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Ecocamp travel offers the luxury of lodge-style accommodation in Torres del Paine national park.

Friday, 18 December 2009

EcoCamp Patagonia Carbon Offset Certificate

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For Offsetting
135.07 Tons of CO2 Emissions

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EcoCamp Patagonia in National Geographic Traveller

Great Winter Escapes
Sleeping Arrangements: Back to Nature, In Style

http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2010/01/feature/warm-weather-escapes-text/17

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Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Holiday Greetings from Chile

We wish you enjoy! a lot this upcoming year!

All the best from Chile

Your friends from Cascada Expediciones & Ecocamp Patagonia

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Tuesday, 15 December 2009

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"Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2009" Highly commends EcoCamp Patagonia

"Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2009" Highly commends EcoCamp Patagonia

Ecocamp Patagonia

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Ecocamp Patagonia
Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile
Ecocamp in Torres del Paine National Park In this world of vanishing wilderness, we invite you to explore our remote Patagonia with the least ecological impact possible; to trek in virgin beech forests; to admire colossal calving glaciers; to think and wonder about humankind while standing at the foot of the towering granite peaks of the Torres del Paine; to sit in total silence under the Southern Cross; and to share a glass of wine with new friends
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Ecocamp in Torres del Paine National Park

The basic premise on designing the EcoCamp was to maintain the nomadic spirit of the ancient inhabitants that moved along the dismembered coast looking for food and shelter. This people lived in harmony with “Mother Nature” and built their huts out of wood, furs and leathers, all organic materials they found on site. In Patagonia, from Golfo de Penas to the Strait of Magellan, these natives were called Kawesqar or Alacalufes, sadly nowadays the few remaining pure blood Alacalufes are no more than 10 and live in the remote village of Puerto Eden.

Kawesqar people built their huts on a geodesic shape bending branches and covering the structure with guanaco and sea lion skins. When whale hunters and marines established bases on their domains they abandoned their traditional ways of shelter and adopted new materials and construction patterns.