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Por la Estancia a Caballo:
Designed for people who have not spent much time around horses, this excursion will help you become more familiar with the animals. We will join the gauchos in the corral and stable and learn how to ride correctly on the land surrounding the hostería.
Type of excursion: Horseback
Difficulty: Easy
Experience required: None
Time: Several hours
Valle Encantado: (6-8hrs.) (Trekking o cabalgata)
During this full-day excursion, we ride east from the hotel toward the Cerro del Paine, where we will come upon a magnificent view of the Serón Valley. Much of the journey will take us through a beech forest. We ride home along the Río Paine.
Type of Excursion: Horseback
Difficulty: Medium
Experience required: Some
Time: 6-8 hours
Lago Nordenskjöld
We leave Las Torres and skirt the base of the nearby Monte Almirante Nieto either on horseback or foot. We will enjoy expansive views of Lago Nordenskjöld and the Andes Mountain range as we make our way over the gently rolling terrain. The higher vantage point of the horse’s back enhances our view.
Type of excursion: Trekking or horseback
Difficulty: Medium
Experience Required: Some
Time: 2-3 hours
Horseback: 3 hours
Trekking: 3 hours
Los Cuernos, Arriero Path
We leave Las Torres on horseback or foot and skirt the south face of the glacier-capped Monte Almirante Nieto, which will provide us a spectacular view of both the mountain and Lago Nordenskjöld in the distance. We end the hike at the base of the Cuernos del Paine, or the Paine Horns. In the walls of these three peaks, we can see geology at work: layers of light-colored granite rock sandwiched between two layers of darker sedimentary rock.
Type of excursion: Trekking or horseback
Difficulty: Medium
Experience required: Medium
Time: 6-8 hours
Horseback: 6 hours
Trekking: 8 hours
Las Torres, el sendero de Ascencio:
(7-9 hrs.) (Trekking ó trekking y caballo)
Leaving from Las Torres on foot or horseback, we make our way through Valle Ascencio to Refugio Chileno, about two hours away. From there, we continue our journey through a forest of beech trees. After about an hour, we will reach a moraine, which we will ascend to a view of the three towers, the north face of Monte Almirante Nieto and Cerro Nido de Condor.
Type of excursion: Trekking or trekking and horseback
Difficulty: Hard
Experience required: Some
Time: 7-9 hours
Horseback: 4 hours
Trekking: 4-5 hours
Valle del Silencio:
We ride on horseback into the Valle de Ascencio, following the route most rock climbers use to approach the Torres. We leave the horses at Refugio Chileno to trek through lenga forests to Campamento Japones. There, we enter Valle de Silencio and pass over rocky terrain for about six hours. Ultimately, we will see views of Glaciar Oggioni, Cerro Escudo and Cerro Fortaleza.
Type of excursion: Horseback, trekking
Difficulty: High
Experience required: Some-A lot
Time: 10-12 hours
Horseback: 3 hours
Trekking: 6-8 hours
Mirador Bader
This horseback ride takes us through what might be one of the most remote and stunning places in the park. We will round the southern side of Monte Almirante Nieto and pass lakes, granite formations and views of the Cuernos and Torres del Paine.
Type of excursion: Horseback
Difficulty: High
Experience required: A lot
Time: 3 hours
La Huella Del Puma: (8 hrs.) (Trekking O trekking y caballo).
This trek leaves from Las Torres and rounds the west face of the Cerro Paine. From the highest point of the mountain, we enjoy a spectacular view to the south and east. We should be able to see the Torres del Paine and trace the route the rivers take as they descend from mountaintops to the lakes below.
Type of excursion: Trekking or trekking and horseback
Difficulty: Medium
Experience required: Some
Time: 7 hours
Horseback: 3 hours and
Trekking: 4 hours