Having had a sea day yesterday it was good to get off the ship for a while. Even if it meant having to travel in tender to get to shore!
It's been a nice day out with a visit to the Cucao Chiloé National Park. On the way to the park in the hills we passed by fishing harbours with shellfish farming & salmon farming, past lakes & through beautiful countryside.
Once at the national park we made our way to the visitor’s centre. Unfortunately another tour group was inside the visitor centre with their guide. Our guide, Juna, found it difficult to compete above the voice of the other guide so we started our walk through the park earlier and we would come back to the visitor centre on our way back.
Lovely walk along paths and boardwalks, over marshland/wetlands, through forest and scrub. We stopped at the open air museum (wooden house) on our way back to the park entrance and our guide described what life used to be like, living inside the wooden house.
We had refreshments at Cocineria Tradicionel Morelia, a traditional Chilean restaurant. A variety of empanadas were served and a type of small dessert. Also fruit juice and/or Pisco Sour served as well. The Pisco Sour went down a treat.
On the way back to Castro pier we stopped briefly to see the wooden stilt houses built above the incoming tide waterline. I got the feeling that some people have never seen stilt houses before, but that is to be expected.
I caught the tender back to the ship but others decided to stay in town for a while. The weather was good so - if not, why not.
Overall it has been a nice day, beautiful scenery, lovely walk and good weather.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Cucao Chiloé National Park
Cocineria Tradicionel Morelia
En-route To The Ship
Views of Castro from the Prinsendam
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