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Day 1: Punta Arenas
(30 km / 19 mi)
Pick up your car at the airport or
downtown rental office. Punta
Arenas is the largest and most
important city of Chilean Patagonia.
It is located on the western
side of the Strait of Magellan
and its inhabitants come from a
mix of cultural backgrounds,
English sheep ranchers as well
as Portuguese sailors settled
here. Overnight in Punta Arenas.
Day 2: Punta Arenas –
Torres del Paine
(410 km / 255 mi)
It will be a rather long drive to
Torres del Paine National Park
with many interesting stops on
the way; you will be able to visit
the Penguin Colony on the
Otway Sound, for example. The
main road to Puerto Natales is
paved and in good conditions,
sheep farms are scattered along
the way. Torres del Paine National
Park will welcome you from
afar with its gigantic granite towers.
Overnight in Torres del
Paine National Park. (B)
Day 3: Torres del Paine
The National Park Torres del
Paine is one of the most impressive
parks in Chile because of its
unique wildlife and dramatic
scenery. The park is best known
for its steep granite towers (torres),
the unique horns (cuernos)
and the Big Paine Mountain.
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The
massif is crowned by glaciers
and surrounded by cascading
rivers and beautiful emerald
lakes. The park was designated
World Biosphere Reserve by the
UNESCO in 1978. There are
many hiking trails to choose from
to discover this gorgeous park.
Overnight in Torres del Paine
National Park. (B)
Day 4: Torres del Paine –
Puerto Natales
(151 km / 94 mi)
Today you will be able to spend
the morning and early afternoon
in the national park and explore
the places you have not seen yet.
Drive back to Puerto Natales in
the afternoon; do not forget to
visit the Milodón Cave where scientists
discovered the remains of
a gigantic sloth. Puerto Natales
is a pleasant small town of no
more than 16.000 inhabitants;
you will not need a lot of time to
visit downtown. Overnight in
Puerto Natales. (B)
Day 5: Puerto Natales –
Punta Arenas (250 km /
155 mi)
From Puerto Natales it will take
3 hours to return to Punta Arenas.
As mentioned before, you
can take advantage of the time
and visit sites along the way.
Drop off you car at the airport or
downtown rental office. (B)
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