Full Day Trip to Cajón del Maipo Yeso Reservoir + Toast
Description
Experience the beauty of the Andes Mountains at Cajon del Maipo on this 8-hour tour, with a small group of people. Get incredible views of the El Yeso Reservoir and feel the amazing fresh winds of these mountains in Chile. Learn about the history of the sites and the little town of San José de Maipo, and its amazing surroundings with live commentary from a tour guide aboard a minivan. Enjoy a delicious picnic at the end of the walk with the group. Have a dream day walking through the heart of the mountains of Chile! ATTENTION: During the winter season, the road to the Yeso Reservoir is often closed due to snow, bad weather, or landslides on the route, so we will go to other areas of the Cajon del Maipo to visit other places with wonderful natural landscapes.
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Itinerary
A few kilometers from Santiago, Cajón del Maipo is a mountain canyon surrounded by hills, massifs and cliffs with important rivers, which gives us a variety of unforgettable landscapes. attractions throughout the year, it is an excellent place both to enjoy nature and to practice different sports. In winter the snowy mountain range offers beautiful postcard views and centers for white sports such as skiing and in summer relaxing in its campsites and cabins. In both seasons it is possible to go trekking, hiking and horseback riding in search of spotting condors and peucos. Its main town is San José de Maipo, capital of the commune, which is the ideal place to start getting to know the area, in the midst of colorful architecture, the visitor will find a whole series of services to enjoy the area. However, other areas with great tourist attractions also stand out, such as El Yeso, El Colorado, San Gabriel, El Manzano, among others.
Embalse El Yeso is one of the many destinations that only one day would take us to visit. With an impressive landscape of the snow-capped mountain range, and waters that captivate all who visit it, El Embalse El Yeso emerges as one of the must-sees that this mountainous area offers us. If what we are looking for is to observe a portrait of nature, away from city noise and have the privilege of seeing birds, snow, water and being able to breathe clean and free air, you have definitely hit your destination.
The Tinoco tunnel is a great engineering work carved in rock and has a length of more than 600 meters. It corresponds to a construction carried out for the transit of the Puente Alto-el Volcán railway. The train stopped working in 1985 and today the facilities are abandoned.
The Chocolate House is one of the most popular and representative tourist attractions of the Cajón del Maipo tourist destination, a mandatory stop for a large part of the tour operators. It is a magical place that in its center has a cafeteria with striking vernacular architecture, which emulates a house built with chocolate, surrounded by a small forest, with corridors, a bonfire and resting places taken from a fairy tale. where we will be able to appreciate the details in design and architecture of one of the oldest and most innovative families in Cajon tourism.
The Plaza de Armas is a meeting place and a must-see for tourists due to its attractions. On weekends and holidays it comes alive with the fair, you can visit it and find interesting typical craft samples from the area, giving the visitor the opportunity to get a nice memory of this trip, to be able to enjoy the fresh air and have all the tranquility outside the city. With the necessary space to walk, to sit, to enjoy the beautiful hills that surround it, with shops close at hand, leafy trees that provide incomparable shade, simply visiting it is worth it.
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Pickup Locations & Times
We pick up and drop off passengers at hotels and B&B in the sectors of Las Condes, Providencia, Santiago Centro, Estación Central as long as they are close to Line 1 metro stations if we do not manage a contact point where they will have to arrive. Pick Up is NOT done at the Airport or at hotels near the Airport. If you are in one of these 2 places, you will have to go to a Departure Point: Hotel Best Western Estación Central (Address: Libertador Bernardo O Higgins 3559, Estación Central district) at the Hotel Door. You will have to wait for the indicated time one day before.
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Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Dress code is smart casual
Reviews(544)
Different and beautiful place and very good tour staff....
Beautiful scenery and a well organised trip! Our guide Edison was so fun and kind and everything ran very smoothly
I didn't pass the bus and I didn't have any communication with the manager since 5:30 am I was waiting, I expect refund
Cuente bien la historia que usted como AGENTE se equivoco en mandar la direccion y sus clientes perdieron el tour, como cliente nosotros no le comprariamos ningun tour mas usted mas encima nos hecha la culpa a nosotros siendo que nos presentamos a la hora indicada MALA LECHE.
Excellent tour with amazing views from start to finish. An experience that was worth every minute lived! All the points we stopped within the script, we were very well served. Our guide Brahian demonstrated a lot of knowledge, welcoming and made this experience a good choice exceeding expectations.
Excellent experience. Paulina the guide was extraordinary, knowledgeable, flexible, attentive.
Great views, beautiful place
Amazing place and wonderful scenery
Very good tour, the guide always worried about us and gave us clear information about the places we visited, overall an experience we would recommend.
The experience we had in the maipo was spectacular, overly beautiful landscapes, nature and everything that comes with the trip, all that was possible because the guide Alejandro did his best to make this tour unforgettable, an excellent guide, charismatic, with a fabulous knowledge of the place and with a formidable way of explaining the history and how it was all. It was the best guide we had and with the best explanation of all ❣️
I really want to congratulate the guide Alejandro who has a gift for treating people, is very nice and has a lot of knowledge that he shares on tours. He is definitely an excellent person and a great guide, the best I have ever had from my travels. Thank you so much for allowing me to share my vacation with such a great and wonderful guide!!! The places visited were very interesting and beautiful!!!
