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==Access==
===In your own vehicle===
Puente Ñilhue is a few Km up the Camino a Farellones. A couple of hundred metres after the main road crosses the bridge itself, turn down the dirt road on the right and drive downhill for another few hundred metres to reach the start of the walk at the pedestrian bridge over the Mapocho. Parking on the road should be OK if there is space without causing an obstruction.
===By public transport===
Plaza San Enrique should have collectivos serving Puente Ñilhue, but none were around for me and the taxi fare seemed reasonable at CHP3,600.
Puente Ñilhue is a few Km up the Camino a Farellones. A couple of hundred metres after the main road crosses the bridge itself, turn down the dirt road on the right and drive get the driver to go downhill for another few hundred metres to reach the start of the walk at the pedestrian bridge over the Mapocho.
Access from the Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo side is described in the English version of the Cerro Provincia walk:
The route is pretty clear on the ground throughout and there is little chance of wandering off the route when the visibility is good. There are periodic signs with maps showing times and distances for each stage.
Almost immediately there is a short section which uses chains to clamber up some rocks. This is not exposed and offers scope for misleadingly impressive photos. The rest of the route is walkable, the trail being rocky but firm underfoot. Fairly soon there is a junction in the path, and you take the right hand route towards Cerro Provinciaand Alto del Naranjo.
The ascent is continuous, and the views of Santiago to the west and especially eastwards into the Andes get better as you climb. The spiny quisco cacti (echinopsis chiloensis) become more plentiful and taller – keep well clear of them. This stretch with the sun on your back is where all the ascent is encountered. After a good proportion of this has been scaled, a contouring irrigation canal is seen, the Canaleto de Agua, but it seems to burrow under the path somehow without being met directly. I saw eagles and possibly a swift.
==Permisos / Tarifas==
A fee of CHP1,500 is supposedly payable at the Puente Ñilhue entrance, but when I did the walk on a weekday in January 2013 the office was closed.
More importantly, the route is advertised as closed on Mondays, when the access gate could be locked.