Located on the shore of the Seno Última Esperanza, Puerto Natales lies in the vicinity of the Riesco mountain range, 247 km northwest of Punta Arenas and 3,103 km from Santiago. It was founded in 1911 and is the gateway for those who wish to visit the Torres del Paine, the Cueva del Milodón or the glaciers of the Campo de Hielo Sur.

Patagonia. The name alone quickens the pulse and sets the imagination in motion. Patagonia. It has been a place of adventure, trial and discovery for hundreds of years. A truly unique region, Patagonia has both an astounding environment and an equally engaging history. Dictated mostly by the accumulation, movement and ablation of ice, Patagonia boasts some of the world's most sculpted landscapes. From the Torres Del Paine to Los Cuernos Mt. Fitzroy, and Cerro Torre, huge granite towers shroud the area in an air of grandeur.

Dramatic fjords divide the west coast of Patagonia into an array of inlets and islands created by the cutting power of glacial melt. Patagonia's latitude between 39 and 55 degrees south, combined with the cold temperatures influenced by the Humboldt Current off of Chile's coast, have caused Patagonia to develop the largest ice sheets in the southern hemisphere today outside of Antarctica. These ice sheets dominated the landscape periodically for thousands of years and their consequent movement has chiseled out the finer features of the region. The stark natural beauty of the area combined with the unrelenting weather has made this place famous around the globe. It is a place in which to truly observe the awesome power of nature.