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This is our primary hotel choice in this location, though availability is not guaranteed. If a given hotel is not available for your tour date, we will reserve you a room at a hotel of similar appeal and quality in the same area.

Refugio Pehoe
also known as Paine Grande Mountain Lodge

This remote lodge is located on the shores of Lake Pehoé in Chile's Torres del Paine National Park. It is accessible only by the park's trekking paths, or by catamaran over the lake. The lodge can accommodate up to 60 people, in ten rooms with three beds each. All of the rooms have an excellent view of Lake Pehoé, the heights of Paine Grande, the Valle del Francés, and the east side of the Cuernos del Paine. Each room is equipped with comfortable beds, and drawers for storing equipment. A safe deposit box is available to keep valuable belongings. Shared hygienic facilities on the first floor offer washbasins, toiletts, and hot water showers, separated for men and women.

A restaurant service at the lodge provides basic food service (American breakfast, lunch, and dinner), and boxed lunches are available on request. Soft drinks, beer, and wine are also offered. The second floor has a bar, which offers an assortmant of Chilean wine, and a dining room with excellent views of the surrounding Patagonian landscape.

In addition, there is a library where you can rest or read the latest news on the second floor, near the dormitory wing. The lodge is equipped with a satellite telephone service for national and international calls, and provides two computers with Internet access.