Chile’s new national park offers a glimpse of life in the cosmos. Following a rare superbloom event, Desierto Florido National Park was created to safeguard nearly 200 flower species—and many ...

Chilean Bellflower (Lapageria rosea) The National flower of Chile, this shade-loving climbing plant is a fantastic climber with large pendant red to white waxy bells, and leathery leaves on a ...

The Atacama Desert is the driest desert on earth, however a rare blossoming of flowers here has encouraged Chile to create its 44th national park.

Travel. Chile’s Atacama Desert To Witness Blooming Flowers The Llanos de Challe National Park, the driest desert in the world, will see several small wildflowers sprout.

However, the park is unlikely to cover the entire desert, which stretches over 41,000 square miles between Chile’s Pacific coast and the Andes. No date has been set yet for the formal designation.

Chile's Atacama Desert has turned into a mauve-coloured carpet of flowers following a downpour of rain from the country's north that has seen the normally arid region turn to a psychedelic ...