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One of three Explora lodges operating in Chile, the Explora Patagonia offers a lakeside location and unbeatable views within the Torres del Paine National Park.

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Visually stunning Chilean Patagonia

One of three Explora lodges operating in Chile, the Explora Patagonia offers a lakeside location and unbeatable views within the Torres del Paine National Park. Photo Credit: Explora Patagonia

One of three Explora lodges operating in Chile, the Explora Patagonia offers a lakeside location and unbeatable views within the Torres del Paine National Park.

Many of the lodge’s 50 rooms feature views of the park’s iconic Paine Massif.

Some of South America’s best hiking can be found in Chile’s Torres del Paine, the country’s largest and most visited national park.

Geodesic tented domes provide cozy accommodations with a view at EcoCamp, the region’s first fully sustainable accommodations.

A guanaco, a South American camelid related to the llama, in Torres del Paine.

EcoCamp’s domes include ones for yoga and dining.

Chilean flamingos soar over Southern Patagonia.

The waters off Patagonia are rich feeding grounds for humpback whales.

A small colony of king penguins inhabits Bahia Inutil (Useless Bay).

A young gaucho and his family carry on the traditional lifestyle of sheep farming at the 15,000-acre Estancia Cerro Negro, where visitors are welcome for a lunchtime asado (barbecue).

Sheep farms are still big business in Southern Patagonia, where gauchos live an age-old way of life on the vast and empty steppes and pampas.

Hiking within sight of glaciers in Torres del Paine National Park.