How one can get to Torres del Paine Nationwide Park?

Torres del Paine Nationwide Park is among the highlights of South America. Visiting it’s on a bucket record of many hikers. There are spectacular day hikes and multi-day trekking routes. When planning a go to many individuals attempt to discover one of the simplest ways of getting there. You may get to the park from completely different locations in Chile and Argentina, together with the capital cities.

Puerto Natales is the closest city and a gateway to Torres del Paine. Wherever you come from the final would be the identical – a bus from Puerto Natales to the park.

Torres del Paine is among the finest Nationwide Parks in Patagonia for mountaineering and tenting.

The place is Torres del Paine Nationwide Park?

The well-known Nationwide Park is in Chilean Patagonia, within the excessive south of South America, 2500 km/1550 mi south of Santiago de Chile. Backpacking in Torres del Paine is an unbelievable expertise. The closest city Puerto Natales is 75 km away. The closest to the park airports are:  

• Puerto Natales (PNT) – 67 km/41 mi away from the park
• El Calafate (FTE) – 240 km/150 mi away
• Punta Arenas (PUQ) – 300 km/186 mi away

For those who’re deciding on when to go to the park our publish on the finest time to go to Torres del Paine is perhaps useful.

How one can get to Torres del Paine from Puerto Natales?

Puerto Natales is the closest city. From there you may get a direct bus to the park. The bus leaves a number of instances a day from the bus terminal. It stops at 5 locations (within the following order: Laguna Amarga, Pudeto, tenting Pehoe, Administration, and Lodge Lago Gray) from the place you may entry completely different components of the park.

The first firm that operates buses between Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine is BusSur. There are two each day buses at 7 am and 12 pm. The journey takes between 2 and 4,5 hours relying on the place within the park you get off the bus. The worth is CLP 12000/US$14 a method (CLP 20000/US$23 to Lodge Lago Gray). Keep in mind to buy your entrance tickets to the park beforehand. 

Be aware that throughout the peak season, there are normally extra buses from Puerto Natales.

How one can get to Lodge Las Torres?

Lodge Las Torres is the beginning of the O circuit and one of many beginning factors of the W trek.

Step 1. Get off the bus on the Laguna Amarga entrance. The lodge is 7 km away.

Step 2. You possibly can stroll there or take a bus. It’s a 10-minute journey, the worth is CLP 5000/US$6. Departure instances are linked to the arrival instances of the bus from Puerto Natales. 

How one can get to Paine Grande?

Step 1. Get off the bus on the Pudeto cease.

Step 2. Take a ferry from Pudeto to Paine Grande. The ferry journey is 40 minutes. The worth is US$30 per particular person a method. You should buy tickets and ensure the present timetable on the Hip Sur web site

Ferries from Pudeto to Paine Grande

How one can get to Gray campsite?

Step 1. Get off the bus at Lodge Lago Gray (the final cease).

Step 2. Take a ship from Lodge Lago Gray to Gray Glacier and get off on the Gray campsite. The journey is 1h30min. and consists of navigation to Gray Glacier. The boat journey is kind of expensive US$100 per particular person. You could find departure instances and e book your journey on-line. Keep in mind that the pier is a 30-minute stroll from Lodge Lago Gray and strolling is the one method of getting there.

The place to get off the bus in Torres del Paine?

The bus from Puerto Natales makes 5 stops within the park. The place to get off is determined by which mountaineering route you’re going to stroll or the place you’re going to remain.

Laguna Amarga cease 

• The O circuit. It begins at Central Campsite/Lodge las Torres which is 7 km away. You may get there by bus for CP 5000/US$6 or by strolling. 
• The W trek. It’s one of many beginning factors of the W trek to stroll it east to west.  
• Some day hikes in Torres del Paine: Mirador Las Torres and Lago Nordenskjold trails.
• Lodge Las Torres
• Central Campsite
• Central Mountain Hostel
• Norte Mountain Hostel

Pudeto cease

• The W trek. From Pudeto you may take a ferry to Paine Grande from the place you begin the W trek if you happen to’re planning to stroll it west to east.
• Mirador Cuernos day hike
• Patamaran to Paine Grande
• Paine Grande campsite and lodge
• Mirador Pehoé day hike (Paine Grande)
• Lago Skottsberg day hike (Paine Grande)
• Mirador Gray day hike (Paine Grande)

Pehoé tenting cease

• Mirador Cóndor day hike
• Pehoé campsite
• Pehoé Lodge (800 m from the bus cease)
• Lodge Salto Chico (900 m from the bus cease)

