cueva del milodon

A really big cave (high and wide, but not long) with some exhibits, but the cheap price for local Chileans is subsidized by the exorbitant price charged to non-Chileans which is 5 times more!

This place is worth a stop on your way to or back from the Torre Del Paines natural park. It is a bit odd set but you get too tour in the cave where they found remains of milodons. Quite interesting.It has a small shop and toilets too.

We swung through here on the way back to Puerto Natales after leaving Torres Del Paine and were pretty underwhelmed.The cave is pretty cool from the inside, but there's not much to keep you for very long.Worth a quick stop to read a little about the history of the area, but don't build an afternoon around it.

A visit to the Mylodon caves is an important part of experiencing the Patagonian past. Having a guide explain pre-historic conditions is certainly an asset, as other reviewers have noted. The available pamphlet provides some detail, and the mockups of the creatures ( near the beginning of the path), give a nice understanding of the sizes of these animals. Visiting the two smaller caves is also worthwhile, especially considering the plants and the geology visible along the trails. We liked the idea of limited signage, but realize that may not be popular with visitors in a rush.

We just went there because it was included in our day tour to Torres del Paine. It's not worth the entry fee. I suppose the tour organisers just take you there that you pay the entry.The cave is big but not very impressive. You can walk around on a circular track. The unique point about the cave is that a very old milodon was found there. But it's of course not there anymore... Big story, not much to see.

Is a very good place to go for the day.You can enter to caves where in the past used to live panthers, milodon and first humans.Not the best trip, but if you have some more days, I would recommend it.

nothing special in my opinion. You can visit the cave where they found the Milodon, but besides that there isn't much more. And the cave itself isnt anything spectacular either. if you do have the choice it might be the more interesting option to just continue to the NP Torres del Paine instead of stopping at the cave.

We visited all three of the caves (which is worth doing to get an interesting perspective on the size, how they lived etc). We had our own guide from the Patagonia camp who made the caves really interesting. Without a guide, I don't know that we would have enjoyed it.

It is a really nice place to visit. It takes only a few minutes, but is impressive to walk into that cave!

very magical place.. when you think about how alt it is and that our grand grand grand grand grand grand grand x10000 mothers lived there - it makes it very mysterious.. beautiful vie.. good describtion from archeological point of view.. i did enjoyed it

About one-half hour drive outside of Puerto Natales, the Mylodon Caves are shallow indentations in small hills eroded by receding glaciers.These are not caves in the manner of Carlsbad so no flowing streams, mineral formations or the like. One can take a pleasant, not very demanding stroll, through a small forest between the three "caves." Each one has some particular discoveries noted about the local human and animal population, well explained by either guides or the signage. It took a leisurely hour or so to see everything since most of the artifacts have been removed to museums elsewhere and the caves themselves are just dirt-floored and empty.

This large cave is famous for its size and for the bones of extinct animals which were found there, for instance giant sloths.

I enjoyed learning the history and the findings of the Mylodon. The cave was pretty cool when you are on the inside and you look back out. This little stop did appeal to my inner nerd. I love learning interesting facts and tidbits. The gift shop had authentic hand made wool hats and other distinct souvenirs. Not cheesy like the more commercial gift shops.

I was a bit underwhelmed by this site. Am not sure it was worth the trek to several of the caves. Admittedly, I was expecting more of a Las Caux cave experience or something resembling Mesa Verde. The trail to the lesser caves is uneven and rocky, though the views of the dandelion fields and purple sage or calafate flowers was very pretty. For the experienced hiker, this is not a difficult walk but for someone unsteady on their feet, it can be a challenge. A walking stick may be helpful.A sculpture of the milodon gives scale to the cave.

The cave of Milodon is a place between the city of Puerto Natales and the Torres Del Paine National Park, where were found some ancient bones of a giant sloth. It is a big cave, nice to see and is possible to stop when you are going from Natales to the National Park, it is in the middle of the way, a 15 minutes detour.