Puerto Natales, Chile Travel Blogs

...blue skies from pain...
Apr 17, 2005 (19 photos)

... of the park itself. They are beautifully mirrored in Laguna Amarga. So I got to see the towers at least, yes! Before I left Puerto Natales, a gateway town to Torres del Paine, I decided to start the "W-hike" by hiking up to the base of three towers for a ...

Lakes, Ice, and a 12,000 year old cave
Sep 3, 2007 (40 photos)

... ticket agents time and time again. Veeeery interesting. I made sure my camera was easily accessible on all bus rides! PUERTO NATALES AND ITS CROWN JEWEL The hotel I was staying at in Puerto Natales was definitely budget, but nice and comfortable ...

Torres del Paine
Feb 4, 2007 (19 photos)

Alex: After our brief stop in Punta Arenas we headed to Puerto Natales to hit the Torres del Paine. We had been unsure when we were planning our trip whether to come here or not, we had heard that the park is incredible but the only thing we had heard ...

Doin' the "W"
Dec 3, 2005 (10 photos)

... the bus, and with no way to contact him figured we'd lost him for good. Just in case, we waited an extra day here, in Puerto Natales, Chile, and lo and behold who should step off of the bus today (was waiting there just in case), and hence how we know the ...

Puerto Natales
Dec 11, 2006

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We are sailing
Nov 2, 2006 (11 photos)

... are now going south again and not north and are told an hour or so later that we are infact now going straight to Puerto Natales. Very confusing! Big queues at dinner for nice lasagne. As with most of S America it feels like the staff were surprised ...

Torres del Paine National Park
Jan 29, 2007 (31 photos)

... 8:00 AM bus following a full night at an Ushuaia nightclub, 15 hours later we arrived in the quiet little port town of Puerto Natales.  I don't think much really goes on in this town but the locals were friendly and the food was good.  ...

And then we were two
Nov 9, 2006 (8 photos)

Up early for breakfast before getting the bus onto Punta Arenas. I sleep again as the scenery is pretty desolate until we approach the sea and then the airport here. All get off and wait for Tony´s plane back to Santiago before he heads back to London. ...

Trekking in Torres del Paine
Feb 16, 2006 (11 photos)

... the Laundrette Milodon across the road. Apparently its named after a large cave dwelling monster whose remains were found just outside Puerto Natales. I wonder what the inpiration was to name a laundrette after it. In the evening, we go out for pizza ...

Excursion to Torres Del Paine
Oct 13, 2006 (26 photos)

... to... Antarctica! Julio informs me that you can get good last minute deals from the southern point of Chile, Ushuaia. We returned to Puerto Natales at 6pm where I went to my favourite restaurant... CHECK name (recommended by Lonely Planet)... for a ...

Feliz Ano Neuvo de Chile
Jan 2, 2004

... tourists but it is the gateway to Patagonia and the starting point for the Navimag cruise down through the fjords of Chile to the town of Puerto Natales which is how I spent my new year. The cruise lasts for 3 nights dropping us of in Puerto Natales on ...

Until The End Of The World
Mar 20, 2005 (9 photos)

... the bleak Patagonian landscape - kilometre after kilometre of nothing - pretty landscape, but monotonous, and no signs of life. Reach Puerto Natales, which kind of reminds me of Port Stanley (not that I´ve ever been there!) - bleak low rise buildings, ...

Hiking in Torres del Paine national park
Dec 4, 2006 (42 photos)

From Chalten I caught the bus back to Calafate, then across the border to Puerto Natales in Chile. I hired some trekking gear and set off for 4 days a¨long the W track (half of the Torres circuit). I had been a bit apprehensive about trekking on my own, but ...

Frozen Assets
Apr 10, 2005 (15 photos)

We were so enthralled by the icebergs from Upsala Glacier that we couldn't resist posting some more photos. As you are all probably experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms now that winter is just about over up there in the north, we thought you'd also ...

