Waterfall before Baño Morales
20. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Just a few kms before Baño Morales, we saw a waterfall on the right side of the road and decided to stop by and have a look. It was about 300 mts from the main road. The water dropped in 2 falls, aWeiterlesen
Off from the falls
20. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
It was a lovely waterfall with a small pool at the base. We stayed there for a few minutes. There were some people camping nearby. We still didn't have a place to stay and it was getting dark so weWeiterlesen
El Morado Mountain Lodge
20. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Our 1st stop was just a km from Baño Morales at the El Morado Mountain Lodge. It has a beautiful location and is very beautifully built but it was too expensive to stay. One night cost about 150000Weiterlesen
Cabañas Correcaminos
20. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Baño Morales is a very small village of about 15 huts. The 1st one we saw when we entered the village was Cabañas Correcaminos. There were people staying there and highly recommended staying in theWeiterlesen
Start of the San Francisco glacier trek
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We woke up around 9 am and checked out by 10:30 am. We left our bags in the car and went to the shop. Our hostel owner had told us that sometimes the shop owner can make fried eggs for breakfast, soWeiterlesen
Flora El Morado National Monument
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
The trek had a rich variety of flora. There were flowers of every hue amd color. Tge contrast of the colors with the greens was stunning. It was an ideallic location with warm and sunny under the sunWeiterlesen
Scenic beauty during the trek
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We continued our climb for about 50 min. After that we reached the 1st ridge and passed over. The scenery changed from greem grass and colorful flowers to that of lava fields covered by yellow grassWeiterlesen
Reaching Aguas Panimavida
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
After trekking almost 1 hour we reached Aguas Panimavida. It was a stunning setting with bare snow covered mountains in the distance and the colored hills in the foreground with a crater like clearingWeiterlesen
Aguas Panimavida
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Aguas Panimavida is like a place from some other planet. The water flowing out from the underground springs had dissolved and brought out minerals from below the ground. There were pools of red,Weiterlesen
More colored springs
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
About 15 min walk from the Aguas Panimavida, we came across more colored springs. Here too, the water was cold. The colors looked amazing in the lofty mountainous background.
Flower carpet
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
A bit further from the colored springs, we came across some very beautiful pink flowers covering the hillside. They were spread all over like a carpet of pink on the green grassy hills.
To Laguna Morales
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
After about another hour and 20 min, we reached the Laguna Morales. The path had been green and pink all the while. The ascent had been slow and gentle.
Laguna Morales
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌙 -5 °C
The Laguna Morales was a small lake of emerald green water with dark granite mountains covered with snow in the backdrop. It was a stunning location but with nothing special to warrant a long stop. WeWeiterlesen
San Francisco glacier
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌙 -5 °C
After trekking another 40 min, we reached the end of the trek beyond which it is not allowed to pass without a guide and proper equipment. The glacier has retreated quite a bit and whatever is left ofWeiterlesen
Trek back
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌙 -5 °C
The trek back was along the same path and took us about 2.5 hrs. We stopped at the shop to eat our egg tortilla. It was a nice small meal before we set off for the Colinas hot springs.
Reaching the Colinas hot springs
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌙 -5 °C
After the food, we drove on deeper into the valley towards the Colinas hot springs. After driving for about 20 min, we reached the springs at about 8 pm. The entry fee was a hefty 8000 CLP per person.Weiterlesen
Termas Valle de Colinas
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌙 -5 °C
About a 2.5 hour drive from Santiago, at the foot of the San José volcano, at an elevation of about 8,000 feet are the eight different pale blue pools of the hotsprings, which have been channeledWeiterlesen
The night at Termas Colinas
21. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌙 -5 °C
We got into the pools at around 8:15 pm. It was late in the evening and the sun was setting behind the mountains. As the sun started going down, it started getting colder. We started moving towardsWeiterlesen
Off to Valparaiso
22. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We reached Santiago early in the morning. On the way, we had booked a place in Le Louvre hotel in Santiago. We arrived at 2 am and slept off. The breakfast was till 11 am and we managed to make itWeiterlesen
Valparaiso free tour
22. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Valparaiso is a town of graffiti and sea views. There was amazing graffiti on the house walls and there were beautiful viewpoint of the Pacific Ocean from the hills right next to the sea.
We are not hippies but happies
22. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Our guide explained that there were 3 ways to get graffiti on Valparaiso walls. Sometime people invite artists to paint on their house walls, pay them but then the artists are responsible forWeiterlesen
More graffiti
22. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Some more graffiti from around Valparaiso.
Colored houses and graffiti
22. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Every house was painted in different colors and most had graffiti on their walls.
Piano stairs
22. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We also saw the piano stairs that were painted in memory of a music teacher who used to teach music free to the poor children of the city. One of his students started painting the stairs but he wasWeiterlesen
Ocean views
22. Dezember 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
There is a string of hills right next to the ocean with fantastic views over the water. Most of these places have walkways with local artists selling paintings and nick-nacks. Most of them looked likeWeiterlesen