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  1. J

    Santiago (and environs) - question

    looking forward to it Peter, cheers, James
  2. J

    Santiago (and environs) - question

    Hi Peter, the road heading east from Lampa towards ruta 5 bisects the marsh. It's fairly easy to park by the roadside and there's a couple of viewpoints. This is a well-known site for south american painted-snipe if you know exactly where to go and are prepared to wade into the marshes (there is...
  3. J

    Santiago (and environs) - question

    Hi Peter, the only place in 2 weeks in Chile where i saw condors was El Yeso. Got really good views of 2 above the embalse (about the only good birds we saw there in desperately windy conditions) but also saw several more distantly from the road up to the embalse. Saw loads of other good stuff...
  4. J

    Santiago (and environs) - question

    Hi Peter, i reckon it takes about an hour, maybe a touch more to drive from ruta 5 to Vilches, but it depends how assertively (aggressively?) you drive on dirt roads (of which the last section after you turn off the road to lago colbun consists). Regards ground tyrants, the ones at lago colbun...
  5. J

    Santiago (and environs) - question

    Hi Peter, at Altos de Lircay i stayed at the Hosteria de Vilches http://www.hosteriadevilches.cl/ this place is 10 mins drive from the reserve entrance, with really nice cabins and an excellent restaurant. Also the management and staff were incredibly kind to me as i somehow contrived to turn up...
  6. J

    Santiago (and environs) - question

    Hi Peter, i'm just back from central Chile, in a week travelling alone i managed to visit Santo Domingo, Lagunas Cartagena and El Peral, Punta de Tralco, Concon dunes, Ventana ponds, Cachagua, La Campana, Lago Batuco, Lampa wetlands, Parque Mahuida, Embalse el Yeso, PN Rio de las Cipreses, &...
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