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| Milodon Cave Nat. Mon. Puerto Natales Chile, WW | |
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Milodon Cave Nat. Mon. Puerto Natales Chile, WW
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| Hiking | 5.65 Miles |
668 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.65 Miles | 2 Hrs 53 Mns | | 2.13 mph |
| 668 ft AEG | 14 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | After overnighting in Santiago, we caught an early flight to Puerto Natales, which is the jumping off point for visiting the most popular area of Chilean Patagonia--Torres del Paine National Park.
We arrived in P.N. mid morning and had no intentions of frittering the day away, SO we took a shuttle from the small airport into town and directly to our car rental location in town.
Car secured, we headed off to the primary point of visitation close to town--Milodon Cave National Monument.
It's actually a series of "caves" that were formed by wave erosion on islands in a prehistoric lake. The monument's namesake were prehistoric creatures that lived in/frequented the caves and whose fossil remains are plentiful there.
We hiked all of the trails in the area, which included 3 caves and a large rock outcropping called the Devil's Chair. Along the way, we were greeted by sights of condors circling above, and several groups of parakeets, who made quite a racket.
Good views of the lake and mountains to the south of P.N.
Not the most exciting place in Patagonia. But if you have a couple of hours to burn, worth a visit. |
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