>>TRAVEL TORRES DEL PAINE - Argentina - Chile

Torres del Paine National Park was declared World Reserve of the Biosphere by UNESCO, in 1978. It is 113 km. to the North of Puerto Natales, between the Andes and the Plateau of the Patagonia. Torres del Paine National Park covers an area of 242,000 hectares, in the middle of which you can find the Paine Rocky Chain, formed by several Hills of up to 3,200 meters high, some of them with a very peculiar shape such as, the famous horns of the Paine. This set of hills is surrounded by lakes and glaciers: to the North the Dickson and Paine Lakes and the Blue Lagoon.

To the South, the Grey, Pehoé, Nordenskjold and Sarmiento Lakes. To the East, the Amarga (Bitter) Lagoon. In the park, there are approximately 100 kilometers of circuits to visit by car, and several trekking paths, even one for the highly trained trekkers, that goes round the Paine massif. Going through them, you can visit lakes, rivers, cascades, and glaciers of absolute beauty. The park is located in an area of cold dessert weather in the lower parts, and a tundra weather in the summits. This weather is very changeable during the summer, thus it can be sunny, cloudy, rainy, and even snow on the same day.

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