It is a small seaport in the south located between Puerto Montt and Coyhaique. It offers just basic tourist services but among them are 2 very comfortable hosterias run by German immigrants. To relax the tourist, nearby thermal spas are just the right thing. In contrast to the vast plains of Eastern Patagonia, the Patagonian Andes of Aisén form a mountain range with countless pointed peaks, cliffs, forests, and volcanoes. Its wide, open valleys are abruptly divided by mountain ridges. Great masses of eternal ice alternate with forests full of twisted trunks. Ancient native species form a dense forest that drops from the cliffs to the very edge of the sea. Lengas and cypresses grow on the mountain tops, while the slopes are covered with coigües, tineos and mañíos, whose brightly-colored leaves offer a brilliant autumn show. In Aisén, nature-lovers can enjoy spectacular sunsets, sea-lion colonies, penguins and bird-filled bays or animals such as the king-fisher and Chile's unique deer, the huemul.