Patogonia, Chile

Original text by Ondine Cohane,executive summary by darmansjah

The combination of snow peaks, virgin forests, national parks and put Chile as one of the best destinations for the adventurous. To complete the offer, a variety of cabins set amid the wild in order to attract adrenaline seekers.

Puma Lodge, about 90 minutes south of Santiago, presenting the package hell-skiing in the snow. While in the outer belt Torees del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Patagonia Tierra new property offers outdoor activity , sort of riding in a stretch of steppes and boating in ice-lake. Another newcomer is the Singular, which opened 

 

Patagonia is a region located at the southern end of South America, territory shared by Argentina and Chile, boasting some of the most dramatic landscapes on Earth. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the mountain range to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean. To the west, it includes the territory of Valdivia through Tierra del Fuego archipelago.

The name Patagonia comes from the word patagón used by Magellan in 1520 to describe the native people that his expedition thought to be giants. It is now believed the Patagons were actually Tehuelches with an average height of 180 cm (~5′11″) compared to the 155 cm (~5′1″) average for Spaniards of the time.

The Argentine portion of Patagonia includes the provinces of Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz, as well as the eastern portion of Tierra del Fuego archipelago and the southernmost department of Buenos Aires province: Patagones. The Argentine politico-economic Patagonic Region includes the Province of La Pampa

The Chilean part of Patagonia embraces the southern provinces and regions of Valdivia, Llanquihue, Aisén and Magallanes, including the west side of Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, and Palena Province in Los Lagos Region.

 Nahuel Huapi Lake, near Bariloche, Argentina