Torres del Paine
Know Torres del Paine
Located more than 100 kilometers from Puerto Natales, This national park has incredible landscapes and 242.242 ha surface. It's the ideal place to practice entertaining and sport activities, if the weather conditions are the best. Torres del Paine has different geographic attractions; one of them is Paine Mountain and the Cuerno and the Torres of the Paine. The park is a Biosphere Reserve, and it has an incredible vegetation like lengas and coigues forests, calafate, estepa and the mata barrosa. In the other hand, also it´s possible find condors, culpeos, guanacos, ñandus, pumas and gray foxes. Torres del Paine fluvial resourses allow the kayak and rafting practicing; meanwhile, the mountains are the favorite ones to practice climbing and high mountain tours. The walks are another alternative because the park, including its paths, are protected by the CONAF.
Información del Destino:
- Attractions:
Flora and fauna. Amazing topography and fluvial resourses. In 1978 was declared Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO.
- When to go:
All year long.
- Activities:
Hiking, trekking, high mountain tours, climbing, show trekking, kayak, rafting, flora and fauna contemplation, photography.
- Weather:
Trasandino weather, with ice in high places. The summer media temperature reaches 10,8°C, with a maximum media of 23,5°C and a minumum media of 0,85°C in the same season.
- Location:
Flora and fauna. Amazing topography and fluvial resourses. In 1978 was declared Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO.
- Services;
Housing, food, transportation, information centers, forest ranger, camping.
- How to get there:
- Surroundings:
Las Montañas Channel, Castillo Hill, W Network: Torres del Paine Base- Valle del Frances-Grey Lake, network: Cordillera Paine Lake, Puerto Natales seashort, Dos Lagunas, Calvo Fjord, Bories cold-storage plant, Balmaceda Glaciar, Gulf of Almirante Montt, Balmaceda Lake, Azul Lagoon, Verde Lagoon, Paine Mountain, Cueva del Milodon Natural Monument, Bernardo O´Higgins National Park, Torres del Paine National Park, Antonio Varas Peninsula, Puerto Natales, Alacalufe National Reserve, Serrano River, Ultima Esperanza Inlet.
Nearby tourist attractions
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Base de las Torres del Paine - 3 kmCerro Castillo - 49 kmCostanera Puerto Natales - 90 kmGlaciar Balmaceda - 53 kmGlaciar Grey - 20 kmGlaciar Serrano - 49 kmGlaciar Tyndall - 33 kmLago del Toro - 30 kmLago Grey - 16 km
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Lago Nordenskjold - 6 kmLago Paine - 15 kmLago Pehoe - 14 kmMacizo del Paine - 4 kmParque Nacional Torres del Paine - 26 kmPuerto Edén - 89 kmPuerto Natales - 90 kmRío Serrano - 28 kmSeno Ultima Esperanza - 91 km
Tours
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Self guided trek for the trekking lovers who like the extreme natural contact in the the end of the world. A trekking with magnificient flora…
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The Torres del Paine National Park, the eighth marvel of the world, is a place of extreme and owe-inspiring beauty and we invite you to meet…
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4.5
Discover Torres del Paine National Park and enjoy this super economic program.
4 Days / 3 NightsFrom USD $554 -
Discover the magic of Patagonia with our all-inclusive program. From majestic landscapes to unique culinary experiences, every detail is carefully…
5 Days / 4 NightsFrom USD $4.090 -
4.5
3 Marvels in five days: Torres del Paine, Perito Moreno Glacier, Balmaceda and Serrano
5 Days / 4 NightsFrom USD $814 -
4.5
Inspiring travel package visiting the highlights of the Chilean and Argentinian Patagonia, Torres del Paine, Perito Moreno Glacier and the southernmost…
9 Days / 8 NightsFrom USD $1.728