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Chile’s Torres del Paine Park, world’s best for outdoor activities, says Wikiexplora
The Park was chosen among other sixty touring circuits Chilean Patagonia Torres del Paine national park has been nominated as the best place in the world for trekking and outdoor activities according to the latest rating from Wikiexplora, reports Santiago’s El Mercurio.
Following three months of investigations in over thirty outdoor and trekking magazines, the portal made a list of the best world places. Wikiexplora is an on-line guide for these kinds of activities in Latin America.
Out of sixty touring circuits, Torres del Paine was in first position with eight mentions out of nine. The ranking combines pristine scenery, infrastructure of paths, refuge places, camping sites and hostels.
“Four days of touring mountains, glaciers, lakes and petrified woods where the wind and clouds dominating the whole scenario, that is the idyllic landscape which trekking in Torres del Paine National park offers”, points out Wikiexplora.
Second place with seven mentions is another South American trekking adventure, the Inca Trail in Peru, particularly important because of its cultural heritage.
Third place figures Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania for its spectacular environment. Special mentions went for Argentine Patagonia, Fitz Roy and Cerro Torres.
Wikiexplora was created in 2009 and offers a detailed description of Torres del Paine Park including all services, main attractions, accesses, distances, average temperatures, time schedules and rates.
The guide also mentions the different trekking routes, ranked by level of difficulties, time and distance. Other activities that can be enjoyed in Torres del Paine include horse riding, mountain climbing and fishing.
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Read all comments“Special mentions went for Argentine Patagonia, Fitz Roy and Cerro Torres.”
Sep 12th, 2011 - 10:29 am 0Shouldn't it be:
“Special mentions went for Argentine/Chilean Patagonia, Fitz Roy and Cerro Torres.”
Sounds a bit misleading, those 2 mountains are comparted by both countries, their peaks country seperator marks. Of course they might have aimed 3 individual places (Arg Patagonia+Cerro Torre+Cerro Fiz Roy) but as they are all located in quite the same place, I doubt it.
You´r right, Man...The problem is that we have not taken care to publicity that Chilean Patagonia have this mentioned items and much more to offer to the worldwide tourism industry...as the Argentines did adding that the most territory is there, so at the moment Patagonia is known just as an Argentine tourism destiny.....our National Tourism Service and the Regional Tourism Board (AsutroChile) must be proactive and go out to promote the extremely beautiful landscapes that we have all over our Patagonia from Region de Aysen to South.....and the very varied activities that tourist can find here. We will here awaiting for them to give them our strogest effort to acompilsh their expectations.....You'r all welcomed to the Chilean Patagonia....where the America start.
Sep 12th, 2011 - 12:31 pm 0I fully agree that Torres del Paine is one of the best places on the planet for “organized” trekking...........
Sep 12th, 2011 - 05:01 pm 0Cerro Chaltén (ex- Fitz Roy) and Cerro Torre are indeed on the border of Argentina and Chile but......,,,,,, they are inaccesible from the Chilean side (unless you cross the whole Patagonian Southern Ice Shelf, not an easy task, I can assure you)
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