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Best Tours & activities in Santiago (2026)

A guided tour is the quickest way to understand Santiago. Free Tour Santiago runs a four-hour, tip-based walking tour from the Cathedral every day at 10:00 and 15:00 in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and La Bicicleta Verde offers daily bike tours from Bellavista, including market, politics and sunset routes along the Mapocho. Turistik operates the hop-on hop-off bus, a practical way to link the centre with Providencia and Las Condes.

The valleys around the city are easy day trips. Viña Concha y Toro's tourist centre in Pirque, about 45 minutes away, offers guided visits, tastings and an award-winning night tour with dinner. Cascada de las Ánimas, a nature sanctuary in the Cajón del Maipo about 60 km from Santiago, has rafting, horse riding, hiking and lodging, and Turistik runs day tours to Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, the Cajón del Maipo and the ski areas of Valle Nevado. Book day trips a few days ahead in summer and check what transport, tastings and meals are included.

5 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 tours & activities in Santiago

  1. Turistik Hop-on hop-off bus and day tours, Las CondesSantiago's hop-on hop-off bus operator, also running day tours to Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, urban and Maipo wineries, Cajón del Maipo and the Andes.
  2. La Bicicleta Verde Bike tours, BellavistaA Bellavista-based company running daily guided bike tours of Santiago in English and Spanish, from market rides to a sunset tour along the Mapocho.
  3. Free Tour Santiago Tip-based walking tour, Santiago CentroA tips-only walking tour of central Santiago that leaves from the Cathedral on the Plaza de Armas every day at 10:00 and 15:00, in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Tour operator

1. Turistik

Hop-on hop-off bus and day toursLas Condes

Santiago's hop-on hop-off bus operator, also running day tours to Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, urban and Maipo wineries, Cajón del Maipo and the Andes.

View details — Turistik

Tour operator

3. Free Tour Santiago

Tip-based walking tourSantiago Centro

A tips-only walking tour of central Santiago that leaves from the Cathedral on the Plaza de Armas every day at 10:00 and 15:00, in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

View details — Free Tour Santiago