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Torres del Paine National Park
Torres del Paine.
Morning reds, day blues. A color fan reflecting the magnificent ices that make up Torres del Paine National Park, with a surface area of 242,242 hectares, declared Natural World Patrimony of the Biosphere by the UNESCO in 1976. One of the most beautiful places in Chile. A massif that arises after the cooling down of the Earth and the long freezing periods of the Earth 12 million years ago. Water is the featuring star in all its forms, either through the Patagonian channels or as huge ice blocks that give life to the white landscape inhabited by pumas, gray foxes, culpeos or guanacos, as well as flamingoes, black neck swans and a great variety of ducks. In this environment, sun is rare and contrary to what it would be believed, with very rare snowfall; a rather irregular environment characterized by constant and unceasing rain.
 
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The park, managed by the Corporación Nacional Forestal de Chile, CONAF, has 3 accesses: Sarmiento, Laguna Amarga and Laguna Azul porter's offices. Likewise, Comapa travel agency offers an interesting access alternative in its Fluvial Paine tour. There, you'll enjoy the incredible experience of sailing through the Patagonian channels and access to the park via the Serrano river during a beautiful voyage.

The park is full of attractions. Standing out, without a doubt, are Torres and Cuernos del Paine, a group of rocky formations that rise vertically giving life to the park and whereby the main trekking trails are traced. Some of the stunning pinnacles of the Park are Paine Grande mount, Cuernos del Paine themselves, Torres del Paine, Fortaleza and Escudo. Lakes also play the lead in the scene. Among them are Sarmiento, Nordenskjold, Pehoé, Toro lakes and the beautiful Grey lake, as well as Saltos Grande and Chico. The Serrano river is an excellent place for fishing, and at the Grey glacier you can admire one of the most beautiful landscapes within the area.
 
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