Half-day Small-group Panoramic Santiago Tour

Driver picked up at hotel and was very flexible with the 3 guests. The cable car was fantastic experience

We had the most fantastic tour with our guides Janina and Mauricio around the major sights of Santiago on a half day. They took us to so many places of interest, we missed nothing. Great commentary in English from Janina. They were so knowledgeable , friendly and kind. We learnt so much about the city and Chilean culture. Picked up tips of places and restaurants etc for tge rest if our stay . It was so much fun too! Only 2 of us on the tour and it was very comfortable in the car, Mauricio is a great driver. Very punctual with great communication re arrangements. Don't hesitate to book thus. Muchas Gracias!! 🙂

The tour was excellent, No, we know so much history of Chile and Santiago, We saw a lot of beautiful places, and we fall in love with Santiago, The tour guide is very knowledgeable and and very friendly and very helpful to all group. It was wonderful experience to work to work with Lewis.

Daniel was friendly informative with good English. We enjoyed his company. I had a bad chest, so he was able to pace things well for me. We still saw plenty. The views up the chairlift hills was worth it. City colonial architecture was very attractive. Felt very safe throughout

This is an unreliable tour. We pay for the tour and waited in our hotel from 1pm until 4 pm and no one show up. We text the Viator helpline and also the tour group chat with no response. It is a scam as far as we concert. Do not book this tour. When we as Viator for refund after we get home from South America and they want us to have photo to prove. What kind of tour business is this? They know they didn’t pick us up and left us stranded in a foreign city and wast our precious travel time. A terrible experience and a mistake to use Viator as provider.

What a wonderful surprise to find out my friend and I had our own private tour with Giovanni! Exploring this beautiful city in a private vehicle was the perfect way to take in all the must-see sights and learn so much more than just the basics. Giovanni’s knowledge of the history, culture, and geopolitical background of this vibrant place really made the experience worthwhile. His English was great—and I even got to dust off my college Spanish. I highly recommend him and this tour company.

We loved the tour! Our guide, Christian, is very devoted and helped us on everything we needed, letting us take all the time we wanted at each spot to explore take pictures.

Our tour guide was fun, positive, knowledgeable and caring making our time so special. We, my wife and I, felt very well looking after all the time.

Jamie is a fantastic tour guide, he is very knowledgeable and affable. I forgot my valet in the car and he drove back 20 min to hand it to us. Amazing human being and has gone above and beyond to give us a great experience.

Nicely varied tour that covered a good amount of Downtown & some surrounding areas. Good overview. Sunday was a good day to take since traffic in Santiago is lighter.

The guide was on time and willing to adapt what we saw to the desire the four of us had. Super good value.

Great city tour . Christian is very nice . He’s picked us up on time , nice clean car with good AC . He’s very knowledgeable about Santiago . We got to see a lot of the city . Thank you Christian. Will definitely recommend this tour

Good mix of walking and mini bus activities. Saw all the major sites at a good pace. Both guide and driver excellent. Gave us some good tips on whatelse to see.

Consuelo was an absolute gem and it was a pleasure to visit Santiago with her. She spoke perfect English and was happy to tailor the afternoon to suit us .

This was the perfect way to start our trip to Santiago! We landed in the morning, rested and had lunch st our hotel, then went in this tour. Ignacio, our guide, was in touch with is beforehand and pickup was easy. His English was perfect and he was extremely knowledge about thr history of Chile and Santiago. He related information without overwhelming us and provided many helpful suggestions for the rest of our stay. I highly recommend this tour!

Beautiful places I love the streets and the neighborhood The only horriblemthing was the rush hour traffic Thank you for the sweet helpful guide

Christopher was knowable at was able to take us all over Santiago on rush hour....El tráfico no fue problema para conocer la Cuidad!

Do not book this tour - I repeat do not book this tour. I had one afternoon in Santiago so booked this tour weeks in advance. I tried getting in contact with the tour operator numerous times with questions I had and found it weird they weren’t responding but thought they’d respond closer to the tour time. As I boarded my 13.5 hour flight from Madrid to Santiago I luckily had my mobile data on and received an email stating my tour had been cancelled, 15 hours before it was supposed to start - no explanation or alternatives offered. Do not book this tour they will cancel on you with no notice and no time to book another tour - it will ruin your holiday! If I could give zero starts I would!!

