TORRES DEL PAINE National Park: Declared by the UNESCO Biosphere World Reserve. Located 113 kilometers to the north of Puerto Natales, between the Andes and the plateau. With a surface of about 242,000 hectares in whose central part is the mountain range of Paine, formed by a series of hills of up to 3,200 meters high, some with a very particular form, as the famous horns. This group of hills in Torres del Paine is surrounded by lakes and glaciers: to the north the lakes Dickson, Paine and the Azul lagoon. To the south, the lakes Grey, Pehoé, Nordenskjold and Sarmiento. To the east, the Amarga lagoon. Inside the National Park there are approximately 100 kilometers of circuits to travel in car and several paths to do trekking, even one for those most trained ones that it surrounds the towers. Through them you will be able to visit lakes, rivers, water falls and glaciers of an absolute beauty. Torres del Paine Trekking / hiking: people of all parts of the world arrive to carry out this activity. The park possesses countless and beautiful paths of different grade of difficulty and with journeys of different duration. It is advisable to go accompanied by expert guides since the sudden climatic changes can alter the physiognomy of some paths (they cover of snow), causing the walker's disorientation. In general all the paths skirt the solid and the horns of the Paine traveling lakes, lagoons, rivers, mountains and glaciers. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
