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This National Park is located in a difficult sector of and expensive access and in addition moved away to the city of Punta Arenas, as also it includes a great land extension, being its coast of approximately 1,500 kilometres in length. It is acceded by sea to the Park from Puerto Natales to three hours of navigation to the blizzard sector Balmaceda and to 48 hours of the town closest than it is Puerto Edén. The exposed thing explains some measures that the CONAF, like administrator of the Park, is at the present time only with a sporadic presence in this protected area and with defined objectives affluent like they are the prospecting in certain places and general recognition from the area to object to be successfully obtaining basic information that it entails to the definition of handling programs to be applied in her, mainly programs of protection, administration, investigation, of public use, this last one with associated ecoturísticos aims to activities of environmental interpretation.


Physical characteristics - Natural of the Park

The area stands out by the existence of great ice surfaces, between which it is possible to mention to the Campo de Hielo Sur, Campo de Hielo Dr Juan Bruggen and to Campo de Hielo Patagónico, those that as a whole they have an extension of 1,100,500 hectares. As far as the vegetation is present the forest perennifolio, dominated by trees always green, such as Coigue of Magallanes that represents the great wooded mass. In smaller proportion are the following species: Lenga and Nirre. The arbustica vegetation is represented mainly by: Chilco, Chaura, Calafate and Murtilla..The faunística resource very is not varied, but it emphasizes huemul, in addition to marine fauna like wolf of a hair, austral fine wolf, etc..


Excursions in the Park

Fluvial excursion by the Serrano River joining two Nationals Parks (3 hrs.) The Serrano River this located between two National Parks, Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins. This river offers one of the most incredible adventures to travel in kayac, boats of rubber, or modern fiber boats. The passage goes in the middle of mountainous cords, native vegetation and ecoentorno of the Campo de Hielo Patagónico Sur, until arriving at Balmaceda Monte with its hanging Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers. During this passage, expert guides took to discover it the most unusual corners of the Patagonia. The circuit can be made between Puerto Natales, Balmaceda Monte, Paine and vice versa.

Excursions to the Azul Lake (1) (5 hrs.) The proposal has as beginning base the Balmaceda Resort (at which marine channel can arrive daily from Puerto Natales), lasts of 5 hrs. In which the imposing mountain glaciers are observed Balmaceda and Serrano, but other glaciers that are come off the mountainous chains of the place. After 1 hrs from navigation it is arrived at the river and Azul Lake, complements this supply a long walk that extends by space of 1 hrs. And that finalizes in a beautiful cascade. The return route allows the contemplation of a colony of marine wolves. Not to forget the binoculars and the camera.

Footpath native flora excursion posts glacial (1 hrs.) In the middle of the native forest and in lands of the Balmaceda Resort a footpath has been designed where the tourist can appreciate the existence of different species from flowers, you hoist and shrubs, and to see I magnify effort of the vegetation to colonise earth left by glaciers. The Resort counts, in addition, with full herbario with the flora of the place.

Marine circuit glaciers Balmaceda and Serrano (9 hrs.) This interesting excursion begins in Puerto Natales, to sail by the Ultima Esperanza fiord. In this passage, the nature surprises the traveller, majestic hills and native forests, marine wolves, cormoranes, and cóndores ventilating their wings complement the beautiful panorama. The boat comes near to the Balmaceda glacier and soon stops in Toro Port, for a long walk by the forest, until the lagoon that receives icebergs of the Serrano glacier, the calm of this lagoon, with icebergs of the Serrano glacier, with their constant landslides is their main attractiveness.