We went to Ñielol Hill, a natural monument.
It has a huge historic meaning, because here, chileans and mapuches established peace, in 1881, after 3 centuries of war.
There were super huge trees!
This is the Patagua tree, here is where spanish and mapuches established peace. Also, it seemed like a nice place to stay
These 4 meters tall mapuche totems are called chemamüll, they represent the family.
This tree is a Notro, they have these cute little red flowers
This is the view of Temuco from the summit of Ñielol hill.
I read the descriptions of some trees, they were in braille as well!
There was a little museum, so we went in
These things are Piñones, they are the seed of araucarias, the national tree.
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I made a new friend a big rodent just like me, called Coipo.
It's an own specie of rodent of South America.
WOW, this one IS important! It is a Cóndor, the chilean national bird.
It is the biggest flying bird in the world!
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The Andean Condor's wingspan, ranges from 280 to 320 cm (9.2 to 10.5 ft). It is heavy, reaching a weight of 11 to 15 kg (24 to 33 lb) for males and 6 to 14 kg (13 to 31 lb) for females. Overall length can range from 102 to 135 cm (40 to 53 in). |
This is a map of The Araucanía region. By the way, Chile is divided in 15 regions, La Araucanía is the 9th of them.
After the museum we kept walking through the forest.
Look at this weird tree!!