“What’s the quickest way to realize how truly amazing our planet is? Simple: Visit the world’s greatest national parks”.  This is how The Huffington Post, an online newspaper, begins its article on the 35 most outstanding national parks on this planet.  Torres del Paine in Chile shows up in this list, a 180 thousand hectare park located in the Magallanes Region and declared a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978.

 

The publication mentions that this place is an amazing extension of nature in the Chilean Patagonia, crowned with the iconic Cuernos del Paine peaks.  Another outstanding feature of the region is its glaciers, extended throughout the horizon giving its visitors an unequalled experience.

 

The website also includes the following parks in its list: Iguazu (Argentina and Brazil), Yosemite and Yellowstone (United States), Tulum (Mexico), Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) and Galapagos (Ecuador).

This recognition is added to the announcement made last year by the , declaring Torres del Paine as the Eighth World Wonder, a competition that took place between the months of June and September.