Área Costera Protegida Punta Curiñanco is a natural reserve 40 km (25 mi) from the city of Valdivia, Chile.

[1] Punta Curiñanco covers area that includes different types of Valdivian temperate rain forest as well as coastal shrublands, wetlands and sea-side rocks.

Among the tree species that can be found are Aextoxicon punctatum (Olivillo), Luma apiculata (Arrayán), Eucryphia cordifolia (Ulmo), Persea lingue (Lingue), Drimys winteri (Canelo), Embothrium coccineum (Notro), Amomyrtus meli (Meli) and Lomatia ferruginea (Romerillo).

As for mammals, pumas, pudús, chungungos, chilla foxes, guiñas, and sea lions are known to be present in the protected area.

Some of the birds that have been observed in the reserve are the Cinclodes nigrofumosus (Coastal Churrete), the Elaenia albiceps (Fío-Fío), the Phalacrocorax gaimardi (Cormorant Lile) and the Buteo polyosoma (Aguilucho).