Torres del PainePersonal travel impressions in stories and pictures from Torres del Paine, Chile. Click on the pictures to enlarge, send as a free e-card, or download for personal use. You can locate Torres del Paine and navigate the world using Google Earth Show on mapLocate Torres del Paine on map
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Several Chileans advised me to go all the way to Torres del Paine National Park ,and promised I would not be disappointed. They were right - hiking around the plains, glaciers, lakes and wildlife was a great opportunity to get closer to overwhelming Chilean nature. This area has the fame of being cold year-round, but when I walked here I though it was not so bad as long as you were properly clothed. I rented a tent in Puerto Natales and off I went!
It was easy enough to hitch to the entrance of the park. After that, I was all alone, facing pure nature ahead of me. Hours of walking brought me deeper in the park, but unfortunately I was not able to really see the famed Torres for myself as they were constantly clouded. Nevertheless, the clouds gave these incredibly high towers of rock an almost mythical appearance. Later that day, I would end up in the middle of the park where I slept in a hostel.
The next day I went on to see some of the glaciers of this park. The more
I walked on, the wilder Nature got. When I saw icebergs floating in the lake next to me I knew the glacier could not be far. Nevertheless it still took me hours to reach the end of the path. I watched in awe this eternal play of sound - the tired cracking of the age-old ice when it finally reached its destiny, the lake. That night I slept in a tent on the lakeside, and thoroughly enjoyed being absorbed by nature. This feeling stayed until I left the park.
