Flora and Fauna in Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia
Characterized for its beauty and diversity (see gallery), vegetation in Torres del Paine National park changes depending on the location. Several shrubs, flowers and trees decorate the trails and valleys of this natural sanctuary Find out more about the animal species that inhabitate the park.
Some of the species we can find are the pre-andean shrubs like the calafate, mata barrosa, coirón and the estepa. In the lakes area we can find forests of coihue, more precisely between lakes Grey and Pehoe, where we will also find magallanic forests, made of lenga and ñirre.As we go higher, vegetation begins to dissapear to give place to a natural spectacle of rocks and granite in the mountain range of the Paine.
The same diversity of environments permits the development of a varied fauna. The presence of typical mammals of Chile and the extreme south can be found all along Torres del Paine. Among the most commonly found animals are the Huemul, Guanaco, Puma, Chilla fox y Culpeo fox. Also, you may see emblematic birds like the Condor, Eagle and the Magellanic Woodpecker.
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