Patagonia in southern Chile is a place of scale and silence—jagged mountains, sweeping plains, and hardly any sign of human life. In the heart of it sits Torres del Paine National Park, home to one of the highest densities of wild pumas anywhere in the world. Unlike many wildlife destinations, tracking here is done mostly on foot, often with local spotters who know the habits and territories of individual cats. When conditions are right, you may spend hours quietly following and photographing pumas up close.