12 hours
2 languages
Instant confirmation
Mobile ticket

Highlights

Sewell, known as the city of stairs, corresponds to a former mining camp with over 100 years of history, which was the room for the miners of El Teniente Mine.

Inclusions

What's included

Entrance to the Museum of the Great Copper Mining.
Tourist bus transportation, full equipment, air conditioning, audio and video system, authorized to travel on Copper Road.
Accident insurance
Tourist Guide in Spanish or bilingual (English).

What's not

Drinks
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Lunch

Itinerary

10:30 a.m. Continue trip to SEWELL on the El Cobre Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva Highway, passing through Control Maitenes. It is followed by a splendid mountain road, with a panoramic view of the different and impressive facilities and plants of El Teniente Mineral. (Concentrator, High Colón Railway Terminal and Caletones Foundry). 12:00 hrs Arrival at the Sewell Mining Camp. With a general panoramic view there is a historical talk of the camp: its special architecture of cabins, buildings for the headquarters, employees, workers, the Long Scale, the Staff House, the theater, the Social Clubs, external view of the mineral, Cerro Negro and the Church Entrance to the Museum of the Great Copper Mining.
7 hAdmission included
3:00 p.m. Departure from Sewell to lunch, Rancagua .. 4:30 p.m. Lunch, Rancagua. Return: 6:30 p.m. Arrival to Rancagua. 8:00 p.m. Arrival at the same starting point, Santiago.
1.5 h

Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Reviews

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Know before you go

Meeting point: 08:15hrs. Calle Cerro Colorado 5240, frente al edificio Torre del Parque 1 (Acceso posterior Parque Arauco).
Pickup: Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size: Up to 40 travellers
Operated by: Ruta Chile

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Adult pricing applies to all foreign travelers
Minimum age stablished by CODELCO to visit Sewell is from 7 to 75 years old.

How it compares in Santiago

Its from-price is 23% below the median of the 401 day trips we list in Santiago.
It is longer than most of them.
By number of reviews it ranks 245 of 401.

About Santiago

Santiago, Chile's capital, sits in a broad valley beneath the snowy Andes, a city of hilltop parks, bohemian neighbourhoods and vineyards close by.

The Plaza de Armas, with its cathedral and grand old post office, is the historic heart, and the neoclassical La Moneda Palace stands a few blocks away. The Museum of Pre-Columbian Art holds treasures from across the Americas, and the Central Market serves seafood beneath a soaring iron roof.

Top-ranked sights in Santiago: Viña del Mar, Plaza de Armas, La Moneda Palace (Palacio de la Moneda).

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