Fray Jorge National Park

It is one of the most important natural attractions of the commune of Ovalle, being located in the coastal sector. Fray Jorge National Park was created in 1941 and is part of the UNESCO world biosphere reserves (1977).

Visiting this park also means traveling 30 thousand years into the past, getting to know a natural relic that persists today. It has a surface of 9,959 hectares and is characterized by having Valdivian type forests in the middle of a semi-arid zone, this natural phenomenon, manages to perpetuate itself in time thanks to the “camanchaca”, thick and low fog, that goes from the coast towards the interior. This park has reached 20 thousand visits a year, making the endemic flora and fauna known to national and foreign tourists

• Open to public: From Thutsday to sunday 9:00am to 3:00pm / stay up to 5:00pm. Buy tickets at https://aspticket.cl/paso1.xhtml
• Address: Km 387 of Route 5. There is an existing level crossing in the place and it is properly signaled, take the lateral road to the west that leads in 27 km, through several communities.
• Tickets: Children under 11 years old and Seniors: Entrance free, National Teenagers: $2200 ,National Adult: $4200, Adult and Senior Foreigner :$8.200, Foreign Teenager (12 to 17 years old) $4.200.
• Website: https://www.conaf.cl/parques/parque-nacional-bosque-fray-jorge/