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Valparaíso is a port city on Chile’s coast. It's known for its steep funiculars and colorful, clifftop homes

Everything is set to rock and roll for a fun evening with music, dancing and great food.

The park is mainly popular for its hiking trails, but there are plenty of other activities to be enjoyed like nature walks, wildlife viewing like puma tracking, kayaking, boating, cycling, and more.

Lake Pehoé is a surface water body located in Torres del Paine National Park, in the Magallanes Region of southern Chile. The lake is fed mainly by Paine River through the Nordenskjöld Lake, but it also receives the waters of the outlet of Skottsberg Lake.

Local flooding from recent storms prior to our arrival.

Torres del Paine boast several distinct ecosystems; each ecosystem contains a wealth of landscapes, flora, and fauna found nowhere else in world.

Although native tribes like the Kaweskar have been coming to Torres del Paine for thousands of years the name Paine actually is an indigenous word that means "blue",

The vast unbroken stretch of ocean to the west and south of the South American continent leaves the Patagonian Andes very exposed to the saturated winds that circle the Antarctic landmass.

These are 6foot waves coming from a calving.

Lago Nordenskiöld) is a lake located in Torres del Paine National Park in the Magallanes Region, southern Chile. The lake is named after the Swede Otto Nordenskiöld who discovered the lake in the beginning of the 20th century.

Swinging bridge on Grey Lake

Grey Lake is a glacially fed lake in Torres del Paine National Park, southern Chile.

Returning to Puerto Natales late into the night.

Amalia Glacier, also known as Skua Glacier, is a tidewater glacier located in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park on the edge of the Sarmiento Channel. The glacier originates in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. From 1945 to 1986, its terminus retreated 4.3 miles, being, along with the recession of the O'Higgins Glacier, the most dramatic retreat of the glaciers of the mentioned ice field during that period.

Magnificent Dickson Glacier in the background feeding into Grey Lake.

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