View from Camp Los Cuernos

Torres Del Paine

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April 12th 2006
Realised it has been quite some time since I last update this blog. Have been busy trekking and trekking in Torres Del Paine (Chile) and El Chalten (Argentina). Crossed over to Chile after Ushuaia and did some trekking at Torres Del Paine. It is a spectacular national park in southern Patagonia, famous for its granite peaks, snow clad mountains and glacier-fed lakes. Did a 5 days ¨W´circuit tre ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Torres del Paine

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more