The National Park Torres del Paine is one of the protected areas of Chile is one of the largest parks in the country and one of the most important. It was created on May 13, 1959.
The park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and has a wide variety of natural environments: mountains (among which stands out the complex of Cerro Paine, whose main peak touches the 3,050 m above sea level, the Torres del Paine and Cuernos del Paine), valleys, rivers (like the Rio Paine), lakes (including the Grey, Pehoé, the Nordenskjöld and Sarmiento), glaciers (Grey, Pingo, Tyndall and Geikie, belonging to the Campo de Hielo Sur Patagónico).
