A representative circuit around the Paine Massif, following the quieter northern side through Serón, Dickson and Los Perros before joining the western and southern refugio network.
A stage-by-stage walk across Iceland’s southern highlands, from the geothermal rhyolite landscape of Landmannalaugar through volcanic plateaus, lakes and black-sand valleys to the birch woods of Þórsmörk.
A six-day route through Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park, following the official hut sequence across alpine plateaus, rainforest, buttongrass plains and glacial valleys.
A compressed map of the classic Annapurna Circuit, climbing from Besisahar through Manang to Thorong La before descending past sacred Muktinath into the Kali Gandaki valley.
A short high-altitude hut trek through Arusha National Park, climbing from wildlife-rich lower slopes to Miriakamba and Saddle huts before the crater-rim summit route to Socialist Peak.
A demanding hut-to-hut traverse above Bariloche linking the Frey, Jakob, Laguna Negra and López refugios through the granite ridges and alpine lakes of Nahuel Huapi National Park.
Stage 1
Torres del Paine, Chile
The O Circuit enters Torres del Paine from the eastern side near Laguna Amarga and the Central sector. Most walkers travel anticlockwise through the remote northern side of the massif.
50.9790°S · 72.7690°W
Stage 2
Torres del Paine, Chile
The first northern stage follows open Patagonian steppe toward Seron. Wind exposure and the sense of leaving the busier W Trek corridor are immediate.
50.9100°S · 72.8400°W
Stage 3
Torres del Paine, Chile
The trail continues beside rivers and lakes to Dickson near the northern edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. This is one of the circuit's most remote overnight sectors.
50.8780°S · 73.1200°W
Stage 4
Torres del Paine, Chile
Los Perros is the final camp before John Gardner Pass. The next day combines the circuit's hardest exposed crossing with a long descent above Grey Glacier.
50.9600°S · 73.2000°W
Stage 5
Torres del Paine, Chile
After John Gardner Pass the trail descends beside the immense Grey Glacier. Here the O Circuit joins the better-known W Trek and the infrastructure becomes busier.
Stage 6
Torres del Paine, Chile
The route follows Lago Grey south to Paine Grande on Lake Pehoe. From here walkers can add the French Valley before continuing around the southern side of the massif.
51.0700°S · 73.0000°W
Stage 7
Torres del Paine, Chile
The circuit closes back in the Central sector beneath the granite towers. Many itineraries use the final morning for the climb to the Base Torres viewpoint.
50.9650°S · 72.8750°W