Cascadas de las Animas

Cajon del Maipo is a river valley located on the south eastern part of Santiago. It's a region where people can go camping, hiking, rafting, ect. There are many campsites and hostels to choose from and our Chilean friend Daniel told us to go to Cascadas de las Animas, "Waterfalls of the Spirits." We took his recommendation and camped there for a night. It was gorgeous! It felt like we were so far away from the city when it was only a train (40 mins) and a bus (40 mins) ride away.

Our campsite was nestled right between these two large mountains

Rio Maipó

Suspension footbridge that we would cross the next morning

Our campsite ....with my beautiful boyfriend ;)

One of my favorite things about camping

An overnight stay at Cascadas de las Animas comes with a free guided waterfalls hike

I would have gone under the waterfall too if the water wasn't so cold. Mark was the only one out of the 20-ish people in our group... crazy gringo!!

Mark's sword skills at the mirador (overlook)