From Santiago we will arrive to this beautiful area of the capital. A unique place for nature and mountain lovers and continue our way to the Plaza.

We pass by the Plaza de Armas of the town of San José de Maipo, cultural and natural attractions. to understand that in mountain we have a well made infraextrutura old town with its adobe houses.

old train station, remembers the old train system between Argentina and Chile

old railroad tunnel for the route between Chile and Argentina, today a historical monument and is shown in the tour.

They way up from the valley is an experience in itself. There is a lot of mining activity along the way but except for some heavy traffic along the way,

The El Yeso reservoir, as its name indicates, is an artificial lagoon created by a dam on the Yeso River (a tributary of the Maipo River), as I mentioned before, it is in the interior of the Andes Mountains and only 73 kilometers from Santiago. If you do not have time to visit Patagonia, these landscapes are very similar to the snowdrifts in the south of Chile.