Last week CONAF (Chilean National Authority for Forestry) informed that they start re-opening the National parks and Nature reserves. For reasons of precaution, all parks in the region between Valparaíso and Araucanía had been closed after the earthquake in order to avoid any accidents caused by landslides or damages of the infrastructure.
Now, one month after the earthquake, most of the government protected areas were visited and evaluated, and the following parks will be re-opened completely: Nature reserve „Lago Peñuelas“ (Valparaíso region), Nature reserves „Los Queules“, „Federico Albert“ and „Los Bellotos del Melado“ (all situated in the Maule region), National parks „Villarrica“ and „Huerquehue“, the Nature reserves „Malalcahuello“, „Nalcas“ and „Villarrica“, as well as the Nature monument „Cerro Ñielol“ (all situated in the Araucanía region), and the Nature reserve „Río Clarillo“ (Metropolitan region).
At the moment just partially re-opened will be: National park „La Campana“, Nature park „Laguna El Peral“ (both situated in the Valparaíso region), Nature reserve „Río de Los Cipreses“ (O’Higgins region), Nature reserve „Altos de Lircay“ (Maule region).
All other protected areas within the region between Valparaíso and Araucanía will remain closed until further notice.