La Campana

El domingo hicimos el sendero hasta Portezuelo de Ocoa y estuvo muy agradable, con niebla, que a ratos nos dejó observar algo desde arriba. Quisiera acotar que en el sector... Ver más... donde están las piedras Maray hay una situación un poco peligrosa si no vas muy atento, lo que es difícil, ya que al pasar el arroyuelo te preocupas de pisar bien sobre las piedras. En eso estaba, cuando al terminar de cruzar levanto la cabeza y me pego muy fuerte en el árbol que está atravesado. Afortunadamente no pasó a mayores, pero aún estoy con una pequeña contusión. Acompaño la foto respectiva.

Impresiona la majestuosidad de las palmas.

Muy linda experiencia, a pesar del calor, el parque tiene muy buena sombra durante horas de más calor, es poca la distancia que debe caminarse por pleno sol. Hay horarios... Ver más... para poder llegar a la cumbre, tanto para subir como para bajar y debe comprarse un ticket, es con cupos y no son transferibles ni reemplazables, si compras un ticket y no lo ocupas, ese cupo se pierde. Tiene sectores con agua de vertiente (Primera y Segunda Aguada) ideal para refrescarse.

Necesito saber si puedo ir este martes y si debo pagar entrada.

Super nice park with marvellous vegetation that looks like Jurassic Park!!

Que hermosa lugar

Excelente lugar para la familia o hacer deporte en la naturaleza

Está cerrado el camino hacia la cumbre, sin fecha de apertura aún

Maravilloso lugar, el paisaje es increíble

Un lugar hermoso y para repetir la vista

Lugar para seguro para caminar y Señalizado. Buen lugar para ver aves. Disfrutar de flora nativa y con cursos de agua

The park is amazing, and worth a visit. The rangers and administration could use some improvement. I bought tickets online, and reviewed trail maps, planning to summit Cerro La Campana,... Ver más... a route which is discussed on the official park website. Upon arrival, we learned that that trail, as well as most other trails in the park, had been strictly closed for months (not mentioned anywhere on the website) due to some (from the sound of it ignorant and/or careless) hikers having died near the cerro, prompting the park to reevaluate trails, and do work, etc. We were sternly informed we would be fined and have a lot of difficulty if we strayed off the one single route that was open, to portezuelo Ocoa. We politely agreed we understood and we hiked, staying on the allowed route. The hike was lovely. I do recommend the park. However, I was annoyed by the ranger’s attitude, which verged on hostility, and also by the policy of closing down so much of the park, without a warning on the website, in what seemed like an overreactive response to the stupidity or carelessness of two people. In Washington, there are vast swaths of wilderness where people go and risk their lives hiking and climbing and occasionally do die or get seriously injured but they don’t close down the entire trail systems when this happens, as it is well understood that hiking in remote and rough terrain is dangerous and you take that responsibility upon yourself when you do it. I don’t think the park policy of setting an expectation that summiting mountains has to be totally safe is reasonable nor sustainable, and I don’t appreciate rangers treating respectful, responsible visitors like they are presumed criminals who need to be carefully monitored for opportunities for punishment. CONAF, this is NOT how you develop good will with the public and foster a sense of appreciation for this special place.