey set high atop the cliffs of the Chilean...
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