Situé sur les bords du Parc National Torres Del Paine à l’intérieur de l’Estancia Lazo, centre d’élevage datant de la fin du XIXème siècle, cet hôtel bénéficie d’un point de vue spectaculaire sur le massif du Paine et la Laguna Verde. Les chambres sont très confortables et les salons du restaurant situés dans l’ancienne maison de maître, très bien restaurée, ont beaucoup de charme.
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Camping Chile Nativo
Nos passagers dorment dans des tentes 4 saisons, North Face VE 25 (capacité pour 3 personnes occupation double). Nous utlilisons une tente salle à manger domo Mountain Hardwear, pour des groupes de 6 passagers ou plus et selon les campings.
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Torres del Paine Glacier Riding Tour
If you are looking for adventure and wilderness then this is the trip for you. After completing the “W” circuit in Torres Del Paine, we met up with Gonzalo who organized the whole trip and took a small boat across the Serrano river to meet up with our horses and Gaucho. The plan was a three day trail initially along the Rio Serrano and then cutting across steep challenging escarpments up to the Glacier Geikie followed by a Zodiac boat ride on the fourth day back to Puerto Natales. We loaded our tent, sleeping bags and enough food and wine onto one of the horses keeping the load as narrow as possible since the trial would be passing through dense wooded areas and we set off with the most magnificent panoramic views of the towers.
The horses were well suited to our capabilities, all strong and forward and when given the chance, the Gaucho along with the pack horse took us on exhilarating canters weaving around bushes across the pampas and along the sandy banks of the river. We made detours up to magnificent viewing points and apart from meeting one other Gaucho with his four dogs we were alone in some of the most beautiful and remote valleys Torres del Paine can offer.
The first night we camped on the banks of the Serrano, the river here was wide and fast flowing, we washed in the cold invigorating waters while the Gaucho made a camp fire and prepared the leg of lamb for the spit. Pisco Sour, great food and wine and chatting and laughing around the camp fire, we ended our first day.
The terrain on the second day changed from the open pampas to steep escarpments as the valley narrowed and in places we had to dismount and lead the horses. The trial was not so well defined here and we had to push through bushes thankful for the full chaps that we had. Nothing quite prepared us for the sight of the lagoon at the base of the glacier field with tens of deep blue icebergs floating in an eerie silence. We sat there taking in the atmosphere of this untouched place. That night before sleeping we swam in the slightly warmer waters of a small lake near our campsite while Gonzalo prepared another feast.
The organization of the trip by Chile Nativo was second to none, the food both varied and excellent and how they manage to transport six eggs unbroken after two days riding to give is bacon and eggs for breakfast we will never know. But the highlight of the trip for us was being away from everything, close to nature and the privilege of being given an insight into the lifestyle of the Gaucho in some of the most beautiful scenery that must exist on this planet.
