Awasi Patagonia

Located in a private reserve overlooking the iconic Torres del Paine National Park, Awasi Patagonia has many attributes that make it unique - there is one thing, however, that stands out over and above, and that is that the Awasi hotels are the only properties in South America where each room is given its own private guide and personal 4WD. This means that for the duration of your stay you can go where you want, when you want and for however long you want. Forget timetables, alarm clocks and schedules (unless, of course, you want to be up at the crack of dawn!), at Awasi Patagonia your entire experience is tailor made. It is the hotel answer to a suit that fits your exact measurements.

At 80 square meters your individual villa at Awasi Patagonia may be bigger than your apartment! Planked wooden floors and walls (made from the same wood as the surrounding woodland, native lenga and ñirre trees) span from the open-plan sitting room and bedroom, to the large bathroom with its bathtub and shower, and out to your private wooden hot tub. At one end of the villa a wood-burning stove makes a cosy spot to curl up with a book after a day out trekking, horse riding, biking or kayaking around icebergs. Although every comfort has been thought of, the idea for these villas came from the humblest origin: the gaucho’s outpost. These small huts, typically made of corrugated iron, have large stoves inside and serve as a well-needed shelter for gauchos as they ride across the Patagonian Steppe checking on their livestock. Taking the simple architecture as an inspiration, Chilean architect Felipe Assadi created these twelve villas, building them on stilts for minimal environmental impact.