Villa O'Higgins Cochrane village the Confluencia Río Baker/Neff in Patagonia Chile

Cochrane is a Chilean town and commune in Capitán Prat Province of the Aisén Region. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 2,867. The urban population in 2002 was 2,21,7 and the rural population was 650.

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Cochrane was founded in 1954 (as Pueblo Nuevo), but didn't have road access to the rest of Chile until 1988, when the Carretera Austral was opened. The town was later named Cochrane in honour of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, a British naval captain and radical politician who was appointed the first Admiral of Chile.

The Confluencia Río Baker/Neff is a striking natural wonder in Chile's Aysén region, where the intense turquoise, glacier-fed Baker River meets the murky, sediment-rich Neff River. Located on the Austral Highway (approx. 37 km north of Cochrane), this free, 15-minute hike offers a dramatic visual contrast, showcasing two distinct, powerful rivers merging.

Villa O'Higgins is the remote, southernmost town on Chile's Carretera Austral (Route 7), serving as the final, dramatic destination of this 1,247+ km Patagonian highway. Situated near the O'Higgins Glacier and Southern Patagonian Ice Field, it is a hub for eco-tourism, trekking, and, since 1999, the gateway for overland, cross-border adventures to El Chaltén, Argentina.

Patagonia National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Patagonia) is a national park in the Aysén Region of Chile. Once a private nature reserve operated as a public-access park, it was donated to the government of Chile by Tompkins Conservation in 2018.

The heart of the park is the Chacabuco Valley, an ecologically significant east-west valley that forms a pass over the Andes Mountains, resulting in a transition zone between the Patagonian steppe grasslands of Argentine Patagonia and the southern beech forests of Chilean Patagonia to the west. It is located between General Carrera Lake to the north and Cochrane Lake to the south, and extends to the Argentine border to the east. The park contains a network of trails and campgrounds, as well as a visitor center.