Shimmeringlakes.Snow-cappedmountains.Primevalforestwherepumashaunttheshadows.Free-flowingriversthatracetothesea.ThisisChile’sCorcovadoNationalPark,oneofthelastgreatwildernessareasonEarth.RisingaboveitallistheCorcovadovolcano,whosestrikingformhasbeenalandmarkfortravelersalongthePacificcoastlineinsouthernChileforcenturies.Modernvisitorstotheregionhavecalledthemountain,“theMatterhornofSouthAmerica.“InCorcovadoNationalPark,renownedlandscapephotographerAntonioVizca穩nocapturesthebeautyanddiversityofamagicalsettingalmostun竅touchedbymodernhumans.Designatedin2005byPresidentRicardoLagos,theparkwasbornofaninnovativepublic-privatecollaborationspurredbythelargest-everdonationofprivatelandtoChile’ssystemofprotectedareas.WithaforewordbyLagosandessaysbyotherprincipalsinthepark’screation,CorcovadoNationalParkexploresthenaturalwondersofanextraordinaryplaceandtellsthestoriesoftheconservationistswhomadecertainitwouldremainabastionofwildnatureheldintrustbytheChileanpeopleforfuturegenerations.
