Aguas de Ramón Park — Attraction in La Reina

This park is beautiful. I went on March 15th 2019 which is towards the end of their summer it was about 88° today but isn't very hot because of the low humidity although the sun will definitely burn you so be careful and wear a hat or sunscreen. I went on the blue trail hike called Los Peumos. It's rated at 4 hours however if you walk straight through you could probably do it in three and a half or less but since there's so much to see I took about six and a half hours but that included walking around in the river at the waterfall and meditation. You are not supposed to go down by the waterfall however there is a path that leads there they have it blocked by a couple of downed trees that you can climb over. I would highly recommend going down to the falls and walking around in and Down the River. This would have course depend on the water flow but when I was there in the water flow was not very strong. I went Barefoot but if you're planning a trip here maybe bring water shoes and you'll get to see some very pretty areas of the river I guess it all depends on how deep it might be but for me it was only ankle deep in most of the areas this might depend on what time of year you go.

If you take the blue path, they're sign is wrong as is the map that I got online. The only place I noticed it was wrong at was a very important one and that was how to go back on the north side of the mountain which is the opposite side of the river if you came up the Southside. If you follow their map it says that you cross the river and then go left however this is not correct... going left takes you up the mountain and away from the river I walked at least 35 minutes up this mountain and decided to turn around because I felt it was not the right way which it was not. In order to walk the north side of the river you have to cross back over the river again and go towards the falls and there you will see a post with 3 signs on it telling you the north path and the South path and East. The north path is fairly easy overall however there are some areas where the path is very narrow with a fairly Steep and very long hill below so be careful and watch your step. The north side also has a rope Bridge you can cross which was pretty cool. Northside was also easier terrain than the Southside coming towards the waterfall. Overall I would call it a medium grade hike. The best thing I liked about this area was how quiet it was because you could not hear the city I've been to two other parks near Santiago and you could hear the city or cars or dogs barking but out here it was...

It's just overall not recommendable. Aside from the utterly annoying fact that parque cordilleras is incapable of marking the length of their routes correctly (it's always ca 1.6 times the marked km), it was just too many people... Massive queue to get in (30min just to enter- if you're registered). We checked the webpage before and it says you can enter until 10am to do the "salto apoquindo" route. At the parque they tell you that you have to reach a certain point by 11- but it's 1:30min away, so we had to rush because we already lost 30min at the entrance. To get to the checkpoint you have to cross a bridge that has a restriction of 4 people at a time, so we had to wait there again for 15min (when we walked back the queue was massive). So in the end you're in a traffic jam walking a hill. As soon as you reach the checkpoint there's no more signs or info on the route. However, what was continuously present on the route, is Litre. That should definitely...

Great place for a good hike - Santiago panorama is not that good, compared to Cerro Manquehue, but the nature views are much more picturesque. There are several routes of different difficulty - starting from route 1, which leads to a small mountain river (popular amongst locals for "swimming"/sunbathing), ending with route 3(Salta de Apoquindo), which is popular for it's mid-sized waterfall; it takes around 18km / 6-7 hours roundtrip (including gazing/taking photos / resting). Involves little to no climbing, but the route is rather stenous - be sure to wear hiking boots(you would suffer in sneakers) and have plenty of water & sunscreen with you. There's also an access to Cumbre Cerro de Ramón/ other peaks, which takes several days of hiking to get to.

Park admission - 2000 CLP; be sure to enter before 10 AM , if you plan for Salta de Apoquindo - park staff won't let you in go there if you...