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January 25th 2013

Published: January 25th 2013

Just after Christmas 2011 we arrived in Puerto Natales ready to don our rucksacks once again and enjoy the wonders of one of South America's most famous national parks: Torres del Paine. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, we arrived at the gates only to be told that a large wildfire had engulfed a large portion of the park. We turned back without being able to walk so much as a hundred metres of To... Read Full Entry

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26th January 2013

Kevin
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How busy were the camp sites?
Hey Will, great set of blogs from SA - I'm planning a trip in the near future, so I'm finding them both entertaining and informative. I was wondering if I could bother you with a question: How busy were the campsites during your trek? If I make it down to TDP, it would be a last-minute side trip, and I'm wondering if it is possible to do the trek, staying at campsites, w/o making reservations. Cheers, - Kevin

26th January 2013

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THE WORLD
I've been to some spectacular vistas...but Torres del Paine...my Number 1. We were lucky with the weather...many I know not so. Congrats on returning and experiencing it in its splendour...bit like rectifying a regret...well done!

29th January 2013

Kevin
non-member comment

So where/what is "the best dish in Chile"?
Just wondering where you found that dish? I'm hoping you'll say it's something you found in Natales so I can indulge after my Circuit trek!

2nd February 2013

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Congrats on taking a second chance!
Great photos and prose, as usual, and what a fine place to end your adventures! I´m imagining that pre-dawn, mist-shrouded walk was to the Torres (I´ve heard that story before). I spent a week in P. Natales in March 2011 waiting for a break in the raging storms, so I could do the W. Instead, on the one day of light rain, I took a bus tour (where we also never saw the Torres) before the storms returned. So happy that you got to do the trek. As the I Ching saws, "perseverence furthers."

8th February 2013

Shelley and Scott
Michele Hutchinson and Scott Maberley

Torres the great
Torres is our number one experience of travelling around South America. Sitting eating a stale sandwich above the Grey Glacier was actually my number one feed on this trip. So glad you got to get back there and experience it, and to write up a great blog about it. Hard to convey the beauty in words but i think you have nailed it superbly.....great work.

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