Aguas de Ramón
The ravine that starts where the city ends, with a waterfall at the far end.
- Validating
- A day
- Moderate
Santiago de Chile
Chile begins where Santiago ends.
Destinations to leave the city behind, find other landscapes and build new stories over a day, a weekend or something longer.
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Map
Eleven destinations, ordered by distance
Everything starts in Santiago. Distances are straight-line, computed from each place's real coordinates: they are not road distances.
Start close
The first three on the route: doable in a day, nothing needed but the will to go.
Yerba Loca
A whole glacial valley an hour from the city. The gate of the Andes.
- Validating
- A day
- Moderate
Río Clarillo
Native forest and clear water in the foothills above Pirque.
- Validating
- A day
- Gentle
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Duration, effort and season are Chile de Finde estimates to help you plan. They have not been verified on the ground.
Aguas de Ramón
The ravine that starts where the city ends, with a waterfall at the far end.
- Validating
- A day
- Moderate
Yerba Loca
A whole glacial valley an hour from the city. The gate of the Andes.
- Validating
- A day
- Moderate
Río Clarillo
Native forest and clear water in the foothills above Pirque.
- Validating
- A day
- Gentle
El Morado
Real high mountain in Cajón del Maipo: a glacier, a lagoon and silence.
- Idea
- A day
- Demanding
La Campana
The last great Chilean palm forest, and the summit Darwin climbed.
- Validating
- A day
- Demanding
Baños Colina
Terraces of hot water high up the Cajón del Maipo.
- Idea
- A weekend
- Gentle
Río de los Cipreses
A glacial valley with burrowing parrots screaming overhead.
- Idea
- A weekend
- Moderate
Punta de Lobos
The sea stacks, the Pacific and the best sunset on the route.
- Idea
- A weekend
- Gentle
Radal Siete Tazas
Seven pools carved into basalt by the Claro river, and a valley behind.
- Idea
- Several days
- Moderate
Altos de Lircay
The way to El Enladrillado, the stone plateau suspended above the valley.
- Idea
- Several days
- Demanding
Elqui Valley
Sky, valley and silence. The furthest point on the route.
- Idea
- Several days
- Gentle
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The project
What Chile de Finde is
Chile de Finde picks natural and cultural destinations reachable from Santiago and orders them by distance: first what fits in a morning, then what asks for a night away, and finally what needs several days.
The idea is simple: getting to these places is easier with other people. Small groups, logistics explained upfront and no mystery about what it takes to get there.
Right now we are in the validation phase: we publish the destinations, collect interest and use that to decide which ones get prepared first. When a trip has a real date, guide or budget, it will say so in those words.
We're preparing the first routes
The destinations with the most interest will be the first to become real trips. There are no fixed dates, prices or bookings yet: marking interest is exactly what decides the order.
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