Torres del Paine National Park travel guide

While Torres del Paine National Park encompasses a vast 1,814km² of backcountry wilderness, its main highlights are all in relatively – for Patagonia that is – close proximity. While some of Torres’ most special spots are accessible via the park’s network of gravel roads, others are only reachable on foot. And sometimes only after a pretty strenuous uphill hike. But picking highlights here is hard - different viewpoints each reveal a different take on the sweeping panorama of the horn-like peaks of Cuernos del Paine from Lago Nordenskjöld or Lago Pehoé, while the jagged fingers of the three Torres themselves, spectacular up close from the Mirador Base las Torres, can still be seen rising sharply – and much less strenuously – from the lovely Laguna Azul. All the while the ‘W’ trek takes it all in in one iconic route.