{"id":5838,"date":"2015-01-18T03:54:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T02:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=5838"},"modified":"2020-12-19T14:17:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T13:17:16","slug":"towers-of-blue-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/01\/18\/tuerme-des-blauen-himmels\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue sky towers"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Day trip to the Torres del Paine National Park<\/li>\n<li>Sighting of guanacos, foxes, greater flamingos and an armadillo<\/li>\n<li>Unique view in wonderful weather of the mountain range of the pointed Torres<\/li>\n<li>Organize overnight stays in the park for the next few nights<\/li>\n<li>Return to Puerto Natales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>The night was in the dormitory <b>short and loud<\/b>. The two women in particular did not sleep well, with all the snoring and other noises. Despite the delicious breakfast, we decide to look for another hotel with a private room for the next night. A short internet search shows different variants, which we reserve on site. Then we set off in the direction of the long-awaited <b>Torres del Paine National Park<\/b>. The dry pampa slowly turns into hilly terrain, before suddenly massive and impressive the <b>Granite peaks of the Torres<\/b> rise up to 2850 meters above sea level.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>When the weather is optimal, the rugged mountain range is the <b>Park owes its name<\/b>, can be seen from a great distance. The name Torres del Paine comes from a mixture of the Spanish word for towers and sky blue from the language of the Tehuelche Indians. Before we even reach the national park, we see <b>numerous guanaco herds<\/b>, one <b>Fox family<\/b> as well as a nimble one <b>armadillo<\/b>. The stallions of the New World camels rush each other through the bushes in a unique setting. Other members of the herd wallow in a sand pit.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1505984969  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5842\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_18_3.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_18_3\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_18_3.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_18_3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>One highlight chases the other: after a knoll, our gaze slides down to the colorful one <b>Laguna Amarga<\/b>where also some <b>Greater Flamingos<\/b> linger. This is followed by a detour to <b>Cascada Paine<\/b>where the glacier water of the Rio Paine foams downriver.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1073582825  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5840\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_18_1.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_18_1\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_18_1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_18_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>After the lunch we have brought with us, we drive deeper into the park, with the <b>Guanacos and breathtaking views are our constant companions<\/b> are. The sun is increasingly displacing the remaining clouds. We drive west through this primeval landscape with stops at <b>Mirador del Nordenskjold<\/b> with a view of the lake of the same name and the roaring <b>Salto Grande<\/b> and the rapids ahead. Finally we reach the most beautiful of the numerous lakes, the turquoise-blue Lago Peho\u00e9. From where you get the classic postcard view of the glaciated, just over 3000 m high\u00a0<b>Cerro Paine Grande<\/b> and the tips <b>Cuernos del Paine<\/b> Has. Here we unexpectedly find a place to stay overnight in the park for the next few nights. The wonderfully located <b>Campground Peho\u00e9<\/b> offers a few dooms as well <b>simple hut<\/b> for overnight. Although overpriced, we save ourselves the two-hour journey to and from Puerto Natales and probably the only affordable overnight accommodation within the national park without camping equipment.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=291260416  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5843\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_18.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_18\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_18.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_18.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>We leave the park in a southerly direction, and there are always nice photo stops. On the good drivable gravel road we go back to Puerto Natales where we in\u00a0<b>Afrigonia restaurant<\/b> eat excellent.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Day trip to the Torres del Paine National Park<\/li>\n<li>Sighting of guanacos, foxes, greater flamingos and an armadillo<\/li>\n<li>Unique view in wonderful weather of the mountain range of the pointed Torres<\/li>\n<li>Organize overnight stays in the park for the next few nights<\/li>\n<li>Return to Puerto Natales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div>The night was in the dormitory <b>short and loud<\/b>. The two women in particular did not sleep well, with all the snoring and other noises. Despite the delicious breakfast, we decide to look for another hotel with a private room for the next night. A short internet search shows different variants, which we reserve on site. Then we set off in the direction of the long-awaited <b>Torres del Paine National Park<\/b>. The dry pampa slowly turns into hilly terrain, before suddenly massive and impressive the <b>Granite peaks of the Torres<\/b> rise up to 2850 meters above sea level.<\/div>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,1032,1109],"tags":[1130,926,1131,1034,1132,1103,1133,1104,1134,1106,1135,1120,1136,1121,1137,1122,1123,1124,1125,1126,1127,1128,1129],"class_list":["post-5838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-chile","category-patagonien","tag-rosaflamingo","tag-guerteltier","tag-cascada-paine","tag-chile","tag-laguna-amarga","tag-patagonien","tag-rio-paine","tag-patagonia","tag-salto-grande","tag-region-de-magallanes-y-de-la-antartica-chilena","tag-cerro-paine-grande","tag-puerto-natales","tag-cuernos-del-paine","tag-campground-pehoe","tag-afrigonia","tag-ultima-esperanza","tag-mirador-del-nordenskjoeld","tag-lago-nordenskjoeld","tag-lago-pehoe","tag-torres-del-paine","tag-tehuelche","tag-guanako","tag-fuchs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}