Facilities
Public toilets are available at the gate. If you need a meal, check ahead rather than assuming there’s a café at the checkpoint; the restaurant at nearby Camping Serrano is a separate stop.
Overview
About Portería Serrano
Why stop
- A broad Paine massif view at the southern park approach.
Heads up
- Limited trip-planning help; this is a ranger checkpoint, not the information center.
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Where it is
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Facilities
2 active Torres del Paine alerts
- ClosureInternal Y-150 road closedThe internal Y-150 road between Sarmiento and Laguna Los Cisnes is closed. - This is the internal road segment; CONAF lists the separate Y-150 access road to Sarmiento as open.Official details
- CautionOne-way and guide-only trail restrictionsPlan around CONAF’s current one-way and guide-only trail restrictions.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Torres del Paine Tour Guide
Your drive to Portería Serrano, narrated.
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Portería Serrano: The Southern Gate0:00 / 0:15
“Portería Serrano is ahead, the southern entrance checkpoint on the road from Puerto Natales. If you're entering the park here, have your entry pass handy.”
Plays as you drive up to Portería Serrano in the Parkwolf Torres del Paine Tour Guide.
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Guide
More about Portería Serrano
At the southern gatePortería Serrano is the park’s southern entrance checkpoint and CONAF ranger post on Y-290, the…
Portería Serrano is the park’s southern entrance checkpoint and CONAF ranger post on Y-290, the road from Puerto Natales. It’s a useful arrival stop, but not the full visitor information center; the Environmental Information Center is at the park’s administration headquarters elsewhere. Have your park entry pass handy for the gate check.
Getting hereY-290, also called Lago Porteño, runs about 80 km from Puerto Natales directly to the gate.
Y-290, also called Lago Porteño, runs about 80 km from Puerto Natales directly to the gate. Fill up before leaving town; there are no fuel stations in or around the park. Winter can bring frost and ice on park roads; CONAF recommends studded tires, and chains for heavy trucks.
The approachThe entrance approach gives a broad view of the Paine massif, with the bridge and gate…
The entrance approach gives a broad view of the Paine massif, with the bridge and gate buildings in the foreground. The stop’s main job is entry control, so come here for access and the first look at the park rather than a full itinerary briefing.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Torres del Paine
113 sightingsPumaMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
146 sightingsAndean CondorMost seen around noonSighting map
381 sightingsGuanacoMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
53 sightingsHuemulMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
36 sightingsLesser RheaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
11 sightingsWild HorseMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Torres del Paine. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
