"El Morado" National Park

93 Km. south-east from Santiago, after traveling for just one hour and a half through Cajón del Maipo, we find the Natural Park "El Morado, right amidst the Central Andes. This protected zone is under the administration of CONAF (Government Forestall Office). It is formed by the canyon of "Río Morales" River and the mountains around it. It covers a surface of 3,009 hectares.

Many enterprises of adventure tourism include this big park and all of its attractions on their routes for expeditions; along with the River here we also find El Morado lagoon and San Francisco glacier, this makes this spot a unique attraction because it is at a very short distance from our capital city; it is possible to organize a short visit for the day, you may access the place after a short walk of 2 hours, as well as a visit for several days to visit all the surroundings.
The best period for visiting this spot is from December to March.

El Morado mountain is the highest of the zone, its summit, which has a very characteristic shape, is at 5,000 meters over the sea level, this makes this spot to be one of the most attractive for the mountaineers, thus there is a great variety of offers to organize climbing trips.

This natural reserve has a wide variety of birds typical from Chile and a very diverse flora, among these we can find specimens which can be spotted only here. This makes this place especially suitable for taking pictures of unique and original beauty.

The weather conditions make this park to be closed from May to September..

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