Today we visited the beautiful Aysén Fjord in Central Patagonia. This fjord is about 60km deep but reaches 200km from the Pacific coast into the Andes and we anchored National Geographic Explorer off the port city of Puerto Chacabuco. From Puerto Chacabuco we enjoyed two options: the first was a day-long visit to the Coyhaique National Park where we took a walk through the pampas and the dense forest. The highlight was the sighting of magellanic woodpeckers. This excursion included a Patagonian barbecued lamb lunch and was altogether a lovely day including a visit to the town of Aysén. The second excursion visited the Parque Aikén del Sur where we also had a lovely walk through the dense forest where we were able to understand the complex forest ecosystem and have good sightings of the ringed kingfisher and striking Chucao which announces its presence with a very loud call for such a small bird, but is, even so, very difficult to spot in the dense forest cover. This walk ended at a beautiful lodge overlooking Lake Riesco where we also were treated to a Patagonian barbecue lamb lunch complete with local folk dancers. At the end of our excursions we re-joined the ship and sailed west out of the fjord to continue our exploration of the complex fjord country of southern Chile.