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Great Adventure
GREAT ADVENTURE
- all inclusive package! For non-riders and riders
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Tour Riding the paths of the Inca and gold diggers. Right through the Andes off civilization. This horseback adventure offers three trips in seven days. You will explore the wild Sierra, the huge Andes and experience a romantic and pure nature. Hacienda Los Andes, which is under German management, guarantees you a hundred percent Nature & Adventure in the sun. |
| Day 1 Transfer (14:30) from the colonial city La Serena to the Hacienda. Time for a walk across the 1000 acres nature reserve. Dinner. Overnight stay / room with private bath. |
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2 American
breakfast and meeting of the team. Briefing of the tour. You will
get to know your horse and the Chilean riding style (similar to Western
style). Riding tour through the valley Rio Hurtado finally reaching
an idyllic mountain village. Picnic in the garden of the Plaza. Returning
to the Hacienda through the Andean landscape. Dinner in front of the
fireplace. Overnight stay at the Hacienda. |
Day 3 Breakfast.
Packing saddle bags. Riding along the gold diggers path through the
calmness of the Sierra and passing through lonely valleys. It leads
us through canyons finally reaching the Andean plateau Oro Blanco,
- white gold. In the afternoon, we leave the wilderness behind and
stay overnight at a hermitage. We camp and have dinner under fig trees.
Overnight stay in comfortable Hilleberg tents with inflatable sleeping-mat
and warm sleeping bag. |
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4  Andean
breakfast: selfmade bread, goats cheese, sausage and fresh eggs. Starting
from the oasis which is at a hight of 2000 metres, we ride along the
historic mule trail of the gold diggers up to the Andes. We are surrounded
by a gigantic panorama, tremendous overlook and untouched nature.
Lunchbreak at a spring. In the afternoon it takes us through a canyon
to the Rio Hurtado. In the evening we reach the goatherd village Las
Breas where we camp beside the river and have a camp fire. |
Day
5  Breakfast
with a chiliean family. After meeting the local people we continue our tour.
The track winds through the wide Andean valley passing small, idyllic
villages. Picnic in a small village inn. Returning to the Hacienda
along shepherds paths. Time for a swim in the river or sunbathing
under the palm tree. Dinner and overnight stay at the Hacienda. |
Day
6  Big
breakfast. Today, we are after another adventure with our horses:
the Inca-trail. We cross two passes and visit the cave drawings of
the Molle Indians who lived with the Inca. You will have a totally
different landscape than before: Wide Andean plateaus, small valleys,
natural meadows and animals. Picnic lunch. Passing the colourful Sierra
and in the evening we are guests at a 120 years old, plain pioneer
farm. Overnight stay in tents beside the mountain stream. Camp fire,
meeting people, and stories. |
Day
7  We
experience the romantic and lonely Andes in the saddle.
Along
the Inca-trail we cross a pass and come through lonely valleys to
the ceremony place Laguna. Glaciers and peaks are the features of
this panorama. Picnic. We follow an ancient trading track which still
leads to Argentina. Riding across a romantic Western style landscape
for hours. Back at the Hacienda it is time for relaxing: sunbathing,
swimming in the river, relaxing in the hammock. Dinner and overnight
stay at the Hacienda. |
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8 8.00 am transfer to the airport in La Serena. Certainly, you may stay some more days at the Hacienda and join other adventure activities. |
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Condor Trail
For experienced riders and true adventurers we offer this very exclusive 8 day
tailor-made safe guided horseback tour. This is an expedition ride on top of the
spectacular Andean mountains, where you will observe condors at their best. » more information soon |
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