Eco-Tourism
ECOTOURISM ACTIVITIES IN VODUDAHUE
“VODUDAHUE preserves the sublime, preserves it to be inhabited. This dwelling must respond to the respectful and conscious development of hiking and mountaineering activities, being everyone's responsibility to contribute to making tourism an engine of environmental and social transformation, with low environmental impact”.
Douglas Point Summit
Located in the wild and lonely lands to the SE of the Comao Fjord and on the north bank of the Vodudahue River, the summit of Douglas Point (masl) rises majestically and at dawn, above the forests and rivers of this extraordinary sector of Patagonia entrance north of the Pumalin park circuit. Its great massif of pure white granite and its dome shape make this hill known as Gorilla, it is a formidable attraction that draws the attention of the Navigator and obsesses the Mountaineer and Climbers Due to its large number of practically vertical walls, the hard approach by the humid jungle make, above all, the capricious Patagonian climate, this peak a great challenge for the ropes that venture to conquer its summit.
Eco-tourism team
The responsible and sustainable tourism has always been one of the objectives of the Alerce 3000 Foundation and the VODUDAHUE project. To fulfill this dream, a recent agreement was signed between the Alerce 3000 Foundation and Vertical, the country’s leading firm in the development and implementation of outdoor education programs. The idea behind the agreement is to develop, together with local operators, activities aimed at conserving, protecting and professionally managing the environment.
Vía Ferrata VODUDAHUE
This is a world class via ferrata, consisting of two main sections. The first of them is on the way to the summit of Douglas Point through the edge starting from East to West leaving the forest of the normal path that comes from Placeta Vodudahue, it enters the rock and edge of the mountain, in a route with a total built length of 1.2 km, through a clear system of terraces that reaches the top and then it passes to the West to the great terrace and a great viewpoint of the Fjord.
The second is a more vertical ascent of a length of 400 meters armed by a concave wall that is called ¨La Cuchara¨ or ¨The Void¨.
Being this a highly attractive project, the Via Ferrata aims to captivate both national and international mountaineering and climbing enthusiasts, visits that will help promote local development and validate the idea of ¨know to value¨ and thus protect nature.
It is important to only practice this activity with authorized guides and certified equipment for this discipline.
VODUDAHUE TRAILS
In Vodudahue, walking is discovering. Venturing into the trails through the forests allows observing an innumerable amount of tree species, ferns, plants, as well as the microfauna of fungi and lichens that differ in shapes and colors, always present for the eyes of those willing to discover them. Our trails respect guidelines of preservation and low impact, have different levels of difficulty and walking times, so that you can find the one that suits your requirements, and on each visit, you can generate a connection with nature, by venturing among canelos, arrayanes, and chestnuts, or discovering the history of brave settlers and learning about their lime kilns, or embracing a millenary alerce tree while listening to the song of chucaos.
