Trekking the 'W' Trail in Torres Del Paine

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November 2nd 2008

Published: November 5th 2008

Day 118: Saturday 25th October - Day 1 of the 'W' (The Torres) Its an early start today to get to Torres Del Paine national park, a two hour bus ride from Puerto Natales. We leave Puerto Natales at 7.30am, arriving at the park at around 10am. On the journey we bump into old friends. First, a few stops after we get on, Oscar gets on. He's left Tasha behind in the hotel and is going to do a day hik... Read Full Entry

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Andrew Chapman

looking for my zihuatanejo

Been working for 10 years now, had enough of the rat race, decided I wanted to 'live the dream' so I am about to embark on travelling the world at the end of June 2008. The plan is to start in Mexico, travelling overland to Guatemala flying on to Ecuador then making my way overland down the West coast of South America through Peru, Bolivia, Chile & Argentina. The plan then is to fly on to New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Australia before travelling through South East Asia (East Timor, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam). Hope then to see China, Hong Ko... full info

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3. The Torres Del Paine from Laguna Amarga park HQ

4. The Torres Del Paine ahead walking across a bridge to the start of the 'W'

5. The Torres Del Paine ahead on the way to the start of the 'W'

6. Las Torres refugio and the start of the 'W' trail

7. Lake Nordenskjold climbing to El Chileno Refugio

8. Climbing the valley towards El Chileno refugio

10. The view of the Torres stood outside El Chileno refugio

11. Walking through the forest towards the Torres

12. View up the valley from Torres campsite

13. looking like a proper trekker, Torres Del Paine

16. The Torres Del Paine

17. The Torres Del Paine

19. Arturo with broken sunglasses at Torres Del Paine viewpoint

20. River Ascencio, Torres Del Paine NP

21. El Chileno refuge, Torres Del Paine NP

22. Descending Ascencio Valley on Day 2, Torres Del Paine NP

23. Lake Nordenskjold, Torres Del Paine NP

24. Lake on Day 2, Torres Del Paine NP

25. Lake Nordenskjold, Torres Del Paine NP

29. Los Cuernos, Torres Del Paine NP

30. Lake Nordenskjold, Torres Del Paine NP

23rd July 2009

puneet pushkarna
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Torres Del Paine W Trail
This is a great blog. We are planning to do this hilke this coming October and since you did the hike around the same time, it is great to read about the weather conditions. How did you go about doing the reservations at the Refugios?? Thanks!

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