page_title: Hiking in Chile
section_title: Reserva Malalcahuello
hierarchical_section_title: Hiking in Chile / Arauncanía Andina / Reserva Malalcahuello
caption_attribution_description: Lonquimay Volcano, Chile.
context_page_description: Hiking in Chile is characterized by a wide range of environments and climates for hikers, which largely results from Chile's unusual, ribbon-like shape, which is 4,300 kilometres long and on average 175 kilometres wide. These range from the world's driest desert, the Atacama, in the north, through a Mediterranean climate in the center, to the glaciers, fjords and lakes of Patagonia in the south.
  The longest hiking trail in Chile is the informal 3,000 km Greater Patagonian Trail that was created by a non-governmental initiative.
context_section_description: The Malalcahuello National Reserve is found around 30 km east of the town of Curacautín, on the southern side of Lonquimay Volcano. The trail runs 18 km north west from the Conaf lodge in the Coloradito sector of the park to the Malalcahuello sector lodge. Hikers can view the region's abundant tree life including the emblematic araucaria and examples of Lenga beeches, coihues and Antarctic beeches.
caption: Lonquimay Volcano
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