Day 1

Transfer from La Serena/Ovalle or Vicuña to the Hacienda. Time for a walk across the 500 ha pure reserve. Dinner and meeting with the team. Briefing of the tour. Overnight stay in a standard room or suite with private bathroom.

Day 2

Breakfast buffet. You get to know your horse and the Chilean riding style (similar to Western style). We set off at 11:00 am after having packed the absolutely necessary stuff for our trip into the wilderness.

We pass through wild plateaus and canyons, ride the endless Sierra and enjoy a picnic lunch and an original siesta. In the afternoon, we pass over heights of 2000 meters. Crystal clear air allows magical views down the valleys of the Andes. We camp in an oasis of the Andes called Maiten. In front of a camp fire we serve dinner.

Day 3

After having breakfast and packing the saddlebags we leave the village Maiten. This day we are riding about 7 to 8 hours through the colorful Andean mountains. Enjoy the loneliness of the nature and the spectacular views down from the Andean plateau. We spend the night in the Vallecillo valley, isolated from civilization only with our loyal horses around us. After dinner we admire the beautiful and clear sky of Chile which is famous for his huge amount of stars.

Day 4

After one night in the pure nature, having breakfast and packing all our stuff we climb the Andes up to a height of 3800 meters.

We pass a mountain stream which meanders like a green stripe through the desert. Further up, the surrounding is similar to the landscape on the moon out of stones and rocks. The wind becomes freezing and not far from us we can still see snowy rocks. Perhaps we are lucky to see the famous condors – the giants of the air.

Finally, we ride down again where we build up our camp site in the valley of San Augustin beside the river Hurtado.

Day 5

After a relaxed night we are fit enough to start a heavy tour of ten to eleven hours horseback riding. This day is probably the most beautiful of the whole tour. Once again we climb up on a height of 3800 meters. The footprints of the puma on the sandy path show us how near this dangerous wild cat lives. But the basic food of pumas are goats. All over we meet herdsmen with their goats so we don’t have to be worried. The landscape gets stonier and steeper and forces the total strenght of our horses. Reaching the top we get rewarded by a stunning view. A moment we never forget. We spend the night in the village Las Breas where we put up our camp once again next to the river side. Before dinner we have time to refresh ourselves with a quick bath in the river. We have dinner with a Chilean family and change information about the different cultures.

Day 6

For the last time we pack our luggage and return to the Hacienda. On our way back, we pass an old horse racetrack where many Chileans already lost their money. In the afternoon we arrive at the Hacienda. There is some time left for a refreshing shower and relaxing in the hammock.

Day 7

Transfer to La Serena/Ovalle or Vicuña. Certainly you may stay some more days at the Hacienda and join other activities.