Aguas de Ramón
The ravine that starts where the city ends, with a waterfall at the far end.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Easy without a car
- How to get there Local bus
Nineteen destinations on the map
Real coordinates for every place. The distances shown on the pages are straight-line, not road distances, and the map draws no routes.
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- Aguas de Ramón — Santiago Metropolitan Region · A day · Easy without a car
- Cajón del Maipo and San José de Maipo — Santiago Metropolitan Region · A day · Possible with connections
- Yerba Loca — Santiago Metropolitan Region · A day · Car or transfer recommended
- Río Clarillo — Santiago Metropolitan Region · A day · Possible with connections
- Pomaire — Santiago Metropolitan Region · A day · Possible with connections
- El Morado — Santiago Metropolitan Region · A day · Car or transfer recommended
- La Campana — Valparaíso Region · A day · Possible with connections
- Casablanca Valley — Valparaíso Region · A day · Possible with connections
- Sewell — O'Higgins Region · A day · Organised access only
- Baños Colina — Santiago Metropolitan Region · A weekend · Car or transfer recommended
- Portillo and Laguna del Inca — Valparaíso Region · A day · Car or transfer recommended
- Viña del Mar and Concón — Valparaíso Region · A day · Easy without a car
- Isla Negra and the Poets' Coast — Valparaíso Region · A day · Possible with connections
- Valparaíso — Valparaíso Region · A day · Easy without a car
- Río de los Cipreses — O'Higgins Region · A weekend · Car or transfer recommended
- Punta de Lobos — O'Higgins Region · A weekend · Possible with connections
- Radal Siete Tazas — Maule Region · A weekend · Car or transfer recommended
- Altos de Lircay — Maule Region · Long weekend · Car or transfer recommended
- Elqui Valley — Coquimbo Region · Long weekend · Possible with connections
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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.
Cajón del Maipo and San José de Maipo
The valley Santiago uses as its mountain backyard: a town with services and, higher up, a long scattered territory.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Possible with connections
- How to get there Local bus
Yerba Loca
A whole glacial valley an hour from the city. The gate of the Andes.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Car or transfer recommended
- How to get there Car
Río Clarillo
Native forest and clear water in the foothills above Pirque.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Possible with connections
- How to get there Car
Pomaire
A potters' town where clay is not a souvenir but the trade that organises the streets and the workshops.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Possible with connections
- How to get there Car
El Morado
Real high mountain in Cajón del Maipo: a glacier, a lagoon and silence.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Car or transfer recommended
- How to get there Car
La Campana
The last great Chilean palm forest, and the summit Darwin climbed.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Possible with connections
- How to get there Mixed transport
Casablanca Valley
A cool-climate wine valley between Santiago and the coast, with the wineries scattered kilometres from the town.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Possible with connections
- How to get there Car
Sewell
The mining town with no streets for cars, built on stairways up the mountainside, visited only by booking.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Organised access only
- How to get there Organised visit
Baños Colina
Terraces of hot water high up the Cajón del Maipo.
- Recommended duration A weekend
- Without a car Car or transfer recommended
- How to get there Car
Portillo and Laguna del Inca
High mountain on the international route to Argentina, with a lagoon wedged between rock walls.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Car or transfer recommended
- How to get there Car
Viña del Mar and Concón
A coastal strip with three distinct characters: seaside city, fashionable beach, and a headland of dunes and coves.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Easy without a car
- How to get there Intercity bus
Isla Negra and the Poets' Coast
A coast of rocky shores and small seaside towns, with the house Pablo Neruda filled with objects facing the sea.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Possible with connections
- How to get there Intercity bus
Valparaíso
A port city built on hills, where the flat part lasts three streets and everything else climbs.
- Recommended duration A day
- Without a car Easy without a car
- How to get there Intercity bus
Río de los Cipreses
A glacial valley with burrowing parrots screaming overhead.
- Recommended duration A weekend
- Without a car Car or transfer recommended
- How to get there Car
Punta de Lobos
The sea stacks, the Pacific and the best sunset on the route.
- Recommended duration A weekend
- Without a car Possible with connections
- How to get there Intercity bus
Radal Siete Tazas
Seven pools carved into basalt by the Claro river, and a valley behind.
- Recommended duration A weekend
- Without a car Car or transfer recommended
- How to get there Car
Altos de Lircay
The way to El Enladrillado, the stone plateau suspended above the valley.
- Recommended duration Long weekend
- Without a car Car or transfer recommended
- How to get there Mixed transport
Elqui Valley
Sky, valley and silence. The furthest point on the route.
- Recommended duration Long weekend
- Without a car Possible with connections
- How to get there Intercity bus
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Nineteen destinations near Santiago
Each one with its transport explained, its map and what it costs to get there.