Torres del Paine Photo 2

Torres del Paine

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October 11th 2009
After visiting the Perito Moreno glacier in Argentina, it was time to cross the border to Chile and do some serious hiking! For this adventure we hopped on a bus and 6 hours later arrived in Puerto Natales...the jumping off point for the Parque Nacional Torres Del Paine. We hiked and camped in this park for 5 days. We were so lucky with the amazing weather we had and the great people we met along ... read more

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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