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Small-Group Cajón del Maipo Full-Day Tour and Picnic

By MTO Tour Chile
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Free cancellation available
Price is P 2,463 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

On this full-day guided tour visit the Cajón del Maipo area, which is located in the southeast part of Santiago city, famous for its hills, massifs, estuaries and rivers. This tour is ideal for lovers of ecotourism who want to experience the tranquility and fresh mountain air. Start by having a panoramic visit of San Jose de Maipo in which you'll learn the history and the folklore of this area. Later, move on through the marvelous landscapes to get into an Ecological reservation where you can visit a minifarm with different kinds of animals like Horses, Lamas, Emu, sheep, deer, etc. Thanks to the climatic conditions this is the ideal place to enjoy the natural breeze of this region. After that depending of your option take way to natural Hotsprings of Baños Colina with a route an mountain enveroinment. By other part you can enjoy of a small trekking and a more relaxed visit of Cajon del Maipo including a city tour on San jose de Maipo, Chocolate House and the Cascaras sector

Activity location

  • Embalse El Yeso
    • Camino Embalse El Yeso
    • San Jose de Maipo, Chile, Chile

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Embalse El Yeso
    • Camino Embalse El Yeso
    • San Jose de Maipo, Chile, Chile

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Full Day + Picnic + Wine
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

The exact pick up time for your service will be sent the night before the tour around 21:30 PM

Duration: 9 hours
Van or Minivan
Pickup included

Starting time: 7:00
Price details
P 2,463.43 x 1 AdultP 2,463.43

Total
Price is P 2,463.43
Until Wed, Nov 5

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Picnic (snacks cheeses, olives, salami, wine, juices, etc)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    This tour includes English tour guide (the service can be multilingual)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Live commentary on board
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Gratuities

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Must be of legal drinking age to consume alcoholic beverages
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • Assumes no responsibility for events that are not attributable whatsoever to the tour like disease, strikes, weather conditions, natural disasters, riots or any other cause beyond our control

Activity itinerary

Cajon del Maipo
  • 30m
Cajón del Maipo is a canyon located in the Andean southeastern portion of the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It encompasses the upper Maipo River basin, where the river has entrenched itself in a narrow valley. The zone features a series of confluent rivers such as El Volcán River, Yeso River and Colorado River, as well as other minor streams, including San Gabriel, Manzanito, Coyanco, El Sauce, El Manzano and San José. The main locality is San José de Maipo, capital of the commune that includes all of the Andean sector of the Metropolitan Region
Embalse El Yeso
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
This sector actually corresponds to the “El Yeso Reservoir”, a formidable body of water located over 2,000 m.a.s.l. , it has a capacity of 250,000,000 m3, and a depth of 55 meters. In its emerald green waters, it is possible to practice various water sports such as wind-surfing and sport fishing, all surrounded by gigantic mountains. In this place you are going to enjoy the picnic.
Tunel Ferroviario del Tinoco
  • 20m
The abandoned Tunel del Tinoco tunnels through the mountains along Camino Al Volcán, a remnant from the region’s railways days. Trains ran through the tunnel between 1914 and 1980. Now, it is completely dark, with a strange smell and a chilling past.
Plaza de Armas
  • 30m
San José de Maipo is the communal capital, where the main commercial activities of the sector are located. Its picturesque architecture rescues the classic style that gave rise to the currently existing town. You can tour your Main Square and enjoy a well-deserved rest. Here interesting artisanal samples typical of the area are installed on weekends and holidays, giving the visitor the opportunity to get a nice memory of this trip.
Villa La Obra, San Jose De Maipo (Pass by)
Once we enter the G-25 route, the first town we will know is La Obra, this sector had its beginnings in 1802 because of the tasks that were carried out during the construction of the San Carlos canal, whose mouth was born in the Maipo river.
El Canelo (Pass by)
Our next destination corresponds to the town of El Canelo, which owes its name to the sacred tree of the Mapuches, which is also found in the wet streams existing in the sector. From here you can access the Purgatory Hill with 2,466 meters high and also enjoy wines and spirits from the area.
Avenida el Manzano (Pass by)
El Manzano is the fourth town that we can find in the Cajon del Maipo. It offers to the visitors sectors that invite to travel between boldos, thorns and quillayes, the estrus existing in the sector.
Las Vertientes (Pass by)
It is the second town we will visit, its dawn dates back to 1941 as a result of the lot of an old farm. Currently typical products such as almonds, honey, nuts and quartz crystals, meet the visitor at the sides of the road
San Alfonso (Pass by)
The identity of this town encourages visitors to enjoy their beautiful natural surroundings more and more peacefully, which in some sectors is confused with the picturesqueness of their local architecture. In addition to enjoying wines and spirits from the Area
San Gabriel (Pass by)
San Gabriel emerged as a small village born from livestock activities and the exploitation of quarries and mines. In this town it is possible to observe on the rocky slopes of the hills the "Cypress of the Cordillera", one of the few existing confieras in the country. A great attraction are “Los rodados de San Gabriel”
El Melocotón (Pass by)
Locality that arose from the need to have natural pastures to feed the animals that came down from the mountain range. In this place you can enjoy a beautiful landscape that invites you to travel and enter the sector to enjoy more full contact with nature
Santiago (Pass by)
Departure from Santiago city

Location

Activity location

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    Embalse El Yeso
    • Camino Embalse El Yeso
    • San Jose de Maipo, Chile, Chile

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    Embalse El Yeso
    • Camino Embalse El Yeso
    • San Jose de Maipo, Chile, Chile

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