Forests, thickets, grasslands, parks, steeps, swampland, marshes, peatland and dunes, with the forests dominating the vegetation and the scenery of Southern Chile, both in the intermediate hollows as well as in both mountain ranges.

At the middle and end of 1800 a process of immigration began, which mainly took place in the Lago Ranco Valleys and mountainous area. Among these pioneers were the Duhalde, Machmar and Retting families.

Diverse activities in the different periods of the year serve to symbolize through oral traditions, monuments, exhibitions in museums, typical events and ancestral ceremonies are part of the rich culture found on the banks of Ranco Lake. All are indisputable signs of a true, folkloric, and potentially deep-rooted Chile in this area of the Los Rios Region.