Adventure in Santiago, Isla Negra and Maipo Canyon
4 Days / 3 Nights - Per person on a double basis - Code CCT008
Day 1: Santiago Airport / Santiago / City Tour
Reception at the Santiago Airport and transfer to the selected hotel.
By the afternoon city tour.
Santiago is a mixture between classic atmosphere and modernity, features that we invite you to know. Our tour through Santiago will show you the immensity of the city, its varied geography and civility. We will guide you through the Main Square of Santiago, where the Cathedral, Main Post Office and City Hall are located. Here you will be a witness of the origins of our city. Our next stop of the journey will be the civic neighborhood and the surroundings of La Moneda Government Palace and the Santa Lucía Hill, place where in February 12, 1541 Santiago was founded by the Spanish conqueror Pedro de Valdivia. After that we will be driven through some of the oldest neighborhoods of Santiago, such as the República and Concha y Toro Neighborhoods. Later, we will visit the eastern part of the city and we will see the modern buildings and the changes that they have brought to the neighborhood. We finish our tour in a handicraft store, located in an exclusive neighborhood, where we'll appreciate with a Pisco Sour, Lapis lazuli masterpieces, made with this stone that just exists in Chile and Afghanistan.
Return to hotel and lodging.
Day 02: Santiago / Maipo Canyon / Embalse El Yeso
Buffet breakfast served at hotel`s restaurant.
Today we will discover a significant part of the Andes Mountain Range. We will visit the town of San José de Maipo, located 48 kilometers southeast from Santiago and declared a National Monument mainly for its colonial constructions, its church, inaugurated in 1800, and its Main Square, emerging trade center of the area and meeting place for lovers of adventure tourism. We will continue our journey through the majestic Andes Mountains, impressing us with its incredible and multicolored landscapes, which in winter season are covered with snow, fascinating visitors. To finish our excursion, we will arrive in the Embalse del Yeso, at 2500 meters above sea level, main source of drinking water supply in the Metropolitan Region that will delight us with its turquoise waters surrounded by the wonderful Cordillera, all accompanied by a glass of Chilean wine and a small cocktail to contemplate this unforgettable landscape.
Return to Santiago. Accommodation.
Day 03: Santiago / Isla Negra / Algarrobo
The tour begins from the hotel toward the Pacific Ocean coastal area, arriving in the famous beach town of Algarrobo where you will find a quiet and beautiful landscape with inspiring views of several beaches. Here we will enjoy a lunch in a typical Chilean-style gastronomy restaurant in the Algarrobo. After lunch, we will continue the route reaching “Isla Negra” town, the favorite place of the poet Pablo Neruda. Here we will be able to admire, among other things, the collection of seashells and large prow masks belonging to his lifetime collection.
Moreover, you will enjoy a wine tasting in one Vineyard in Casablanca Valley, a pleasure for wine lovers. At evening return to Santiago.
Day 04: Santiago / Santiago Airport
Buffet breakfast served at the hotel`s restaurant. At the agreed time, transfer to Santiago Airport.