Day 1

Transfer from La Serena/Ovalle or Vicuña to the Hacienda.

Time for a walk across the 500 ha pure reserve. Dinner. Overnight stay in a standard room with private bath.

Day 2

Breakfast buffet and meeting with the team. Briefing of the tour. You will get to know your horse and the Chilean riding style (similar to Western style). We set off at 10:00 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. For 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 will put up our tents in the wild nature in the valley called Vallecillo. Those who want can spend the night without a tent under 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 will climb the Andes up to a height of 5800 meters. 

We’ll 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 is still snow. Perhaps we are lucky to see the famous condors – the giants in the air.

Finally we ride down again where we build up our camping place in the valley of San Augustin beside the river Hurtado.

Day 5

Enjoy ourselves instead of packing saddle bags that’s what we do today. To start again for the second half of the tour our horses get a day off. We can go for a walk along green fields, take a bath in the cool Rio Hurtado or just relax on the calm and lonely camping site.

Day 6

After our relaxing day 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 5800meters. The footprints of the puma on the sandy path show us how near this dangerous wild cat live. 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 force of our horses. Reaching the top we got rewarded by a stunning view. A moment we will never forget. We already know our next place to overnight – the camping place close to the village Maiten.

Day 7

We continue our trip after having breakfast. We ride the Maiten Sierra and discover the extreme contrasts of nature. The mineral lets the Sierra shine in many different colors. We will be fascinated by the green Algarrobo trees, cacti as high as yourself and the calm loneliness. We arrive to the civilization of the Hacienda at 1:00 pm. Now it is time for having a bath and a rest.

Day 8

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