Isla Mocha |
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Getting There
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Final approach as the ligth fades |
Casa Hahn - our home on Isla Mocha |
The fair Nello and Mario's Cessna |
Day 1 - Exploring the coast (14km - 30m ascent - 30m descent) |
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Isolated beach |
Natural gas bubbling up through the sand of the intertidal zone |
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Kelp gull |
Red-headed vulture |
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Cliffs of the southern end |
Road around the southern end of the island |
Mocha coastal scene |
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Some of the many bird species that call Isla Mocha home |
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Day 2 - Crossing the forest (8km - 330m ascent - 350m descent) |
The low sand flats of the south-east corner |
Silver sea and grey skies |
Fishing boats at the cove |
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The small stone and timber church of Isla Mocha |
Crossing the paddocks to start the cross island track |
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Looking for the forest birds |
View over the east coast from the ridge top |
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Three different types of the Isla Mocha temperate rain forest |
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Silhouette of a rain forest giant |
The still waters of Laguna Hermosa |
A rest beside the lake |
Descending the western slopes |
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In the trunk of a liana-entwined arrayan |
Walking through a grove of olivinos |
Open vegetation on the forest fringe |
Between forest and sea |
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Crossing the Playa Grande to Faro Viejo |
Isla Mocha sunset |
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Farewell Isla Mocha
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Heading back across the Pacific .... |
....to cross the black sand beach and coastal cliffs ... |
... and land on the mainland once again |