Behind the treehouse is an otherworldly forest trail, where you can see different birds and endemic species. At the end of the trail is a “pomponal” made up of a species of moss that’s of great importance for the island’s water supply. 56% of the world’s supply is produced in Chile.
Given its importance,
it is known as “Chilean gold”.

Online info:
“Pomponales in Chiloé are sphagnum-covered peatlands or moss bogs. They are a type of anthropogenically modified wetland, often formed after the removal or burning of native forests.”
Nature taking back this forest patio/deck they built next to a thousand year old Mañío tree.
The Mañío tree is a slow-growing, evergreen coniferous tree native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests of southern Chile and Andean Argentina.
One of the plants I’ve never seen before drew my attention on the trail. It’s a “pinguin”
The trail ended at the peat bog. Here Marianne tests its sponginess.
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