Cascada del Rio Paine

La Cascada del Rio Paine (or more accurately Cascada del Río Paine [con el accento]) seemed to be really more notable for its position before the scenic Paine Massif than it was as a waterfall. That was because we thought the cascade itself could have easily been construed as rapids as the Paine River or Río Paine was squeezed into a narrow rocky stretch where it turbulently tumbled and twisted its way into calmer waters. We had stopped at an unsigned pullout nearby an informal lookout to gaze upon the cascade and picturesque skyline. And from this spot, it didn't seem like there was a way to get closer to the cascade safely.

Unfortunately, after the trip, we learned that we didn't go far enough on the road to get right up to this waterfall. So we screwed up on this one (I guess you can't win them all), and if you want to see a picture of what we should've seen, click here.

Directions: I recalled it took us about an hour to get to the pullout yielding the photos you see on this page from the border station with Argentina. Somewhere along the way, I remembered deviating from the road leading to the main part of Torres del Paine to our right, then following this road until we stopped at a pullout with the sweeping view you see above.

However, in order to get closer to the falls, we should've kept driving beyond this pullout.

Sorry I don't have more specific directions, but we don't have a road atlas of the area.

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The road we took to get into Torres del Paine

Another cool vista we saw en route to La Cascada del Río Paine

We also saw this estancia (ranch) fronting the towers while heading to the cascade

Closeup of La Cascada del Río Paine

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• December 24, 2007

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