Which national park in Chile is famous for its granite peaks known as the 'Towers of Paine'?

Torres del Paine is the Chilean national park famous for its granite peaks known as the Towers of Paine. The three dramatic towers—North, Central, and South—rise from the Paine massif in Chilean Patagonia and form the park’s signature landmark.

The park lies in the Magallanes Region, east of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Its landscape combines granite spires, glacial valleys, turquoise lakes, rivers, forests, and extensive ice. The towers were shaped over immense spans of geological time as erosion removed softer overlying rock and exposed more resistant granite.

The name Paine comes from the Tehuelche language and is commonly translated as “blue,” a reference to the region’s striking blue waters and atmospheric tones. The wider mountain group includes Paine Grande, whose GPS-measured elevation was recorded at 2,884 meters in 2011, as well as the Cuernos del Paine, whose dark sedimentary caps contrast with their lighter granite cores.

A frequent mix-up is treating the Towers of Paine as a separate national park. They are the centerpiece of Torres del Paine National Park, which UNESCO designated a Biosphere Reserve in 1978. The park is also known worldwide for its multi-day trekking circuits.