At the southern edge of South America lies Patagonia, a vast and untamed region shared by Chile and Argentina that feels ...

Hiking Patagonia’s iconic trails — from Torres del Paine to El Chaltén — through wind, wonder, and wild beauty is a journey ...

Torres del Paine may be Patagonia’s headline act, but the national park is not the region’s only draw. Travelling off-season ...

Adventurous globetrotters with a fondness for South America and high-energy experiences may be drawn to a new, nine-day Patagonia Passion trek that will focus on Torres del Paine National Park and the ...

This month, I went hiking in Patagonia, a sprawling region that straddles Argentina and Chile. I trekked about 12 miles through Argentina’s Nahuel Huapi National Park to a mountain-top lake. I figured ...

A virtually mapless journey into the heart of Patagonia Park, Chile’s brand-new, Yosemite-sized, mostly unexplored national park. It was the first day of our 90-mile attempt to cross the Jeinimeni ...

For hikers planning a trek in Torres del Paine, Rich Landers has compiled a daily log, a list of useful guidebooks and Web sites and other observations from his first-hand experience. E-mail ...

Now that I’m here, I can see why the place has such a formidable reputation, and why it has long been a magnet for devotees of nature and the great outdoors. Like the estimated 250,000 people who ...

For anyone who loves mountains, Patagonia is a must. Its improbably thorny massifs are some of the most iconic visages in the world. They attract the world’s best climbers, but there are plenty of ...

It took the world a long time to discover Patagonia, the trendy adventure area shared by both southern Chile and Argentina. While other mountaineers had been hiking and climbing the Alps and Rockies ...

SEVERAL HOURS into my first day of a week-long solo trek in Torres del Paine National Park in Chile’s Patagonia region, the trail disappeared on the bank of a roaring stream. The forests around me ...