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The XI Aisén Region is the least populous of the fifteen regions. The shape of the landscape is marked by several glaciations that formed a lot of lakes, channels and fjords. The region still has icefields including the Northern and Southern Patagonian Ice Field, the world's largest clean fresh water reserve after those in Antarctica and Greenland.
Laguna San Rafael National Park, reachable only by boat or plane, is one of the most popular tourist destinations.
Until the construction of Route 7 (the Carretera Austral, or Southern Highway) in the 1980s, the only overland routes from North to South through the region were extremely primitive tracks. Now it can be travelled easily, and there are few places where you will see that many glaciers along the road.
The region is also one of the world’s fly-fishing paradises: thousands of fishing enthusiasts come each year to the lakes and rivers of Aisén to catch brown trouts weighing as much as five kilos. The capital is Coihaique.