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A sign post from the car park to campmento Pingo directs you down the well marked trail with regular orange sign posts. The route to Pingo campsite is an easy 3km in a sheltered valley. At Pingo there is beautiful grassy clearing with a camp ground, an abandoned refugio and good views fine view of Cerro the Paine Grandemassif behind. Keep following The nicest pitches are in a little alcove of trees close to the trail as river. From the campsite it follows 's a quick and easy 3km to mirador Zapata from where you can get fantastic views over the river before ascending into beech forestwhole valley and of Lago and glacier Pingo in the distance. There Since this is only a very short side walk from the campsite there are plenty of further options to trip occupy you if you stay at the campsite for the whole day. The first and most obvious is to descend to the right of laguna below and round to the path before a bridge left. If you don't mind getting wet and the waters are low you can get around the two inlets to Cascada salto the laguna and up onto the South Patagonia Ice Field beyond or up Cerro Zapata, a none technical peak of 1533m (waterfall waterfall!?wind permitting) which . This is well worth exploringbest done in late summer when the rivers will be lower. After this Another option is to follow the trail climbs roughly 200m into thick attractive forest which gets a little dull after a whilepath from just before the mirador when it branches. The A faint trail continues bumpily leads along before descending the side of the valley and then descends to reach the turn off for Pingo falls 7km from campamento Pingoremote Laguna Los Tres. Here [[File:RIMG0121_(Medium).jpg|thumb|left|Campamento Zapata]]From here you can take another worthwhile 1km diversion to cross the noisy Pingo falls river higher up (getting a little wet) where it is marked by a cairn and then follow the river thunders down cairns along and then up to a get views over the rocksice field next to small glacial lagunas with chunks of ice floating in them. Once Another option if you have plenty of time and experience is a wilderness route down to Lago Tyndall and back on to the trail it's a fairly flat Lago Grey road (further 2.5km information on these options taken from ''Chile and Argentina'' Bradt Trekking Guide) Finally the route to campamento Zapata Lago and glacier Pingo no longer exists (despite being labelled on most maps) as a picturesque bend in bridge on the river path kept being washed away but for experienced navigators who don't mind getting wet it should still be possible when the rivers are at their lowest (although the Refugio was burnt down a few years ago no matter what your map and path from the one in the administration! says). The campsite is in a beautiful grassy clearing with a fine view of the Paine massif behindalready overgrown and unclear). The nicest pitches are in a little alcove of trees close Go back to Lago Grey the riverway you came. '''Estimated time'''
From the campsite it's a quick and easy 3km It takes 3-4 hours to mirador Zapata get from where you can get fantastic views over the whole valley and of Lago Grey to Zapata and glacier Pingo in another 45 minutes to an hour to get to the distance. Since this mirador, back is only a short walk from roughly the same times as the campsite there are plenty amount of further options to occupy you if you stay at the campsite for the whole dayaccent is similar.
The first and most obvious is to descend to == Maps == Embrassingly for Chilean pride the laguna below and round to the left. If best map of Torres Del Paine, images of which you doncan't mind getting wet escape in Chilean culture and the waters are low you can get around the two inlets to the laguna and up onto the South Patagonia Ice Field beyond or up Cerro Zapatatourism, a none technical peak of 1533m (wind permitting). This is best done in late summer when the rivers will be loweran Argentine one. Another option is to follow the path from just before the mirador when it branches. A faint trail leads along the side of the valley Zaiger and then descends to the remote Laguna Los Tres. From here you can cross the river higher up (getting a little wet) where it is marked by Urrupty produce a cairn clear and then follow the cairns along and then more importnately up -to a get views over -date map of the ice field next to small glacial lagunas park complete with chunks of ice floating in them. Another option if you have plenty of time technical and experience is a some wilderness route down to Lago Tyndall routes. Maps available in hiking and back to the Lago Grey roadtourist shops in Chile (e. Finally the route to Lago g. JLM) are universally out of date marking refugios and glacier Pingo paths where they no longer exists (despite being labelled on most maps) as a bridge exist. They often also disagree on the path kept being washed away but for experienced navigators who don't mind getting wet it should still be possible when the rivers are lengths of routes. The map given to you at their lowest (although the path from entrance of the campsite park is already overgrown preferable simply because it is up to date however it is on a large scale, very simple and unclear)with few contour markings. Go back to Lago Grey given the way you came. '''Estimated time''' It takes 3-4 hours to get from Lago Grey to Zapata and another 45 minutes to an hour to get to general confusion surrounding the mirador, back is roughly the same times as the amount lenghts of accent route it is similarlarge to tell whether these are accurate.
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An attractive more wild tour offering a perfect alternative to the other far more popular areas of the park. it is also good conditioning before taking on the circuit or other longer treks in the park.
[[File:RIMG0098_(Medium).jpg|thumb|Part of the view from Mirador Zapata with glacier and lago Pingo in the distance ]]
== Season ==
October to April
'''By Car'''
Drive out of the Administration at Rio Serrano and take the first left then the first right onto a good quality gravel road. Drive to the end at Hostal Lago Grey
'''By public transport'''
You can radio in a transfer from the administration but these cost a hefty $9000 per person. If there is only a few of you hitch hiking is a better option as the road is well used. Hiking it is really not recommended as its it's 17km of fairly boring road walking.
== The Route ==
[[File:RIMG0092 (Medium).jpg|thumb|Pingo falls]]
A sign post from the car park to campmento Pingo directs you down the well marked trail with regular orange sign posts. The route to Pingo is an easy 3km in a sheltered valley. At Pingo there is a camp ground, an abandoned refugio and good views of Cerro Paine Grande. Keep following the trail as it follows the river before ascending into beech forest. There is a very short side to trip to the right of the path before a bridge to Cascada salto (waterfall waterfall!?) which is well worth exploring. After this the trail climbs roughly 200m into thick attractive forest which gets a little dull after a while. The trail continues bumpily along before descending to reach the turn off for Pingo falls 7km from campamento Pingo. Here you can take another worthwhile 1km diversion to the noisy Pingo falls where the river thunders down over the rocks. Once back on the trail it's a fairly flat further 2.5km to campamento Zapata on a picturesque bend in the river (the Refugio was burnt down a few years ago no matter what your map and the one in the administration! says).
== Permits and Fees ==
Only what the Park charges $4000 for Chileans $15000 for Gringo's Gringos
== Recommendations ==
-Given the stunning views from the mirador and the fairly boring route to get from Pingo to Zapata it really is only worth doing this walk if you go all the way to the mirador. While the walk can be done in a day it would be a long and very strenuous one. Another option is to camp at Pingo but even then it's a long day hike. The best option is to camp at Zapata, a beautiful campsite that you will probably have to yourselves, and then do the mirador and back to Pingo the second day. The three day option would be do one of the longer day options from Zapata.
-You will more than likely be doing this trek before or after a longer one in the central area of the park. To avoid lugging vast amounts of unnecessary food around you can store food and whatever else you might want to at the administration for without charge.
-Unlike the majority of campsites in the rest of the park there are no facilities at Zapata and are little visited, so for this hike you will have to be better prepared for camping in the wilderness whatever the weather. Any of the treks beyond mirador zapata also require a high level of skill and experience.