Santiago mountain bike tour: Vitacura to San Cristóbal Hill

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Duration2h

GroupUp to 7

LanguagesEN · ES

Mobile ticketAccepted

The return ride splits: riverside paths or a climb to the hilltop with views over the whole city.

A 2-hour mountain bike tour through Santiago's main parks and neighborhoods—Vitacura, Providencia, and Santiago Centro—in a group of no more than seven riders. You pedal past the Sculpture Park Museum and through Bicentennial Park, then choose your own ending: an easy ride along the Mapocho River or an intermediate climb up San Cristóbal Hill. The tour includes a Trek or Mongoose mountain bike, helmet, gloves, water bottle and emergency kit; a live guide leads in English or Spanish.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Santiago by mountain bike

Meet guide at El Comendador 2060
Ride through Sculpture Park and stop
Bike through Sanhattan financial district
Cycle along bike paths in Vitacura
Visit Bicentennial Park and see lagoons
Choose return route: Mapocho river or San Cristóbal hill
Bike Parque Metropolitano trails back

The Experience

You meet your guide at El Comendador 2060 and set out eastward on the main park routes. The first stop is the Sculpture Park Museum, an outdoor collection of Latin American sculpture where you pause to take in the views before pedaling on. From there the route moves through Sanhattan—Santiago's financial district—where you'll see Costanera, the tallest building in Latin America, then continues into the modern Vitacura neighborhood on dedicated bike paths.

Bicentennial Park comes next, with its cycling routes winding past lagoons, koi fish, black-necked swans and flamingos. This is where the day splits. The easy return follows the bike paths bordering the Mapocho River back to the start. If you have stronger legs and want more elevation, you can take the Metropolitan Park Trails instead—a 30-minute average climb toward San Cristóbal Hill, then a relaxed descent with views across the city before the final stretch back through the park trails to your starting point.

What’s included

Trek 3900 or Mongoose mountain bike.
helmet and biking gloves.
water bottle.
emergency kit.
live guide in English or Spanish.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Huaso Tours & Bike Rental Santiago

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to cover Santiago's main parks and neighborhoods by bike in two hours with a guide steering the route, rather than mapping it yourself on foot.