Carretera Austral –or Austral road, covers 1,240 kilometers and on its way among mountains and cliffs, dense and ancient native forests of coigüe, notro, lenga, and giant nalcas, rivers, and waterfalls of crystal clear waters where you can often see pairs of native birds, such as caiquenes and flocks of bandurrias, or ibis.

The Carretera Austral Highway begins in Puerto Montt and ends in Villa O’Higgins, close to the Southern Ice Fields. Driving the Carretera Austral, a mostly graveled highway through and area that was nearly roadless 20 years ago, is an adventure.  Drivers and cyclists agree that it´s one of South Americas most scenic roads.  Sights as the native forest of Pumalin Park, the hanging glaciers of the Queulat National park, the horns of Cerro Castillo National Reserva and the sapphire water of Lago General Carrrera are part of this scenery road.