Comments on: Santiago Sidetrip: Cajón del Maipo http://matadornetwork.com/trips/santiago-sidetrip-cajon-del-maipo/ travel culture worldwide Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: La Bicicleta Verde http://matadornetwork.com/trips/santiago-sidetrip-cajon-del-maipo/#comment-85314 La Bicicleta Verde Sun, 22 May 2011 15:19:00 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5206#comment-85314  Agree with Margaret. If you have an extra day, definitely do Termas Colinas.   Agree with Margaret. If you have an extra day, definitely do Termas Colinas. 

]]> By: Margaret http://matadornetwork.com/trips/santiago-sidetrip-cajon-del-maipo/#comment-8459 Margaret Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:41:29 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5206#comment-8459 You stopped at Baños Morales? Too bad! You should've kept going! About 14 km of rough ride toward Argentina you come to Termas Colinas-- open air hot springs that gush out of the side of a mountain and spill from one pool into another until it reaches the 5th--and coolest (temperatures wise I mean) at the bottom. Lean back and let the hot water pour over your neck and shoulders and if you're lucky, watch a condor soar over head. You stopped at Baños Morales? Too bad! You should’ve kept going! About 14 km of rough ride toward Argentina you come to Termas Colinas– open air hot springs that gush out of the side of a mountain and spill from one pool into another until it reaches the 5th–and coolest (temperatures wise I mean) at the bottom. Lean back and let the hot water pour over your neck and shoulders and if you’re lucky, watch a condor soar over head.

]]> By: eileen http://matadornetwork.com/trips/santiago-sidetrip-cajon-del-maipo/#comment-4287 eileen Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:25:20 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5206#comment-4287 I'm also a big fan of Cajón de Maipo, and you can actually pedal out there pretty easily, out Vicuña McKenna to La Florida and just kind of hang a left, pass Las Vizcachas and there you are (insert a couple hours of pedal time). Ciruelillos (plum trees) are the first to bloom in the springtime, and add a gorgeous powdery pink to the right side of the river bank which is cultivated. There's also an important spot on the way there where people often leave flowers for the five people killed in an attempt on Augusto Pinochet's life as he returned from Santiago to his house in El Melocotón (also across the river) in 1986, three years before the dictatorship ended. Details/video here: http://www.museodeprensa.cl/node/93 (in Spanish). Anyone know the exact km marker? I’m also a big fan of Cajón de Maipo, and you can actually pedal out there pretty easily, out Vicuña McKenna to La Florida and just kind of hang a left, pass Las Vizcachas and there you are (insert a couple hours of pedal time). Ciruelillos (plum trees) are the first to bloom in the springtime, and add a gorgeous powdery pink to the right side of the river bank which is cultivated.

There’s also an important spot on the way there where people often leave flowers for the five people killed in an attempt on Augusto Pinochet’s life as he returned from Santiago to his house in El Melocotón (also across the river) in 1986, three years before the dictatorship ended. Details/video here: http://www.museodeprensa.cl/node/93 (in Spanish). Anyone know the exact km marker?

]]> By: Candice http://matadornetwork.com/trips/santiago-sidetrip-cajon-del-maipo/#comment-4241 Candice Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:12:36 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5206#comment-4241 Dammit, I can see why all the editors keep flocking south. Dammit, I can see why all the editors keep flocking south.

]]> By: arbrableon http://matadornetwork.com/trips/santiago-sidetrip-cajon-del-maipo/#comment-4240 arbrableon Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:17 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5206#comment-4240 When I lived in Santiago, the Cajon del Maipo was my weekend escape! Thanks for taking me back. When I lived in Santiago, the Cajon del Maipo was my weekend escape! Thanks for taking me back.

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