Daunting peaks and diverse terrain: hiking in Patagonia – The National

Daunting peaks and diverse terrain: hiking in Patagonia – The National

There is no simple way to get to Punta Arenas from the UAE, with flights from Dubai and Abu Dhabi requiring at least two connections to reach this part of Patagonia.. Chile Nativo offers the amended Los Dientes trek with expert guides and porters who are met in Puerto Williams on Isla Navarino.. The trip starts and ends in Punta Arenas and lasts for six days in total.. The flight to Puerto Williams on Navarino Island was supposed to take an hour and 15 minutes, but with the strong wind blowing behind us, we were on the ground again just 55 minutes later.. People have been hiking The Teeth since the 1990s, but a new tour with Chile Nativo has made them -slightly more accessible and includes a series of detours for little-visited viewpoints and campsites away from what has been regarded as the traditional route.. Our porters and guides had it much worse.. An hour or so later, we'd popped out above the tree line, the Beagle Channel behind us, Los Dientes now in front.. What lay ahead was a lot more of the mountains, -including a stiff climb to start the second day, right next to