Patagonia is the geographical area located at the Southern most tip of South America, shared by Chile and Argentina. Due to its remoteness and isolation it has preserved its pristine environment and wildlife through the centuries. Patagonia gets its name after the original indigenous tribes who were said to leave big footprints on the soil and were thus baptized by the first European explorers "Patagones"; whether this is a legend or not the term remained and thus the original toponym. While Argentine Patagonia is characterized by the arid and wind swept Patagonian Steppe; the Chilean Patagonia is somehow more whimsical, a maze of fjords and channels with one of the highest precipitation rate of the planet. Dividing the two countries the mighty Patagonian Andes carved by the Northern and Southern Patagonian Ice Fields.