Neighboring Quebrada de Jeria is a shady, scenic gorge carved by the stream that feeds the village. Its rock walls are favored by rock climbers. Peine is another attractive pre-Conquest oasis, lying on a slope adjacent to a ravine where the cultivated fields are located. The Inca Road used to run through here. A short distance below the church square is a cocha, or pond where water flowing from the thermal spring is stored for irrigation.
Bathing is permitted.
A trail leads from this pond to the nearby ruins of Peine Viejo, the settlement that preceded present-day Peine. It was deserted for unknown reasons around 1650. It was among the three first places in Chile to be granted National Monument status, in 1951. Near Peine is the small, isolated Laguna Salada , its rim a thick salty crust. It is one of the best places for watching the salt crystallization process on the lake surface as the water evaporates.