Nothing much to do in Puerto Natales
Oct 12, 2006

... ... flat and green, with numerous lakes. A far cry from the Andean mountains witnessed only a few weeks ago. Puerto Natales is nothing special... a small town overlooking a beautiful lake with mountains in the background. Even the hostel (Erratic Rock ...

Torres del Paine: The W is for Whhhoooooooaaaaaa..
Jan 26, 2008 (17 photos)

... the park experience, and was in sharp contrast to El Chalten which we visited later... We took off together the next morning from Puerto Natales north towards El Calafate to check out the Perito Moreno Glacier.  Lots of love, Niko y Sarita. xoxo

Torres del Paine
Mar 8, 2005 (10 photos)

Having now decided that we want to try to be in Bolivia by April our journey north has gained a lot more momentum. But, then again, this is not the only reason that we didn´t attempt to spend more time in Torres del Paine National Park. We did consider ...

Torres del Paine National Park
Jan 6, 2005

... was dealing with the aftermath of the tsunami, I left for a 4 day trek through Torres del Paine. At the hostel in Puerto Natales, I met up with Donald from Rockville, MD and we decided to hike together. The park is beautiful and offers hikes from easy ...

Enigmatic Austral Patagonia
Jan 6, 2005

... year, summer and winter, and where countless skeltons and bones tell the story of death..... The glaciers and icebergs are Chile's and Argentina's priced commodity for the future - a source of water. A bit of history Before the arrival of the ...

Four days on a ship heading down the Chilean coast
Dec 4, 2003 (7 photos)

... Montt on Monday, and travelling down though channels (one only 80 metres wide) and some open sea, arriving on Thursday in Puerto Natales. It was a regular roll-on roll-off ferry (I think about 10,000 tonnnes) carrying cargo to parts of Chile whose only ...

Why is life never simple!!!
Jan 28, 2007

... front of us. They were being herded across the road by two horseman and several dogs. we finally got through and were in Puerto Natales before we knew it. We went straight from the bus to find another bus, only the offices in lonely planet all seemed ...

Torres Del Paine
Mar 11, 2005 (9 photos)

Well, finally made it to Torres Del Paine National Park, my number one reason for coming to South America. Had planned to do a 10 day trek around the Torres ranges, however some daft camper lost control of a camp fire and burnt down half the forest just ...

Pantsagonia Part Two
Nov 11, 2007 (1 photos)

... to get to Santiago from El Calafate we had to get two buses and a flight. The first bus journey was back to Puerto Natales. Once Rafael had dropped us off at the station we had about a 4 and a half hour trip. We got two films in on the ...

Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine
Mar 6, 2006 (2 photos)

... now about 4000km north of Torres del Paine, but anyway... From El Calafate we took a bus across the border to Chile and cold, windy Puerto Natales. This small, touristy town was the stop-off point for the national park ´Torres del Paine´, and our arrival ...

Puerto Natales
Mar 26, 2009

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The ´W´ Patagonia
Feb 7, 2007 (17 photos)

... shop where I purchased a souvernious can of coke! I had made it and I felt immensley proud of myself. Returning to Puerto Natales I rewarded my self witht he biggest steak and chip dinner and a big glass of red wine. ...

Aches, pains and blisters in Patagonia
Mar 4, 2006

Yay, we survived!! We took a 6 hour bus journey across the border into Chile from El Calafate and stayed in Puerto Natales, not a great deal to do here at all except prepare for the hiking in Torres Del Paine National Park. Having sought lots of advice ...

Today I'm FOB - Fresh off the boat
Oct 28, 2004

... in the meanwhile, but for now, I will just jot this little blurb. I've just arrived to the small (~20k) town of Puerto Natales, supported by fishing and tourists. It was jolting to step off this giant (187m long, 9000 tons heavy) boat after spending ...

Lessons always need to be learned the hard way
Nov 13, 2006 (10 photos)

... I was on a bus, still hurtin´from the night before, and going to Punta Arenas to catch a flight north, but then the bus to Puerto Natales (the gateway city to Torres Del PAine) was about to pass us on the road, so the conductor of the bus I was on stopped ...

Back to Puerto Natales
Feb 18, 2006

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