Arranged a half day hike with an English-speaking guide to try to learn a bit more about the trees, shrubs and the birds that we have been seeing for the last week or two. Unfortunately we have been spoiled by the people who lead the Burrenbeo walks – who provide an almost non-stop commentary on a variety of topics.
Our guide – Jony – despite owning the agency and speaking good English – was a little lacking in his knowledge of the trees and shrubs and volunteered very little, although he was happy to answer direct questions when he knew the answer.
However he lead us on a very pleasant 8km walk through the forest on the ridge between the two volcanoes (Villarica and Quetrupillan) and we climbed to the tree line at about 1400m where we saw 6 -8 Magellanic woodpeckers – or Carpinteria as they are know locally.
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