This guide book shows the vast diversity of mosses, liverworts and lichens that are found in the tundras and forests of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, as well as the main types of micro-habitats and substrates where one can observe these small plants. It emphasizes conservation measures required to protect this delicate flora.

This guide book enables us to know, in the field, the route that Darwin took through Cape Horn and provides many details of the trip to London of tour members of the Yaghan tribe with emphasis on some episodes of special significance for the naturalist with the Yaghans aboard. It shows the importance that the experiences Darwin had in the Cape Horn Archipelago in the development of the theory of evolution, equivalent to those that he had in the Galapagos Islands.

Thanks to the research conducted by the authors, the Magellanic subantarctic forest ecoregion has been designated as one of the 37 most virgin landscapes on the planet with special interest for ecotourism on a global level. The forests of Cape Horn are the world’s southernmost forested ecosystems and they have been free of direct human impact thanks to their geographic isolation and the fact they were protected as a military reserve controlled by the Chilean Navy.

This guide book shows us the Basic concepts of Yaghan culture, and especially to understand the dynamic history of this people, which today has the possibility of being sustained by artistry and in “special interests tourism”. In this way, this book will contribute to the insertion of the Yaghan community into the ecotourism activity under a framework of respect and identity.

Cristina Zárraga, Francisca Massardo & Ricardo Rozzi (2006) Ediciones Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas. 102 pp.

Margaret Sherriffs, Silvina Ippi, Christopher Anderson, Ricardo Rozzi & Álvaro Zúñiga (2005) Ediciones Universidad de Magallanes, Puerto Williams. 107 pp.