Tantauco Park
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Tantauco Park is a 1180 sqkm private natural reserve on the south end of Chiloé Island
Chiloé Island
Chiloé Island , also known as Greater Island of Chiloé , is the largest island of the Chiloé Archipelago off the coast of Chile, in the Pacific Ocean...

 in Chile
Chile
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. The park was created by Chilean
Chilean people
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 business magnate
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 and President of Chile
President of Chile
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 Sebastián Piñera
Sebastián Piñera
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 in 2005 in order to protect 118,000 hectares of the region's unique ecosystem. Piñera owns the foundation Fundación Cultura y Sociedad (formerly Fundación Futuro), which runs the park. The park is open to the public with two campgrounds and a 150 km (93 mi) network of hiking trails.

Tantauco Park is an attractive ecotourist
Ecotourism
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 destination due to the remarkable biodiversity
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 of its nearly untouched Valdivian temperate rainforest and the rather easy public access. Precipitations
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 in the area average about 2500 mm (98 in) annually.

Some of the endangered species that can be seen in the park include Guaitecas cypress, Huillín otter, Chilote fox and the Blue whale

External links

Tantauco Park Official Website Map of the park boundaries
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