Hiking up Cerro Manquehue was much harder than expected, but once we got on the top, we had the best view over Santiago.
It's the tallest mountain in Santiago, with its 1800m above ground, and it took us 2 hours to get to the top. (But I think we started at 800m or 1000m). The first part was the easier part, walking up very steep hills. Then came to the second part where we got lost, and had to climb up using our hands, and stones and whatever we could find to get upwards. It was a rough terrain with loose stones and sand, but eventually we made it back to the main pathway and we were so happy! We took a small eating break, and started on the last part to get up. It was still a little bit of mountain climbing, but much less dangerous than what we encountered in the second part. At the top we got welcomed by a Chilean flag and the most amazing view.
It took us 1.5 hours to go down the mountain, where we were going super slowly and taking it step by step, sliding down in some parts, and jumping from stone to stone.
When we got down, we were so tired, but had already forgotten about the hard parts, and only thought about the fun and adventurous parts!
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| Cerro Manquehue in the background |
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| Climbing up.. and we didn't dare to look down because of the steepness! |
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| At the top! |
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| Cerro San Cristobal to the far right, and Costanera (the tallest building in South America) |
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