Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile, seen from the Mirador. From left to right: Torre Sur, Torre Central, Torre Norte. The North Tower was first ascended on 27/12/1957 by an Italian expedition led by ...

This story appears in the February 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. At the head of a remote fjord in southern Chile, a determined Norwegian named Samsing settled down in 1925 to a life ...

Exulted as one of the most scenic hiking venues on the planet, Torres del Paine National Park draws admirers from far and wide. You'll marvel at jaw-dropping vistas at nearly every point along the ...

A relative of the now-domesticated llama, the guanaco -- Patagonia's largest land vertebrate -- roams the plains of Torres del Paine. Guanacos live in groups, usually a single dominant male ...

Torres del Paine is one of the main points of attraction in southern Chile Chilean Public Works Minister Hernán de Solminihac recently inaugurated a new 9.6 million US dollars highway - Route 9 ...

VirtualTourist announced that after more than five million worldwide votes, Turismo Chile's entry of Torres del Paine National Park has been named the “8th Wonder of the World”. Earlier this ...

Río Serrano Hotel + Spa is a family-owned boutique hotel set at the gateway to Torres del Paine National Park. After a winding five-hour drive from Argentina’s El Calafate International Airport ...

A: Torres Del Paine National Park is a popular tourist attraction in Chile due to its breathtaking landscapes, including mountains, glaciers, lakes, and rivers.

The big cats, leaving their reserved areas in Patagonia in search of food, are mauling sheep herds. Could tourism solve the problem? Pincushion shrubs and shards of rock don’t trouble the puma ...