Chile · DAY TRIPS IN SANTIAGO
One free day and too many options. These 15 day trips in Santiago are the ones that earn the slot, priced and timed so you can pick in minutes and go back to packing.
See Santiago by hop-on bus, cable car, and funicular, with practical advice on stops, timing, value, and finding unmarked bus pick-ups.
“Not worth it. The Turistik App is terrible and useless. We only rode its half way and one time hop-on and hop-off.”
Escape Santiago for Portillo, Caracoles, and Laguna del Inca, with mountain views, local legends, a picnic, and hotel pickup.
“Pleasure of the Santiago: Portillo and Laguna del Inca Day Trip with Picnic with Dinah. The trip was fun with stunning views and a warm team. Fantastic value for money, I'd highly recommend it.”
See Santiago’s key sights by hop-on hop-off bus, cable car, and funicular, with flexible stops, city views, and multilingual audio.
“The tour took us to the key places in Santiago. The most frustrating point was how unclear the location of the stops was. In most other cities there is very clear signage but I struggled to see with this tour. A point removed for that. Otherwise not too bad overall”
Review of a small-group Santiago day trip to Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, and Casablanca Valley, with coastal sights, street art, and wine tasting.
“Very informative, our guide was enthusiastic to show us around and answered all our questions. Highly recommend!”
Ride into the Andes from Santiago, visit Farellones and Valle Nevado, and weigh the views, snow season, price, and tour limitations.
“mesmo sendo no verão o passeio é super bacana. conhecemos as pistas, principais estações e a vista é de tirar o fôlego. Paisagem magnífica. vale super a pena. nota 10 para o Christian”
Review of a private Cajón del Maipo and El Yeso Dam day trip from Santiago, with mountain views, transport, guides, costs, and practical tips.
“I am sure this tour experience can vary widely based on guide, but we had an extremely positive experience with Ignacio (and driver Sebastian). Ignacio obviously has a passion for the outdoors and nature while being very friendly and accommodating. It is a long drive to and from but well worth the time. In addition, the van was clean and comfortable.”
Review of a Valparaiso and Viña del Mar day trip from Santiago, with colorful hills, sea lions, seafood, Moai culture, price, timing, and practical tips.
“It was all great! Super attentive and punctual. Super recommend! Valentina, Micaela and Nicolas were excellent! Beautiful places and a lot of culture!Auto-translated”
Review of the Portillo and Laguna del Inca day trip from Santiago, with Andes views, Los Caracoles, picnic details, costs, and booking advice.
“You should not work with this company. They did not contact me directly at any time. After reserving a hotel room in order to participate and being up and ready for pickup at 5am we waited for an hour. No one from the company answered calls or messages. We were only informed after contacting Viator that a refund was issued 45 minutes after the start of the tour. They were not able to contact the company either to determine why.”
Explore Valle Nevado and Farellones from Santiago with transport, guides, mountain views, snow tips, and free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
“We did the tour with the guide Fabian, I would like to record the qto he is professional, attentive and attentive! He knows the culture and asked to show us the best! May vcs have more guises like him! The German driver sent us a security message. Great job!!! Att,Auto-translated”
Review of Santiago’s Valle Nevado ski day trip, with hotel transfers, mountain views, rental advice, costs, timing, and practical tips.
“A visita ao Valle Nevado vale super a pena! Porém, se estiver em mais pessoas recomendo verificar as condições da pista e se estiver boa e sem neve, sugiro alugar um carro. Assim poderá aproveitar mais o parque. A van retorna as 15 horas e o parque fecha às 17 horas.”
Review of a private Santiago day trip to Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Casablanca Valley, Bodega RE, and La Sebastiana.
“Our tour guide Patrisio (Pat) was fantastic and the tour provided a perfect blend of activities. Lunch by the sea near Vina del Mar was an amazing time and the food was magnificent!”
Review of Santiago’s Aconcagua and Inca Lagoon day trip, with mountain views, border stops, costs, hikes, safety tips, and practical advice.
“Guide Sergio and driver Rodriguez were very professional and the trip was magnificent.”
Review of a Santiago day trip to Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, with port views, colorful hills, a Moai, transport, pricing, and practical tips.
“Great day trip to Valparaiso and Vina del Mar. Walking tour of Valparaiso had many interesting places to see. Saw floral clock and mai, and ate lunch in Vina del Mar.”
Review of a private Santiago day trip to Cajón del Maipo, Embalse El Yeso, and Concha y Toro, with pricing, itinerary, tips, and FAQs.
“Increíble experiencia, JJ fue un guía atento, amable y preocupado por que tuviéramos un gran día, súper recomendable”
Review of Santiago’s Isla Negra, Algarrobo, and Viña Undurraga day tour, with wine tasting, coastal views, lunch, price, timing, and tips.
“nobody contacted me for the tour. it never even happened. Bad experience. tour never even happened. Bad bad experience . 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎”
The desert, the vineyards, the lakes and the ice, and the best day in each.
