TURISMO PALI AIKE PATAGONIA  MOUNTAIN TREKKING A brief review about our trekking trips, climate, wardrobe, programs, paths, refuges and much more. . . ...We waiting for you !!!
Adventures of Trekking in PATAGONIA:  Tourismo Pali Aike provides an exciting experience in the savage and solitary Torres del Paine National Park, in the heart of the Chilean Patagonia.  Trekking in Torres del Paine, crossing their forests and living their beautiful and magnificent landscapes with a service of quality and an attitude of responsibility toward the environment.
OUR PHILOSOPHY Service of Quality - Protection of the environment
We offer trekking excursions of Excellent Quality in Magellan's Region, in the more important National Park, Torres del Paine, among other places. We are committed to make this accessible wild region to you, the active traveler  Our norm is a Service of Excellent Quality, precise but flexible organization,  personalized attention for your necessities and a careful dedication toward the environment.  The adventure tourism changes it deeply to one. Let us believe Tourism Pali Aike 13 years ago to bring near it to these opportunities to learn, to enjoy, to acquire vital experiences and to grow personally: Aventuras Patagónicas.
Tourism Pali Aike is only among the operators of adventure trekking in four aspectos:
We are specialized in trekking excursions. We offer a personalized service. During our trips you really move away from the masses instead of traveling with them.  We take care of the Patagonia and their environment. We offer our personal knowledge from each place to which we travel: we can give you information about the environment, since we have explored this region many times and designed the expeditions based on our own experiences.
This is a wonderful area, with glaciers, dense forests, mountains, crystalline rivers, clear lakes with excellent salmon fishing and trout, wealth in flora and Fauna.
THE PLACE : Chilean Patagonia Walk for the forest and the mountains.
our trekking trips are in Torres del Paine National Parks. This is very distant of the tourists that go in vehicles. It is a place far from the tourist routes, is not paved paths neither steel bridges, there are not electricity neither landscapes modeled by the man.  Few places so pure as these survive so densely in our world town. It is an experience that is worthwhile to live. It leaves of the trekking it is defiant. You will be walking for beautiful places and it will never be exposed to a situation that cannot manage with comfort. We will take ourselves charge of assisting you from the moment in that you get off the airplane in Punta Arenas, until it approaches it from return to house full with fantastic memories and a longing of returning again to the Patagonia.  The patagonian refuges where you will spend the night they comfortable and wooden, where you will meet with friendly mountaineers and local walkers and foreigners that enjoy the nature as you.  For more information about our trekking trips and all the related with them, visit the other pages of our website.  With pleasure we will respond to any question that you can have and we hope to receive them soon, during one of our next Patagonian Walks.      Thank for your visit !
Alive with us an adventure of trekking in Torres del Paine National Park.
OUR TREK Synthesis of our trekking tours in Patagonia
TREKKING OF EXCELLENT QUALITY
It means excellent quality in the service, precise organization and flexibility; personalized attention of your necessities and a careful treatment of the environment.
Our Style : We are Professional. We specialize in tourism in Patagonia.  Free of concerns for you. We take ourselves charge of everything so that you can enjoy of the trek and of the beautiful landscape. We want that our trek is unforgettable, a fantastic experience for you.  We organize: you don't have to lose your time.  Personalized attention. The details are important.  We are all Chileans. We are a Chilean regional company, with Chilean workers that we live and we work in Chile. We thoroughly know the flora, fauna, history, culture, geography and geology of the area of our programs.  The Security in the first place. We have a record of impeccable security.  Small and cordial groups. The trips have daily outings, for what we carry out them from 1 passenger or more.  Carefully thought itineraries. We have taken our time to organize our itineraries and although we adhere to our program, we also keep in mind that your you want that it is flexible, and that it includes time so that you can be free to explore and to experience freely. We want you to be relaxed and enjoy your trip.
DIFFICULTY What difficulties could they have our treks?
Our treks is developed on paths that are not too difficult, and they are inside the physical possibilities of a person that enjoy good health (independently of their age). It is preferable to have previous experience in trekking.  Abilities of mountaineering are not required. We will never put you in a situation in which you feel uncomfortable or that it is beyond your physical limit.  You will be able to manage yourself under rain conditions or inclement climate.  The Refuges of Montaña are Comfortable
PATHS In that paths will make the trekking?
The paths cross valleys, forests, mountains, rocks, they cross rivers, lakes, high grasslands and peat-bogs. They are well signalled.
REFUGES Where will we eat and will we sleep in the mountains?
We will spend the night in the refuges: Las Torres, El Chileno, Los Cuernos, Pehoe and Grey.  These refuges are comfortable. They have views of spectacular landscapes. There you will have the opportunity to know other Chilean trekkers and foreigners. We will spend the night and we will have dinner in the refuges. The foods are very good.
EQUIPMENT What equipment type will you need?
All excursionist will need:  - 1 backpack  - 1 sleeping bag 4 seasons (-10 ºC)  - footwear for waterproof trekking (we recommend to soften them if they are new)  - jacket and waterproof pants (goretex)  - thermal T-shirt  - resistant polar jacket to the wind  - cap  - thermal gloves  - short pants  - neck of polar  - sandals  - towel  - lantern  - bottle for water  - eyeglasseses with protection UV  - solar protector (minimum factor 30)  - protective of lips  - repellent of mosquitos  - canes (optional)  This Region can have very cold climate, still in the summer, for what the clothes to shelter is very important
CLIMATE The four seasons?
In Chilean Patagonia, especially in the Torres del Paine National Park, for their proximity to the Campo de Hielo Sur and Pacific Ocean, we can have the four seasons in few hours, therefore we should be prepared for all circumstance.  The wind is the main climate factor, prevailing in spring and summer, reaching in some opportunities superior winds to 100 km/hr.  The summer temperature (December - March) oscillates between 4ºC the minimum one and 15ºC the maxim (being able to go down to temperatures under zero during the night), and in some occasions reaching until the 25º Celsius. During this season the days have up to 18 daily hours of light. In October and April the temperatures can be a little colder, with high possibilities of a stable climate with less wind.  THE SECRET OF THE PATAGONIA is to get dressed in layers, to obtain the maximum of comfort to the minimum weight. It is important to use resistant clothes to the wind and that it dries off quick, for that reason we recommend you not to use cotton. If you plan to buy new shoes you use them previously to the trip. In all ways you should have some quick treatment for possible bladders (moleskin, second skin, etc).
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