Tag: Patagonia

Chile has opened a massive new hiking trail that spans a third of the country and connects 17 national parks. The new hiking route through the region of Patagonia, starts from Puerto Montt all the way to Cape Horn. The route comprises three already existing hiking trails and links them into one contiguous route. The land was donated to the Chilean government by Tompkins Conservation, an organization founded by American billionaire and North Face and Esprit founder Douglas Tompkins and his wife. After the tragic death of Tompkins, his widow donated 408,000 hectares of land to the Chilean government with the purpose of creating five new ... Read more

President of Chile Michelle Bachelet and Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, President and CEO of Tompkins Conservation sign decrees creating 10 million acres of new National Parks. This includes Tompkins Conservation’s two flagship parks, Patagonia and Pumalín. The one million acres and world-class infrastructure they contain have been billed as the largest donation of land from a private entity to a country. This marks the culmination of the pledge that President Michelle Bachelet and Kristine McDivitt Tompkins signed in March 2017 to create a network of five new national parks in Chile and the expansion of three others. Together, they are adding a total of more than 10 million acres of new national parklands ... Read more