Torres del Paine National Park
We spent the night anchored in Puerto Natales, which is a small town of 18,000 inhabitants; the town concentrates the whole tourist development in the nearby area because it is the gateway to visitors that arrive at this fantastic national park. We woke up at 5:45am in order to have breakfastand leave at 7:00am towards our adventure. Early in the morning we had a great surprise rare for this time of the year: a great sunny day ahead of us gave us a marvelous adventure in Torres del Paine National Park with hot temperatures and great wind blowing.
The Torres del Paine National Park belongs to the wilderness protected areas by the government of Chile and reaches about 242,242 hectares of forests, lakes, valleys, mountains and waterfalls that clear our minds with the beauty of nature. The volcanic activity that created these marvellous towers provided us the opportunity to understand the strong force coming from the ocean, like the granite forming the base of Torres del Paine.
Along the way we saw Laguna Amarga, which has high levels of minerals giving it a special colour. Passing by the road, we saw the great Lago Nordenskjöld with diverse intense green colours. Among the fauna, we could see several young condors learning their flying technique and a couple of mature Andean condors over us while we drive through, showing us their expertise in windy areas. Later on large birds similar to the ostrich, known as the Rhea or ñandú, waited for us while we took photographs of them eating grass. During the whole trip we saw several groups of guanacos (llama guanicoe) walking around the park like they were the owners of the place.
In the early afternoon, a big waterfall viewed on the way back to the ship was a gorgeous moment to remind us the little things of life. The final stop allowed us to observe flamingoes walking along the small lagoon nearby the bus.
During the whole trip, two bottles of wine from Chile and Argentina followed us. Passengers shared the experience of the wines alongside of the Andes.
We spent the night anchored in Puerto Natales, which is a small town of 18,000 inhabitants; the town concentrates the whole tourist development in the nearby area because it is the gateway to visitors that arrive at this fantastic national park. We woke up at 5:45am in order to have breakfastand leave at 7:00am towards our adventure. Early in the morning we had a great surprise rare for this time of the year: a great sunny day ahead of us gave us a marvelous adventure in Torres del Paine National Park with hot temperatures and great wind blowing.
The Torres del Paine National Park belongs to the wilderness protected areas by the government of Chile and reaches about 242,242 hectares of forests, lakes, valleys, mountains and waterfalls that clear our minds with the beauty of nature. The volcanic activity that created these marvellous towers provided us the opportunity to understand the strong force coming from the ocean, like the granite forming the base of Torres del Paine.
Along the way we saw Laguna Amarga, which has high levels of minerals giving it a special colour. Passing by the road, we saw the great Lago Nordenskjöld with diverse intense green colours. Among the fauna, we could see several young condors learning their flying technique and a couple of mature Andean condors over us while we drive through, showing us their expertise in windy areas. Later on large birds similar to the ostrich, known as the Rhea or ñandú, waited for us while we took photographs of them eating grass. During the whole trip we saw several groups of guanacos (llama guanicoe) walking around the park like they were the owners of the place.
In the early afternoon, a big waterfall viewed on the way back to the ship was a gorgeous moment to remind us the little things of life. The final stop allowed us to observe flamingoes walking along the small lagoon nearby the bus.
During the whole trip, two bottles of wine from Chile and Argentina followed us. Passengers shared the experience of the wines alongside of the Andes.
