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

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Torres del Paine

Trekking in Chile's Premier National Park

Author

Rudolf Abraham

ISBN

9781852845933

Published

10 Aug 2010

Availability

Published

Edition

First

Price

£15.00

Size

17.2 x 11.6 x 1.6cm

Weight

270g

Pages

192

Originally Published

10 Aug 2010

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Guide book to treks at the southern tip of the Andes in Chile and Patagonia, with emphasis on low-impact trekking. 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.

Seasons

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

Centres

Puerto Natales is the gateway to Torres del Paine, and also the base for short trips to the 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 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 ‘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.