Chilean national parks featured in Netflix documentary series narrated by Obama

Traveling from the waters of California’s Monterey Bay to the bright red lands of Kenya’s Tsavo National Park, to the vastness of the Patagonian steppe in Patagonia National Park in the Aysén region, the docuseries ‘Our Greatest National Parks’ is an invitation to connect with the wonders of wildlife around the world.

This optimistic and humored production tells the story of different national parks from five continents through the lives of their wildest inhabitants – both large and incredibly small – and explores our changing relationship with nature. Guanacos, the emblematic species of Patagonia National Park, are one of the protagonists of the second chapter, which was filmed in southern Chile.

During the past year, the production team spent several weeks getting to know the dynamics of wildlife in this protected area and recording different sequences with the support of Fundación Rewilding Chile’s team of professionals and wildlife rangers. In this National Park, the organization heir to the Tompkins Conservation legacy develops its Wildlife Program, which seeks to strengthen the populations of different endangered species in Patagonia. “The series is a recognition of the natural value of Patagonia National Park and the different species that inhabit it. The fact that today we can see an abundant population of peaceful guanacos is the result of years of Rewilding, or ecological restoration, our strategy to help this place’s ecosystems bounce back after decades of degradation caused by cattle ranching,” said Cristián Saucedo, Wildlife Program Director of Fundación Rewilding Chile.