What people ask us most before coming.
The Ocoa sector of La Campana National Park is 110 km from downtown Santiago and 90 km from Valparaíso: about an hour and a half by road.
By car, via Ruta 5 Norte, Ocoa exit, then heading towards La Campana National Park. We do not recommend coming by public transport: there is no public transport that reaches the park. If you stay at Domos Ocoa, they run guided visits and can also help you with the logistics.
The Ocoa sector opens at 9:00. It closes at 17:00, except on Fridays, when it closes at 16:00. The Granizo and Cajón Grande sectors open at 8:30. The park is closed every Monday of the year, on 25 December and on 1 January.
Tickets are bought at pasesparques.cl before you come. At the park they only check your ticket — there is no payment on site.
Fees are updated from time to time, so we do not publish them here to avoid leaving you with an outdated figure. They are listed at pasesparques.cl, which is also where you buy them.
The Ocoa sector has four routes: the El Quillay Circuit (4.6 km, 2 h 18 min, low difficulty), the El Palmar Circuit (4.9 km, 2 h 27 min, low), the Waterfall Circuit (13.3 km, 6 h 39 min, medium) and the Granizo - Ocoa Crossing (12.7 km, 8 h, medium-high). Each has its own page with the stops explained.
No. Some trails are closed because of fallen trees after heavy rain. The notice at the top of every page says which ones and since when. Please check with the park administration before travelling.
After the first autumn rain and until the month of October, to avoid intense heat and sun exposure.
Yes. The advice is to always carry enough water and food for the walk, wear clothing and footwear suited to uneven ground, and check the weather forecast before setting out.
Yes, there are toilets, but there is no drinking water. That is why the advice is to arrive with enough water for the whole walk.
Yes. The park has secure parking.
No. Pets are not allowed into the park.
All networks have coverage in the area, but not throughout the park: there are sectors with no signal.
No. The trails are not wheelchair accessible.
No. The campsite that used to exist in the Ocoa sector had to close years ago because of the prolonged drought and the lack of water to serve visitors. Today the site is used only as a picnic area.
Yes. The Ocoa valley has lodging, food, agritourism, a planetarium and wellness therapies. They are all listed with their contact details on Tourism in Ocoa.
No. Shows start around 21:00 and do not depend on when it gets dark, but they do not run every day: the upcoming dates are posted on the Instagram of Planetario Ocoa.
It is the only national park in this broad region of the country. It was created to protect two species in particular: the Chilean palm (Jubaea chilensis), endemic to central Chile and listed as vulnerable, and the Santiago southern beech (Nothofagus macrocarpa). A 2017 study counted some 121,000 Chilean palms in the whole country, and almost two thirds of them are here, in the Ocoa valley.