Daniel was a great tour guide! I would highly recommend him. My one suggestion for him would be to clean the inside of his car before picking people up. I had white pants on and inside was very dusty/dirt and could barely see out of windshield. Minus that the actual tour & Daniel were great.

Driver Christian was very nice and friendly. However, nothing is worth mentioning about the tour, and the tour is not worth the money charged. Metropolitan Cathedral was the only thing on the tour for viewing and it was closed. There was an impressive and long list of "what to expect," in the tour description, but hardly anything of substance. Moreover, in the description at the time f booking, Cerro San Cristobal and Cerro Santa Lucia admission fees were included. However, we had to pay the entrance fees, and we saw only one place out of two.

Cable car ride and views at stop off points. Also walking tour of business and government offices area was informative

Variety of stops and historic district but driver didn’t seem too happy to put AC on when it was 94 degrees

Erick showed up earlier at the pickup place and notified us. He was knowledgeable and also noticeably prepared for guiding us through the trip. His English was fluent and easily understood. Unless other guides who would wait at the bottom, He went up the steps with us personally pointed the spots to us, which feels very nice and helpful. We learned a lot during the tour. The whole tour was a pleasant journey thanks to Erick.

The cathedral in Santiago is wonderful. Our guide took us to several other areas in town and then left us to walk back to our hotel. Unfortunately the tour only lasted 1 1/2 hours - nowhere close to a half day.

the private tour was outstanding! Erik was personal, friendly, passionate and knowledgeable. It was a perfect blend of walking and driving in the car.

Eric was a great tour guide! He took us all over Santiago and was very knowledgeable about the history of Chile. Would highly recommend!

I didn’t go on the tour. A private car came to pick me up. I was the only one to sign up for this tour. I was not comfortable getting into a private car with a strange man in a foreign country.

Daniel was great! Very knowledgeable and accommodating to what our interests were. Great introduction to Santiago and Chili!

Good guide, good local knowledge . Tour could be longer to see more of the City. Cerro San Cristobal mountain interesting the Funicular up gave you a great view of the city. There are many churches which appear interesting and should be on the itinerary

The half day tour of Santiago was outstanding. Our guide was a wealth of information especially concerning the political history of the country. He timed getting us to see the changing of the guards so we had a front row view of the procession. The gondola ride and the views from Cerro San Cristobal were wonderful and you could see all parts of the city.

Disappointing experience. The guide appeared knowledgeable with ok English but seemed exhausted and was not very personable. He responded to direct questions but there was little engagement otherwise.

They never showed up at the hotel to pick us up. We had a previous email that we were all set. Kept calling the number with no results. Asked the hotel conceriege for assistance and they told her they canceled it because they didn’t have enough people. Never informed us or did we see an apology. Don’t use these people, now waiting for a refund. Very, very disappointed as it was our only opportunity to see Santiago. Colleen Wilbur

Marcela was an excellent guide. She and the driver personalized the tour just for us. It was very interesting and so informative. Thank you!

San Cristobal Hill is closed on Mondays, which we did not know about until we were picked up. This was an important major highlight that resulted in our booking. We were the only ones on this Monday tour and Luis, the guide took us to other areas instead. He tried very hard to please us.

The information our tour guide gave us. He talked about the history of the city and the country. Really enjoyed it. Good value for money

MTO agency was a fiasco. We waited one hour on the day of the excursion and no one came, they had made a mistake on the day. We were foolish enough to rebook for the next day, and no one came either. The excuse was a vehicle problem, only after we waited past the time and complained. Totally unreliable, a bad experience. There is a what's app number to call, but no one responds to calls or texts! Unprofessional to say the least.

Yaman was the highlight of the tour. His knowledge and history was amazing. The Funicular was great.