Administration cease

Hotell Gray cease

• The W trek. From Lodge Gray, you may take a ferry to Gray campsite and begin strolling the W trek from there. This manner you don’t should stroll from Paine Grande to Gray campsite and again.
• Lodge Lago Gray
• Lago Gray day hike
• Mirador Zapata day hike
• Mirador Ferrier day hike

Getting again to Puerto Natales

To get again to Puerto Natales from Torres del Paine you may get a direct bus. Buses make the identical cease on the way in which again as on the way in which to. The journey is between 2 and 4 hours. The worth is CLP 12000/US$14 a method (CLP 20000/US$23 from Lodge Lago Gray to Puerto Natales). You should buy your tickets and ensure departure instances on-line.

Attending to Torres del Paine from Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas is a city 240 km south of the Nationwide Park. There aren’t any direct buses from Punta Arenas.

Step 1A. Get from Punta Arenas bus station to Puerto Natales.

There are a number of each day buses from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales. The journey is 3 hours quarter-hour. The worth is CLP 10000/US$12. You should buy tickets and verify the present timetable on-line on the BusSur web site.

Step 1B. Get from Punta Arenas airport to Puerto Natales. 

For those who flying to Punta Arenas and never planning to remain within the city you may get a direct bus from the airport to Puerto Natales. There are a number of each day departures. The journey takes 3 hours. The worth is CLP 9800/US$11. You should buy tickets and ensure departure instances on the Buses Fernandes web site.

Step 2. Take a bus from Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine. 

You could find detailed data on getting from Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine within the part above.

How one can get to Torres del Paine from Santiago?

The Chilean capital is 2700 km north of Torres del Paine. The simplest method is to fly from Santiago to Puerto Natales and from there take a bus to Torres del Paine. 

Step 1. Fly from Santiago to Puerto Natales.

The brand new airport is 5 km outdoors the city. There are 3 firms that provide direct flights from Santiago to Puerto Natales: SKY, LATAM, and JetSmart. The flight length is 3 hours. Costs range tremendously between US$45 and US$250 relying on the day and the airline. 

There are direct flights to Puerto Natales from Puerto Montt.

Step 2. Get from the airport to Puerto Natales.

To get to Torres del Paine from Puerto Natales Airport, you will have two choices; take a non-public shuttle on to the park or get a taxi to Puerto Natales. Taxis should not costly – US$5 and US$7. There aren’t any direct buses from the airport to the park.

Step 3. Get from Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine.

You could find detailed data on attending to the park from Puerto Natales within the part above.

Attending to Torres del Paine from El Calafate (Argentina)

El Calafate is 250 km northeast of Torres del Paine. It’s one other not-to-miss place in Patagonia. The well-known Perito Moreno Glacier is located simply outdoors the city. So as to get to Torres del Paine you need to take a bus from El Calafate to Puerto Natales after which one other bus to the park.

Step 1. Get from El Calafate to Puerto Natales.

There are direct buses from El Calafate to Puerto Natales. It takes 5-6 hours. Needless to say throughout the journey you cross the border between Argentina and Chile. The worth is CLP 28 000/US$32 per particular person. You should buy your ticket and ensure departure instances and days on the BusSur web site.

Step 2. Get from Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine.

There may be detailed data within the part above.

From El Chalten (Argentina) to Torres del Paine Nationwide Park

El Chalten is one other mountaineering vacation spot in Patagonia. It’s a small city in Argentina, 400 km north of Torres del Paine. To get there you need to get to El Calafate first, then take a bus to Puerto Natales, after which one other bus to the park. It’s principally inconceivable to make all of it the way in which to the park in at some point utilizing public transport. You’ll have to remain in a single day in Puerto Natales.

Step 1. Get a bus from El Chalten to El Calafate.

There are a number of each day direct buses from El Chalten to El Calafate. The journey takes 3 hours. The worth is US$20 per particular person. You should buy your ticket and verify the up-to-date timetable on the Chalten Journey web site.

There are direct buses that join El Calafate airport with El Chalten.

Step 2. Get from El Calafate to Puerto Natales.

Take a bus from El Calafate to Puerto Natales. A direct bus route connects two cities. The journey entails crossing the border between Chile and Argentina. It takes 5-6 hours. The worth is CLP 28 000/US$32.

Step 3. Take a bus from Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine.

You could find an in depth description of easy methods to get to the park from Puerto Natales within the part above.

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