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The
British Birdwatching Fair (BBF) was held between August 15 - 17 in
Rutland Waters, England. Last year Natura Patagonia did assist to
this fair to explore it and familiarize with the event, while this year
we did participate with a booth to promote the local products.The
booth
itself was sponsored by the Project of Tourism Promotion of Patagonia
as a way to encourage the participation of the agencies in this fair,
which is in this case far one of the most important in its kind
worldwide.
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Natura Patagonia booth in BBF, Rutland
Waters,
England. Photo: R. Matus
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As a
result, an approximate total of 250 visitors came to the booth either by
their interest in Chile, as in Patagonia.
Natura Patagonia offer in this fair was mainly based in the exploration
and bird and marine mammal watching in the Patagonian fjords, Pampas and
the Andes of the region of Magellan, which complemented with the
neighboring Argentine territory offers a number of singular bird and
mammals species endemics of this wild and still to be discovered
territory.
For the Patagonian fjords exploration, Natura works together with
Whale Sound a local company that has built an eco campsite in
Carlos III Island for developing sustainable tourism in the recently
inaugurated Francisco Coloane Marine Park. This campsite is the
base to carry out activities like whalewatching of Humpbacks in the
Straits of Magellan, as a new special interest tourist activity
pushed by this company, increasing the offer in the Region of Magellan.
Natura Patagonia also works in combination with Hualamo, a
company based in Valdivia and that operates in South Chile. Its director
Jorge Ruiz (ornithologist and bird artist) has developed several natural
history tours in that area, specially in the Rio Cruces Nature
Sanctuary, where Hualamo belongs a comfortable lodge called Santa
Maria where tourist arrive every year.
I sincerely thank to all people who did cooperate in one way or another
for this trip specially to Jorge Ruiz, Christian Gonzalez
and Jane Greenlaw, for their hospitality and to my good friend
Robin Woods (Falkland Conservation) for his help and cooperation.
Sincerely
Ricardo
View from Santa Maria lodge, Nature
Sanctuary
Rio Cruces -
Valdivia, Chile
Photo: R. Matus
LETTER FILE
-
Trip to Noir
Island, April 2003
- ABA
Convention, June 2003
- Participation in BBF, August 2003
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