At the Southern tip of the Andes in Chile lies Torres del Paine National Park, a standout amongst the most noteworthy sights in the Southern Hemisphere and home to a portion of the world's most great trekking courses. The recreation center is situated in Chile's southernmost and biggest district, Magellanes and Chilean Antarctica, where the fundamental financial exercises are sheep cultivating, oil extraction and tourism. The populace thickness is meager at 1.1 for every km² except the locale's principle city Punta Arenas is home to a sizable 120,000 individuals. The recreation center incorporates old woods, icy masses, lakes, streams and fjords, and fauna including guanacos, foxes, jaguars and an assorted cluster of flying creatures. The recreation center attracts around 100,000 vacationers every year who visit the primary attractions - Paine Towers, Los Cuernos, French Valley and Gray Glacier. The "W" trek and the "O" circuit are prominent courses. The recreation center's directions are 50°S scope and 73°Wlongitude. The historical backdrop of occupants in Torres del Paine goes back to over a thousand years prior, when the primary indigenous gatherings touched base in the locale. Eco Camp's plan is a tribute to the Kaweskar tribe's arch style homes and roaming life in Torres del Paine. Europeans had set up camp by the late nineteenth century and this denoted the end of the indigenous time and the begin of Chilean "Baqueano" investigation and tourism, with sightseers extending from British nobles to researchers and teachers. In 1959 the National Park was made, and in 1970 it was given the name Parque National Torres Del Paine. Today the recreation center is overseen by Chile's National Forestry Service. Torres Del Paine has a differing cluster of untamed life, with numerous species exceptional to the locale. The recreation center has four unique sorts of vegetation and countless greenery species developing. There are 15 types of warm blooded animals and the most regularly observed are the guanaco (Lama Guanicoe) and the Chilla and Culpeo foxes. The humus (Andean deer) and the jaguar (cougar) are less regularly located. Birdlife is bounteous, with more than 115 species recorded incorporating the Andean condor with its wingspan of up to 3.2 meters.
Quick facts
- Principal attractions in Chilean Patagonia: Torres del Paine national park, Grey Glacier Carretera Austral and Cape Horn.
- Torres del Paine National Park was founded in 1959 and is located in the southernmost and largest region of Chile called Magallanes.
- The main city of Magallanes is Punta Arenas with 120,000 inhabitants.
- The main economic activities in the region are sheep farming, oil extraction and tourism.
- The first tourists in Torres del Paine NP in 1880 described the Torres as ‘Cleopatra’s needles’, a reference to the three Ancient Egyptian obelisks re-erected in London, Paris and New York.
- Torres del Paine’s coordinates are 51°S 73°WAdmire the amazing Andes and visit one of South America’s most beautiful National Parks. Get your lama legs on and go hiking over mountains loaded with the white stuff and across glorious glaciers.
