Duration: 3.5 to 4 hours, 2 to 2.5 hours trekking.
Distance on foot: 5 km (3.1 miles).
Itinerary: Leave Hotel Salto Chico by van toward the Grey Ranger Station (45 minutes). We cross the Pingo River hanging bridge by foot and continue for 15 minutes through a forest of lenga trees (nothofagus pumilio), until we reach Lake [...]
Walk to Lake Grey Peninsula
Walk to the Toro Vista Point
Duration: 2 hours, walking 1.5 hours.
Distance on foot: 3.5 km (2.2 mi).
Itinerary: Leave Hotel Salto Chico by van (15 min.) toward the Weber Bridge. Climb 100 m (300 ft) until reaching the Toro vista point. Observe birds, regional fauna, and characteristics of the local aquatic flora. Views of Lake Toro and the Serrano River flanked [...]
Walk to Pingo River
Duration: 4 to 5 hours, walking 2.5 to 3 hours.
Distance on foot: 8 km (5 mi).
Itinerary: Leave Hotel Salto Chico by van (40 min.) toward the Grey Ranger Station. Follow a relatively flat trail that follows the turbulent, glacier-fed Pingo River through open prairie in order to arrive at the Salmon River Cascade; great variety [...]
Walk along the Aonikenk Trail
Duration: 3 to 4 hours, walking 2.5 to 3.5 hours.
Distance on foot: 7.5 km (4.6 mi).
Itinerary: Leave Hotel Salto Chico by van (30 min.) toward the Lake Sarmiento Ranger Station. Walk along a moderate trail north of the park limit, with moderate ascent (150 m/ 500 ft). The exploration provides an open landscape with panoramic [...]
Photo safari to observe flora, fauna and birds
Duration: 3 to 4 hours, by van.
Itinerary: This exploration has an emphasis on photography and learning the flora and fauna of the park. During the journey it is very likely that we will observe guanacos, rheas, condors, foxes, skunks, ducks, geese, and other varieties of birds, especially during the spring. Views of the Horns and [...]
Walk to Laguna Azul
Duration: 2.5 hours, 1 hour trekking.
Distance on foot: 1.5 km (0.6 miles).
Itinerary: Leave Hotel Salto Chico by van (1 hour) toward the Laguna Azul campground. We begin with a 30 minute trek along the border of Laguna Azul, which provides excellent views of the Torres del Paine, forests and prairies. We return by the same [...]
Walk along The Cornices
Duration: 3 to 3.5 hours, walking 3 to 3.5 hours.
Distance on foot: 6.5 km (4 mi).
Itinerary: Leave Hotel Salto Chico on foot. Ascend 250 m (820 ft) to the cornice of the ridge behind the hotel, offering views of the Paine Massif, the Condor vista point, and lakes Pehoé and Nordenskjöld. The road continues along [...]
Walk to the Condor Vista Point
Duration: 2 hours walking.
Distance on foot: 4 km (2.5 mi).
Itinerary: Leave Hotel Salto Chico on foot. This walk offers sweeping views of the park and observation of diverse flora and species of birds. Includes a 250 m (820 ft) ascent to the Condor vista point. Return down by a different trail to reach the van. [...]
Walk to Ferrier Vista Point
Duration: 4 hours, walking 3 hours.
Distance on foot: 7 km (4.4 mi).
Itinerary: Leave Hotel Salto Chico by van (40 min.) toward the Grey Ranger Station. Steep climb (550 m/ 1,800 ft) to Ferrier vista point. Lovely vegetation along the trail and the possibility of viewing huemules, a local deer. Ancient forest of deciduous beech and [...]
Walk to the base of the Paine Towers
Duration: 10 to 11 hours, walking 8 to 9 hours.
Distance on foot: 17 km (10.6 mi).
Itinerary: Leave Hotel Salto Chico by van (1 hr) toward the Cerro Paine Ranch. Ascend 350 m (1,100 ft) through the Ascencio River Valley to the Chileno Shelter. Walk through century-old forests of beech and past gorges until reaching the [...]
