Torres del Paine
Quick Facts
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The park is located approximately 5 hours North of Punta Arenas, and 1 hour 15 minutes from Puerto Natales on Highway 9.
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Torres del Paine is Chile's most visited National Park
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Over 250000 people visit the park annually.
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Torres del Paine is recognized as a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve for its unique Patagonian or Subantarctic Steppe biosphere.
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The park surrounds the beautiful Paine massif, an igneous intrusion of magma from a 12 million-year-old telluric event.
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The park is home to iconic Chilean species including the Andean Condor, Huemul deer, Guanaco, Puma, Lenga tree, and ten different species of Orchids.
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The park covers over 127000 hectares of land.