¡Mapuche! Chile's side of Patagonia: Las Capillas de Marmol y Coyhaique
January 22nd 2013 We took a bus to Rio Tranquilo to see the marble caves. We made several stops Along the way to see the vistas, rivers, volcanoes, the dead forest, to pick and eat calafate berries. We got a boat and toured the marble caves. They were spectacular. On the way back we stopped to find huemules in the woods, they are very similar to deer. They are endangered so we were lucky to find them.
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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more 
