IV. REMOTA TREKS

Trekking allows our guests to truly enjoy Chilean Patagonia's beautiful nature year-round. Guests do not need to climb high peaks here in order to enjoy the region's majestic mountains that rise up from sea level, or dense, native forests, or rivers, glaciers and multicolored lakes, or the pampa – where one can also see guanacos, rheas, foxes, pumas, geese, and wild ducks. Treks can also take guests along the sea's various channels. Excursions or treks in the area also take visitors to estancias, with their tin-walled houses, airy sheepshearing barns and spacious corrals. These estancias are also populated with greenhouses, fruit-tree gardens, extensive dog houses for sheep dogs, and seemingly never-ending fences. Every once in awhile a gaucho passes by on horse, following an imaginary line that crosses the wide pampa, en route to his picturesque wood and tin shack. Visitors are often in awe of the immensity of the wide-open plains of the region.

I. PUERTO NATALES AND SIERRA DOROTEA

Puerto Natales is the geographical center of Chilean Patagonia, and it boasts one of the most picturesque ports in Chile, grandly displaying the ingenuity of the resident locals, who in turn have learned to adapt to this land from the indigenous before them, as well as the first explorers and adventurers, so that they may live a good life in the middle of sometimes brutal climate.

The Sierra Dorothea hill, which backs Puerto Natales, is known for its dense beech forest, deep gorges and small lakes, and a spectacular lookout over the town and the Ultima Esperanza Sound. From this lookout point it is possible to see the four fundamental geological formations that make up Patagonia: pampa, mountains, fjords, and ice. There are no marked trails on Sierra Dorothea, the reason why excursions here are led by a knowledgeable gaucho and guide.

II. SOUTHERN FJORDS

The first navigators here sailed through the Patagonia's labyrinth of fjords seeking protected bays, fish, and fresh water, and a more protected path to the Atlantic Sea, much like the Strait that Magellan discovered on November 1, 1520. Before them, the indigenous groups Kawésqar and Yámana plied these waters, followed by colonists. Yet even today, these fjords are still some of the most unpopulated on the planet. The Ultima Esperanza Sound and the neighboring Eberhard Fjord are prime examples of a traveler's idea of the mythical channels at the End of the World.

III. LAKE SOFÍA

This is one of the most important archeological sites in the far south of Chile. The first inhabitants of Patagonia lived here at Lake Sofia together with now-extinct mega fauna such as the prehistoric horse (caballo enano), the milodón (giant sloth), saber tooth tiger, and more. This area is also attractive for its beautiful geography, its mix of lagoons and lakes such as Sofía, and isolated peaks that are home to condor and eagle nesting sites, and extensive native beech forests that are full of flowers. This region also does not have marked trails, the reason why excursions here are led by a knowledgeable gaucho and guide.

IV. TORRES DEL PAINE

Torres del Paine National Park, created in 1959, was declared a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1978. In spite of the fact that the entire region is a natural and cultural reserve, the park itself is one of the best-known attractions in the world. Its beauty is easy to seek out, but hard to forget.

No one who has visited Torres del Paine can forget the view of the sun cast upon the park's tall peaks, coloring the tips of the Cuernos (Horns), the Paine Grande peak, the Espada Peak, or the Shark's Fin Peak in pink tones. By foot, van or kayak, the view of Torres del Paine will always be a high point of a trip to Patagonia.

V. LOS BAGUALES MOUNTAIN RANGE

Los Baguales is a little-known area where travelers can soak up the pleasure of distancing themselves from the 'well-known', the essence of any good trip. A person's sense of distance disappears as the vast pampa that is Patagonia appears, creating a sense of mystery of that which one sees but doesn’t understand. The area is home to wild horses, guanacos, rheas and pumas, although the latter is difficult to spot. Los Baguales is known for fascinating, strange geological formations, that the local indigenous groups believed were the fossilized remains of extraterrestrials and the flat plains their landing areas. Here visitors often find fossils. There is no trail. Trekking here along the Baguales range is an unforgettable experience.

VI. MOUNT ROTUNDO

A very attractive area for its dense forests, lakes and fjords, Mount Rotundo is rich in flora typically found near channels, such as evergreen beech, canelo, and Guaitecas Cypress, flora that needs a lot of humidity. In the forest shade, we find here a varied amount of mushrooms and lichens. The landscape offers surprises such as the snowy peaks of the Pinto mountain range and the impressive Mount Rotunda.

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