First off, we're a bit behind, so we're going to do a couple blog posts of catch up. Stay tuned for Torres del Paine pics!
We needed to keep our hiking game up, since we still had our 5-day hike through Torres del Paine ahead of us, so we found a pretty nice park to hike through about a 20 minute cab ride from our B&B, Reserva Nacional Magallanes. We arranged a cab through our B&B, and arranged for the cab back from the ranger's office when we were ready to leave.
The park itself was HUGE. One of the rangers asked how long we wanted to hike, since apparently you can easily spend days going through it all, so she was able to give us a good suggestion for a 4-hour hike.
The tree canopy that shielded us from the wind and rain.
View from the top. Punta Arenas in the background to the right. Straight of Magellan on the horizon.
View from over the tree canopy.
Puma tracks. I learned that pumas, mountain lions, and cougars are all the same animal. Who knew!
It was a lovely hike for sure, if you find yourself in Punta Arenas with a day to spare, it's definitely worth heading up to the Reserva.