Purim is a holiday celebration like no other Surrounded by a
natural arena of sunset-tinged and snow-capped peaks, it is
impossible to imagine a more wild and spectacular location than
Lago Pehoé in southern Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park.
The jaw-dropping scenery is also filled with wildlife, so
between bouts of trekking, river rafting and horse riding,
ticking off the park’s most iconic fauna comes remarkably easily
to the curious traveller. Just a few decades ago the llama’s
close cousin the guanaco was endangered, but now there are more
than 3,000 of the camelids (also close relatives of the camel)
living in the Torres del Paine National Park. They are a
deceptively compact animal - just over 1m-high at the shoulder -
but still easily spotted on the grassy tundra punctuating Torres
del Paine’s dramatic combination of alpine lakes, soaring peaks
and turquoise-tinged glaciers. Count on being greeted with a
look that is a quizzical cross between “Can I help you?” and
“What are you staring at?” More t