PATAGONIA, Torres del Paine National Park: Smart Travel Guide for Nature Lovers, Hikers, Trekkers, Photographers

This book is the 2nd edition of my travel guide about wonderful Torres del Paine National Park. I updated: 1) all factual information, prices and conditions for the current season 2024-25; 2) added miles/foot data to all measures in metric system as km/m; 3) added 2x big general maps, and 6x hiking maps for each trail, so that now the guide contains 15 maps in total, covering more than 20 trails. This is a unique and the most complete "smart" travel guide, which I made, at first, to be solely used in my own, after buying so many travel guides and still feeling - they aren't good enough for my adventures to explore wilderness as a biologist and wildlife/travel photographer. I was missing it during my trip to Patagonia in 2017, otherwise, I would be much more efficient as a wildlife photographer and traveler. I hope the book will be a good "practical tool", an all-to-know set of guide books for you, while you are exploring the world with responsible mind and open heart as a truly nature lover. The book contains 100 GPS coordinates of important to know places, 50 website links, covering all the important campsites, hotels, viewpoints, trails, key sightseeing, it has 15 detailed trekking maps, and 14 photographs I made in March-April 2017. The book describes how to get in/out the park (by bus or plane), all park's updated rules and prices, then how to design your trekking route and how to book all accommodation in the park. In addition to popular "W" and "O" trekking circuits in the park, I give information about another 4 less-known, secret "off-the-bitten-pass" trails with hiking maps for each. I also give all the details for wild and paid camping, hotels, hostels, domes, cabins, food stores, roads conditions, travel scenarios, public buses, prices for touristic services, kayaking, horseback riding. At the end of the guide, I give detailed information what kind of wild animals and where you can meet in the park (puma, condors, huemul, guanaco, fox) and their behavior, and how to hike safely in Patagonia, art and skills in surviving harsh Patagonian conditions, especially in the Andes region, as a hiker. I also describe where you can find fossils from Jurassic Era of ichthyosaur, of a large prehistoric marine dolphin-like predator, or to see ancient cave paintings of indigenous tribes lived here 3000-8000 years ago. The book can be equally useful for "budget" adventure seekers, solo/group travelers, "fast & easy" with a rented car/campers or travel agency users as well as for paid wildlife and travel photographers on a mission. Printed versions of the book just went far beyond of my anticipation; quality is highest standard possible, they are rather small (15x23 cm), light-weight (only 150 g each), fully colorful inside with maps and GPS coordinates, pages are robustly made and glued, the cover is made of water-repellent paper, books are flexible, you can bend them, nothing will happen... though, they are ideal to put them into your backpack and use them while you travel through wonderful Patagonia.

S U M M A R Y

1) 15 topo hiking maps
2) 20 main and detour trails
3) detailed technical information for each trail
4) how to get here by bus, plane and fare prices, schedules
5) free and paid campsites, refugios with a map, location, descriptions
6) 2 general park's overview maps
7) description of park's wildlife, where to find it
8) 50 web links related to the hiking trails and travel
9) 100 GPS coordinates for the main trail landmarks, trailheads, detour trails, campsites, refugios
10) color printed inside on high quality paper, with a glance cover, compact 6x9 in (15.2x22.8 cm), lightweight, robustly made book format, which can fit into any backpack

Author: Oleg Senkov

Publisher: Independently Published

Publication Date: Dec 14, 2020

Number of Pages: 90 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: NA

ISBN-13: 9798581430163