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Day 9: Boat trip on the Cruces River
On the 9th day of our excursion we went out on the water in cloudy weather. We took a boat trip to “Fuerte San Luis De Alba”, an old abandoned castle. First we went a short distance on the Calle-Calle River, which flows through Valdivia, and then we crossed the Cau-Cau River to the big…
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Day 8: Visit to Universidad Austral de Chile and Kunstmann beer brewery
After spending many hours on the bus yesterday, we started the day with a visit to the Universidad Austral de Chile. We got an insight into the agricultural research conducted by the university.Here we learned about research done with Holstein cows, chickens, and turkeys. We then got introduced to the apple plantation, looking at different…
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Day 7: From Salto de Laja to Valdivia
After spending a very comfortable night at what was probably the most beautiful accommodation of the entire excursion, divided over three alone-standing houses with living rooms, kitchens and even fireplaces, we got up early on Thursday because we had a long day ahead of us. Our plan was to visit the spectacular Salto de Laja…
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Day 6: Let’s go to Los Ruiles
This day we started very early. We begin the journey toward the south of Chile. On the trip, we made a stop in a field where they practiced regenerative cattle grazing. There were also beekeepers for the collection of dandelion honey, a meadow plant. Already in the reserve, Stephen taught us many things about this…
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Day 5: Beware of spiders!!!
Today’s target was the Tricahue National Park (named after the occurring Burrowing parrots) in the Maule Region. After a one-and-a-half-hour drive with our lovely bus. At the beginning of the Maule Region, we came across a beautiful spot where we stopped and took some photos. After arriving at the bottom of the trail, we started…
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Day 4: Recorrido por la Universidad de Talca y agronomía !!
Monday started cold at only 6 degrees. This morning we had a series of short and very interesting lectures about natural ecosystems and sustainable agriculture at the University of Talca […]
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Day 3: Vamos a Talca!
On Sunday we had to say goodbye to Santiago and went on a journey to the city of Talca. While leaving the capital of Chile behind, we were singing “Happy Birthday” to Annkathrin, our supervisor from Göttingen. We could also look at the enormous industrial parks around Santiago de Chile changing into agricultural fields and…
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Day 2: Pumahuida Nursery and more..
Our day started early, we left the hotel at 07.45 am. At first, we went to Pumahuida Nursery which was very special because of the focus on the production of ornamental native plants. We learned so much about Chilean biodiversity. The day was getting warm. After Pumahuida Nursery we went to Quilapilún Park, a place…
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Day 1: Welcome drink to Chile at Odfjell Vineyards
For the German participants of the excursion, the long first day already started on Thursday (October 20) with first of all getting to our destination: beautiful Chile. After two hours on the train starting at 3 pm, and 12 hours on the plane to São Paulo in Brazil, until finally reaching Santiago de Chile around…