I forgot our guide's name (tour on 28-Dec). We took this tour on our first day of arrival in Santiago . . . it was a nice overview, and the guide was very good in making sure his commentary was provided in both Spanish and English. He was friendly. However as we realized a few days later, the tour wasn't as complete as was suggested in the promotional material. Perhaps the tour is a bit more variable in content...? But there were some inconsistencies with what is noted as 'included' in the material that weren't quite so. For example: we may have 'seen' Santa Lucia from the top of San Cristobal, but we certainly did not visit it on this tour. The material suggests that the entry/admission to Cerro San Cristobal was included in the tour fee. To get to the statue/hilltop, you have to take a funicular which involves a fee that was NOT included in the tour. Further --- our guide stayed back at the waiting area while we all went to buy a ticket where we then found out there are a number of ticket options (all in Spanish). If this is your experience, you want only the ticket that takes you to the top; you don't want the zoo or the tram that goes to the other side; there is no time (on this tour) to do those things. So ask around (or ask the ticket-sales person) which ticket. All in all, this an ok tour. If nothing else, this was a nice diversion for our first day to help us stay awake after a very long travel experience.

The cathedral is absolutely amazing as well as the view from the Costanera. Our guide also gave a view of life in Chile

Romi and Giovanni were amazing. We had a great tour. Very informative and Santiago and Chile history and culture. Highly recommend!

This tour did not match the description of the tour. We didn’t make the second hill of the tour as was advertised. We did not see Plaza de Armas because guide thought it unsafe to get out even though there were many tour groups in the square There was no description of the sights that we passed. The Tour was a very very expensive drive around the city!! We had to return on our own to see the promised sights. A complete waste of money especially when paying for semi-private tour!

Our tour guide was very informative and showed us around the city explaining all the history about the buildings and Chilean culture. He gave a great recommendation for an authentic Chilean restaurant. Be aware this is mainly a walking tour but our guide was very accommodating and amended the activities as requested.

Jaun was very knowledgeable in the history of Santiago. He showed me the city in parts and explained the history or each neighborhood. My favorite was Santa Lucia Hill, he had a permit to drive up so we went to the top. Then I hiked up to the lookout point and it was well worth it.

It was magnificent. I had the luck to have Giovanni as a guide. With his help I was able to see more than I have expected. I can just recommend this Tour, especially for people with limited time in this beautiful city, and you’ll be very lucky if you’ll have Giovanni. He will tell you everything you need to know about the city and country.

Our guide Christian was amazing. We had a very personalized tour and great conversation. We were able to have a very local experience of Santiago.

The guy was lovely, but I am sure he did not know which tour I booked on to. We only went to one hill (I realised after the tour I booked 2) which he told me wasn’t included but because I didn’t have wifi I couldn’t double check my booking to see what was included, it was only 7000 peso but it should have been included. I also felt a bit awkward as it was only me and the guide, I did not book a private tour for this reason as prefer to meet others. So for this, really expensive tour for what I paid for

Christian was flexible, friendly & we had a great tour downtown. He really looked after my mum well with slowing down to her pace!

Our guide Hector Medina was very friendly, kind, knowledgable etc. etc. He is an excellent guide. I highly recommend him!! We really had a great time!!

We actually booked three things: 1. A private transfer from airport to Provedencia 2. Small group tour of Santiago with two hills 3. Small group tour of Valparaiso from Santiago The good: Was able to book transfer at the last minute online (more on that below) with some help from office via whatapp. The private transfer vehicle was roomy, clean and the driver was very courteous - but did not speak English, This was not an an issue for the transfer ride. The tour guide was the same for both tours. The Santiago tour ended up being a private tour for the two of us. The Valaparisio tour had 7 people. Our Guide Patricio was knowledgeable, friendly and answered questions with ease and good command of English. Lunch (not included in Valparaiso tour price) was at a seafood restaurant with a great view of the water and excellent service and delectable Ceviche! The bad: Both tours were basically driving around tours. In Santiago we had three stops one each at the two hills and another one at closed museum to admire the architecture. On the Valparaiso tour we did not stop at the historic area. It was a drive through. We did stop at a good high vantage point for an overview of the area. So both tours were more of an overview/ drive highlights. The Valparaiso tour had 7 of us in a van probably meant for 8 or 9 people. Not an ideal situation in terms of comfort. Bookings could only be done on Tripadvisor/Viator sites which was a bit inconvenient. A side point: Private transfer was not cheap. I was able to book a hotel to airport transfer for about half of the cost of MTO transfer with another company (which I reviewed separately). Conclusion: Not bad, and met basic expectations. But did not knock my socks off, as they say.