Torres del Paine National Park

"There is a feeling of immensity in the landscapes of this, Chile's premier national park -- vast sheets of fractured blue ice, turquoise and emerald lakes, primeval-looking forest, vertical granite spires and seemingly limitless cloud-streaked skies." —Rudolf Abraham, travel writer

Created in 1959, the Torres del Paine National Park is one of the largest parks in Chile, covering over 242,000 acres. It is home to an array of Chilean natural wonders including lakes of Grey, Pehoé, Nordenskjold and Sarmiento, the Grey, Pingo, Geikie and Tydal glaciers, and the peaks of Cerro Paine, Torres del Paine and los Cuernos del Paine. The park was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1978.