Torres del Paine Feb/Mar 2025

[Wildfarmer]

My wife and I will be taking a trip to Santiago Chile March 3-10, 2025. We would like to add a guided hike of Torres del Paine before or after that week.
Can anyone provide some guidance as to a reputable guide company and any other useful information?

[Fredrick B]

Wildfarmer, this may be ancient enough to not be helpful, but I went years ago with a company named Southern Latitudes (not Latitude) and a fellow named David Frederick. Fishing guides primarily, but they also conducted hiking guiding as well, and was great. If nothing else, I’d think the guide services in Coyhaique (look it up online, many have websites) might have a good list of references for you. That, or try guide services in Punta Arenas, as that’s your closest fly in point. What a great time of year to go!

[Wildfarmer]

Thanks @Fredrick B, I’ll search for those. I’ve also been getting an education about it on YouTube.

[Fredrick B]

You betcha. That’s all full of good info too!

[Dan]

Sorry that you’re not getting too many firsthand recommendations. I was following the thread because I hope to get there at some point and wouldn’t mind having a guide to make the logistics easier.

FWIW, I found a great guide in Bariloche by reading reviews on TripAdvisor. What I learned during that trip is that guides in Argentina and Chile are certified and only allowed to work in the specific area and on routes for which they are certified (or licensed maybe, something like that). So if you find a guide with a bunch of good reviews on the internet and they’re certified for the route, it’s likely to go well because they know it like the back of their hand, they know the refugio staff intimately, etc.

I’d also prefer a firsthand recommendation obviously.

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