Great Treks of the World – serie

The definitive guidebook for Torres del Paine National Park. Covers all the treks including the O, the W, the Q and day-hikes. Full information for both campers and those staying in huts: everything you need to plan and hike in Torres del Paine so there is no need to spend hours trawling the internet for scraps. Also includes: - Bespoke 1:40,000 mapping: all accommodation, facilities and transport are shown clearly on the map. Perfect for planning and navigation. No other book has this. - Unique Itinerary Planner: plan a bespoke itinerary to match your ability and vacation schedule. All difficult calculations of time, distance and altitude gain are done for you. - 18 different multi-day itineraries of between 3 and 10 days. - Full accommodation/campsite listings. - Travel to the trail-heads. - Equipment and travelling light. - Everything the trekker needs to know to plan the route: route descriptions, costs, budget, difficulty, weather, how to get there, and more. - Information for both self-guided and guided trekkers. - Info on the November 2025 O-trek tragedy. The peaks of Torres del Paine National Park are some of the most distinctive in the world. The park is named after the spectacular Torres del Paine: three imposing granite pillars, overlooking a surreal turquoise lake, which are the favourites of so many trekkers that their status is practically mythical. However, the famous Cuernos del Paine are even more beautiful: so strikingly unusual that they could almost be the setting of a children?s fantasy story, their otherworldly appearance is hauntingly beautiful and utterly unforgettable, especially at sunrise and sunset. There are legions of other beautiful mountains too: they are steep-sided, jagged, swathed in vast blankets of the whitest snow, adorned with enormous sparkling glaciers and unattainably high. This wonderful mountain range is best experienced on one of the park's incredible treks: the O, the W and the Q.