VALLEY OF TEARS CONSERVATION PARK

The forest in our park is made up of indigenous native species with romantic names such as Arrayán, Cipress de las Guaitecas, and Coihue. These trees form part of the lungs of the Planet Earth and play a vital role capturing large quantities of the carbon dioxide which is filling our atmosphere and heating our planet. The forest is also host to a wealth of other unique fauna and flora, such as the Pudú, the world’s smallest deer, and the rare Darwin’s Frog.

Forest Species and Stand Types of Patagonia

CANELO

(DRIMYS WINTERI)

TThe cinnamon tree or canelo is for the Mapuche, southern Chiles indigenious people, a sacred tree, that they adore and worship. They atribute magic properties to the tree. Its branches also represent peace and important treaties where made in the shadows of these species. Its trunk is straight and cylindrical, it can grow up until a height of 98ft and its trunk diameter up to 3ft. The bark is smooth, thick, soft and of a clear grey colour. The branches are thin and their ends are of a reddish colour. The leaves are perennial, petiolated, alternated, simple and of a light green colour. The lenght of the leaves is between 5 to 14cm and the breadth is around 4cm. It announces rain, when its leaves turn around, and a silver lake becomes visible. The locals say it will rain very soon, and it´s true. The leaves turn around because of the change in the atmosperic pressure… and it will rain!

MAÑIO

(PODOCARPUS NUBIGENUS)

The Mañio is a conifer with a leafy crown which is endemic to the forests
of southern Chile. It can be found on sea level ground or above, until
1000 mamsl. It grows up to 65ft high and trunk diameter 6ft. It is
classified as vulnerable.
The Tepa Is a larger pretty tree whose leafs can be used to treat
convulsions or other medical treatments. It grows up to 120 ft high and
trunk diameter 6ft and it can be found on wet forests and deep soils. Its
trunk is usually covered by a fungus.

CIPRES

(AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS)

The Cipres de las Guaitecas is a slow growing conifer which is endemic to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and Magellanic subpolar forests of southern Chile. It grows up to 60ft high and trunk diameter 4ft. It is classified as vulnerable.

CONTACT





    CONTRIBUTE

    We have 300 unique plots available in the valley of Tears,some with riverbank access and others more heavily wooded and with a view towards the ffiord. As soon as you buy one of these plots it formally becomes conservation land under Chilean law, which means that it can never be used for comercial purposes.

    If you ever want to visit your plot it is reachable by air and by sea, and there is a luxury lodge nearby in Puyahuapi. We have included a clause in the deeds that allows the construction of a small log cabin (made from fallen timber).

    If you are genuinely interested in being a part of our Project, please contact us by mail and I can send you more detailsof the plots and a sample copy of the contract which will transfer the land to you.