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Chile’s Torres del Paine Park, world’s best for outdoor activities, says Wikiexplora
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. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“Special mentions went for Argentine Patagonia, Fitz Roy and Cerro Torres.”
Sep 12th, 2011 - 10:29 am - Link - Report abuse 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 - Link - Report abuse 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 - Link - Report abuse 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)
”At the urging of the Chilean government, the Spanish company Endesa hopes to build a number of large hydro-electric dams in the Chilean Patagonia, which has raised environmental concerns from a large number of local and international NGOs.
Sep 12th, 2011 - 05:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The first dams proposed would be built on the Baker and Pascua rivers, but dams have also been proposed on others, including the famed Futaleufú River in Chile and Santa Cruz river in Argentina.
The dams will affect the minimum ecological flows and threaten the fishing, wilderness-tourism and agricultural interests along the river.
The electricity would be fed into high-tension lines (to be built by a Canadian company) and taken 1,200 miles (1,900 km) north to the industry and mining hub around Santiago.
The lines would cut through a number of previously pristine national parks and protected areas.
The Chilean government considers the power to be essential for economic growth, while opponents claim it will destroy Patagonia's growing tourism industry.
No evidence has been produced from the experience in other nations that the presence of electrical transmission lines has significantly affected tourism.
In fact, opponents of the program have utilized billboard advertising in Chile which superimposes images of power lines over scenes of Torres del Paine National Park, where no proposals for such lines have been made.”
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia)
TWIMC
Sep 12th, 2011 - 07:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“The first dams proposed would be built on the Baker and Pascua rivers”
Anybody that knows the ”Rio Baker valley” will agree that it is one of the magical places in Patagonia.
Would hate to see it destroyed unnecessarily.
It's true that Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre is difficult to reach from Chilean side, so are many places in Chilean Patagonia. Nevertheless don't expect us to give it up to you guys as a gift ;)
Sep 14th, 2011 - 11:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0Baker River is an amazing place and worth to be protected, resistance is growing for this proyect, so I have not given up the hope they will halt it.
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