{"id":600,"date":"2025-01-27T19:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2025-01-27T19:10:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:10:28","slug":"paine-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/en\/paine-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Paine circuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Torres del Paine National Park, located at the tip of the Chilean Patagonia, has long attracted adventure seekers and nature lovers. It is no surprise since thrilling snow-capped mountains and vast glaciers are everywhere to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>This trek will take you around the Paine massif and allow you to enjoy the most beautiful places of the park with its abundant wildlife and vegetation. This trip is a perfect opportunity for anyone who loves hiking and camping to push their limits in an exhilarating 10-day adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Trip features<\/p>\n<p>Type of trip: trekking<br \/>\nAccommodations: camps<br \/>\nDuration: 10 days<br \/>\nSuggested period: October to March<br \/>\nFitness level: very demanding<br \/>\nTechnical level: advanced<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the trip<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Torres del Paine National Park<\/li>\n<li>French Valley<\/li>\n<li>Grey Glacier<\/li>\n<li>John Gardner Pass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Itinerary<\/p>\n<h4>DAY 1: PUERTO NATALES \u2013 TORRES DEL PAINE \u2013 LAGUNA AMARGA<\/h4>\n<p>Meet at Puerto Natales. Transfer to Torres del Paine National Park with a stop to visit la \u201cCueva del Milod\u00f3n\u201d. \u201cPaine\u201d means dark blue in the Tehuelche indigenous language and sure enough the mountains here take on that colour at dawn. The park, created in 1959, is a paradise for nature lovers: the fauna, flora and landscapes are just fabulous! We set our camp in Laguna Amarga.<br \/>\nOvernight in CAMP, lunch and dinner included<br \/>\nTransfer: 110km \u2013 2h15 approx<\/p>\n<h4>DAY 2: LAGUNA AMARGA \u2013SERON CAMP<\/h4>\n<p>Transfer to Torres Ranch from where we begin the Paine Circuit Trek. Mountain and glacier views coupled with meadows of daisies, clear running streams and woods that smell of fresh beech. Spend the night at Camp Seron.<br \/>\nOvernight in CAMP, all meals included<br \/>\nTrekking: 5 hours approx<\/p>\n<h4>DAY 3: SERON CAMP \u2013 DICKSON LAKE<\/h4>\n<p>Starting early, we begin trekking north, observing and learning about the fauna and flora. We circle around the northern cordillera to reach the impressive Dickson Lake, where we set our camp.<br \/>\nOvernight in CAMP, all meals included<br \/>\nTrekking: 6 hours approx<\/p>\n<h4>DAY 4: DICKSON LAKE \u2013PERROS CAMP<\/h4>\n<p>Hike for approximately 4 hours to Los Perros River. We camp near the river.<br \/>\nOvernight in CAMP, all meals included<br \/>\nTrekking: 4 hours approx<\/p>\n<h4>DAY 5: PERROS CAMP \u2013JOHN GARNER PASS \u2013 GREY GLACIER<\/h4>\n<p>Hike down ridges located at the foot of the Grey Glacier. Fascinating granite peaks loom overhead. Cross the John Gardner Pass and enjoy a spectacular view on the tremendous ice mass of the Continental Ice Fields. We walk down on a trail that borders the Grey Glacier and spend the night in camp.<br \/>\nOvernight in CAMP, all meals included<br \/>\nTrekking: 10 hours approx<\/p>\n<h4>DAY 6: GREY GLACIER \u2013 PAINE GRANDE<\/h4>\n<p>Walk along Grey Lake. Enjoy fantastic view of the lake and the Paine Grande peak. We spend the night by the shore of the beautiful Pehoe. Lake.<br \/>\nOvernight in CAMP, all meals included<br \/>\nTrekking: 4-5 hours approx<\/p>\n<h4>DAY 7: PAINE GRANDE \u2013 FRENCH VALLEY \u2013 CUERNOS CAMP<\/h4>\n<p>Hike to the French Valley, to the feet of Mt. Fortaleza with its incredible granite towers. Paine Grande reaches 3,248m, fascinating entire generations of climbers. We trek to Cuernos Camp where we spend the night.<br \/>\nOvernight in CAMP, all meals included<br \/>\nTrekking: 8-10 hours approx<\/p>\n<h4>DAY 8: CUERNOS CAMP \u2013TORRES CAMP<\/h4>\n<p>Hike along Lake Nordenskj\u00f6ld to reach Torres area.<br \/>\nOvernight in CAMP, all meals included<br \/>\nTrekking: 4 hours approx<\/p>\n<h4>DAY 9: TORRES CAMP \u2013 TORRES DEL PAINE \u2013 PUERTO NATALES<\/h4>\n<p>Full day hike (8h) to the foot of the Torres del Paine, granite pinnacles of more than 1,000m high. There is a beautiful lake at the feet of the towers. Head back to Camp Torres and transfer to Puerto Natales, breakfast and lunch included.<br \/>\nTrekking: 8 hours approx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torres del Paine National Park, located at the tip of the Chilean Patagonia, has long attracted adventure seekers and nature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patagonia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602,"href":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azimut360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}