Description provided by the publisher:
Guidebook to Trekking Chile s 10 to 11 – day Torres del Paine Circuit, One of the Worls Great Treks. Also Included Are A Shorter Half Circuit (4 to 5 Days), Further Treks and Day walks in the Torres del Paine and Los Glaciares National Parks, Corded Around Puerto Natales. INCLUDES ON LINGING ROUTES, TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION.
Seasons: December – april. January – FEBRUARY is High Season, When Most Visitors arrives, so can be a little crowded. Overall March is best.
Centers: Puerto Natales Is the Gateway to Torres del Paine, and Also The Base for Short Trips to The Balmaceda Glacier and Sierra Bagaules. THERE ARE MULTIPLE BASES IN THE NATIONAL PARK ITSELF.
Difficulty: # Technical Difficulties, Purpose 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 Difficulty Undertake.
Must See: The Magnificent Granite Spires of the Towers , Torres, and Distinctive, Banded Form of the Horns (Cuernos) Vast Glaciers (Gray, Tyndall and Dickson) Spilling Out From The Largest Sheet of Ice In The Southern Hemisphere Outside Antarctica Beautifully Unspoilt Southern Beech Gold Lenga Forest Rich and Varied Animal and Birdlife Remote Valleys and Huge, Cloud Streaked Skies.