{"id":197385,"date":"2015-04-15T12:09:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T11:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.swoop-patagonia.co.uk\/?p=197385"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:28:04","slug":"los-huemules-reserve-el-chalten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/los-huemules-reserve-el-chalten\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Huemules Reserve, El Chalten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Harriet from Swoop recently returned from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/el-chalten\/\" target=\"_blank\">El Chalten<\/a>\u00a0where she checked out \u00a0the Los Huemules Reserve, a\u00a0private 5,800 hectare reserve, to the North of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/el-chalten\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chalten<\/a> and bordering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/los-glaciares\/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Glaciares National Park<\/a>. It was created 15 years ago to preserve the ecology of this area and protect it from development. Experts were brought in to assess the ecology, geology, flora and fauna of the park and help develop a reserve that would highlight the beauty of the reserve whilst helping to preserve it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Some areas have been urbanised, 90 lots have been sold and on 11 of those, houses have been built. Sustainability is very important so water is brought down from Laguna Azul to supply the buildings and a hydro-plant powers them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0A series of trails of different difficulties have been developed so that tourists can do a number of hikes.\u00a0 The rest of the park has been left to grow wild and hopefully the Huemules, foxes, Magellanic woodpeckers, condors and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/pumas-patagonia\/\" target=\"_blank\">puma<\/a> will find sanctuary there. Although the trails will not get the spectacular views that you will get from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/landmark\/laguna-los-tres\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laguna de Los Tres<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/landmark\/laguna-torre\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laguna Torre<\/a>, these hikes are special because of their solitude, exploratory nature, the pristine landscape and diversity of species within the reserve through which they pass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here is Harriet&#8217;s story of her day spent discovering the reserve&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_0244.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197391\" alt=\"01 From our cosy caba\u00f1a at Ricanor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_0244.jpg\" width=\"399\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>From our cosy Caba\u00f1a at Ricanor&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/02-we-headed-to-Los-Huemules-reserve.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197392\" alt=\"02 we headed to Los Huemules reserve\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/02-we-headed-to-Los-Huemules-reserve.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8230;we headed to Los Huemules Reserve.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/03-There-isnan-interpretation-centre-and-the-park-rangers-passionately-told-us-all-about-the-project.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197393\" alt=\"03 There isnan interpretation centre and the park rangers passionately told us all about the project\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/03-There-isnan-interpretation-centre-and-the-park-rangers-passionately-told-us-all-about-the-project.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>There is an interpretation centre, and the park rangers passionately told us all about the project.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/06-It-was-a-dreich-day....png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197394\" alt=\"06 It was a dreich day...\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/06-It-was-a-dreich-day....png\" width=\"399\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>It was a dreich day&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/07-...but-we-set-off-into-the-woods-none-the-less.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197395\" alt=\"07 ...but we set off into the woods none the less\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/07-...but-we-set-off-into-the-woods-none-the-less.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8230;but we set off into the woods nonetheless&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/08...heading-towards-Laguna-verde.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197396\" alt=\"08...heading towards Laguna verde\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/08...heading-towards-Laguna-verde.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8230;heading towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/landmark\/laguna-verde\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laguna Verde<\/a>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/09-Crossing-a-new-bridge-across-the-Rio-del-Diablo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197397\" alt=\"09 Crossing a new bridge across the Rio del Diablo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/09-Crossing-a-new-bridge-across-the-Rio-del-Diablo.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8230;and crossing a new bridge across the Rio del Diablo&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10-Up-to-Laguna-Azul.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197398\" alt=\"10 Up to Laguna Azul\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10-Up-to-Laguna-Azul.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8230;up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/landmark\/laguna-azul\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laguna Azul<\/a>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11-with-views-of-Cerro-Electrico.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197399\" alt=\"11 with views of Cerro Electrico\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11-with-views-of-Cerro-Electrico.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8230;with views of Cerro Electrico&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/12-...and-a-Chilean-Flicker.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197400\" alt=\"12 ...and a Chilean Flicker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/12-...and-a-Chilean-Flicker.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8230;and a Chilean Flicker!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/13-Carefully-sticking-to-the-newly-made-paths-following-yellow-waymarkers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197401\" alt=\"13 Carefully sticking to the newly made paths following yellow waymarkers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/13-Carefully-sticking-to-the-newly-made-paths-following-yellow-waymarkers.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>We carefully stuck to the newly made paths, following the yellow way markers&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14-...following-the-signs....png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197402\" alt=\"14 ...following the signs...\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14-...following-the-signs....png\" width=\"399\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8230;and signs&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/15...and-half-expecting-a-Huemul-to-jump-out.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197403\" alt=\"15...and half expecting a Huemul to jump out\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/15...and-half-expecting-a-Huemul-to-jump-out.png\" width=\"268\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/15...and-half-expecting-a-Huemul-to-jump-out.png 268w, https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/15...and-half-expecting-a-Huemul-to-jump-out-151x225.png 151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8230;half expecting a Huemul to jump out!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/16-But-instead-we-spot-some-funky-mushrooms.....png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197404\" alt=\"16 But instead we spot some funky mushrooms,....\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/16-But-instead-we-spot-some-funky-mushrooms.....png\" width=\"399\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>But instead we spot some funky mushrooms&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/17-and-PUFFBALLSJPG.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197405\" alt=\"17 and PUFFBALLS!!!!JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/17-and-PUFFBALLSJPG.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8230;and PUFFBALLS!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/18-The-mountains-clear-for-a-moment-but-it-doesnt-last-and-the-rain-returned-so-we-went-home.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197406\" alt=\"18 The mountains clear for a moment but it doesn't last and the rain returned so we went home\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/18-The-mountains-clear-for-a-moment-but-it-doesnt-last-and-the-rain-returned-so-we-went-home.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The mountains cleared for a moment but sadly it didn&#8217;t last and tghe rains returned, so we head on home.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In order to reach the Los Huemules Reserve you will need to take a transfer from Chalten, it is a good idea to base yourself near the reserve for a couple of nights in order to thoroughly explore the trails. There are a caba\u00f1as, hotels and camping nearby so do let us know what you are looking for and we can check availability for you. This is a great option if you have time in Chalten and want to access some remoter areas without getting completely off the beaten track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harriet from Swoop recently returned from\u00a0El Chalten\u00a0where she checked out \u00a0the Los Huemules Reserve, a\u00a0private 5,800 hectare reserve, to the North of Chalten and bordering the Los Glaciares National Park. It was created 15 years ago to preserve the ecology of this area and protect it from development. 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