trekking guide book - Torres del Paine - Chile - South America

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10 Aug 2010

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192

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10 Aug 2010

Torres del Paine

Trekking in Chile's Premier National Park by Rudolf Abraham

Guide book to trekking in Chile and Patagonia, with emphasis on low-impact treks. Routes include the Torres del Paine Circuit (10-11 days), Half Circuit (4-5 days) and other 2-day treks: Laguna Verde, Rio Pingo and Laguna Azul. Many other routes and information on mountain refuges and how to link routes together. More...

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Seasons

December–April. January–February is high season, when most visitors arrive, so can be a little Read More... crowded. Overall March is best.

Centres

Puerto Natales is the gateway to Torres del Paine, and also the base for short trips to the Read More... Balmaceda Glacier and Sierra Baguales. There are multiple bases in the national park itself.

Difficulty

No technical difficulties, but the Torres del Paine Circuit is a long and, at times, remote Read More... undertaking from which there is no convenient exit point half way through. Sudden changes in weather, gale force winds and torrential rain can turn it into a far more difficult undertaking.

Must See

The magnificent granite spires of the ‘towers’ (Torres), and distinctive, banded form of the Read More... ‘horns’ (Cuernos); vast glaciers (Grey, Tyndall and Dickson) spilling out from the largest sheet of ice in the southern hemisphere outside Antarctica; beautifully unspoilt southern beech or lenga forest; rich and varied animal and birdlife; remote valleys and immense, cloud–streaked skies.

‘The Torres del Paine circuit on one of the world’s truly great treks. This Cicerone first edition gives full background and planning information, including wildlife and plants, history, getting there and accommodation.

The guide gives full details of seven walks in the National Park, with lots of local excursions. Each section begins with information on local transport. Each walk is given a detailed section with Walk 1 being the 10-11 days of the Torres del Paine circuit – a circular route taking in many of the park’s scenic highlights and one of the world’s truly great treks.

An invaluable pocket guide and a welcome addition to the Cicerone range.’

Strider, December 2010

This particularly useful trekking guide includes excellent route maps and all the information needed to plan a trek around the Torres Del Paine in the Chilean Andes. It also includes a section on trekking in the neighbouring Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina.

This is a useful guide to a mountain area where those competent of looking after themselves on hills with good lightweight camping gear can be assured of a relatively cheap trek in the spectacular Patagonia Andes.