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Join us on several
special expeditions from Argentina into Chile.
Your trip starts in Northern Patagonia from a 15,000-acre cattle ranch in the Andean foothills 45 miles from San Martin
de los Andes.
The landscape is made up of shrub covered hills with table-tops, craggy
rock outcrops and wide-open water-meadows with the Lanin Volcano (13,000
ft.) and the Andes mountains as a backdrop.
From the ranch you will ride for 4 days up into the Andes
through the Andean Steppes, you will ford rivers, pass through
Indian reservations, ride over ridges from where you think you can see
the Atlantic and through magnificent rocky gorges, you will gallop
across water meadows and race along sandy tracks.
Then you cross over into Chile. At the border
crossing you will change horses and continue your ride through ancients
forest and to wonderful hot springs. In Chile´s Lake District
nature has produced a fascinating land where blue& emerald lakes, hot springs,
wild rivers, moist jungle and perfect cone volcanoes extend in a chain
over 225 miles from Villarica to Puerto Montt.
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Rates:
All inclusive from San Martin de los Andes,
accommodations and meals, activities, 9 riding days
10 days/ 9 nights $ 3,785
Single room + 25%
if requested
2008 Dates:
11/27-12/06
12/06-12/15 12/12-12/21
12/27-01/05*
New Year's ride +$350
2009 Dates: $ 4,113
01/08-01/17 01/20-01/29
02/01-02/10
02/13-02/22 02/23-03/04
availability & reservation
Meeting: San Martin de los Andes
Airport: Chapelco or Bariloche
Transfer: included from Chapelco. Return flight can be from
Chapelco or from Temuco in Chile.
Gratuities: 10% suggested
Level:
Good
Intermediate +
Weight: max 90 kg (200 lbs)
Tack:
Argentine type
saddle
with sheepskin
Horses:
Criollo
crosses, bred on the Estancia. 15 to 16.5 hands. Broken to the
neck-reining method. They are sure footed and well-mannered.
Pace: Moderate with trots and good canters,
slow riding on the Chilean side. Some long days in
the saddle
Weight: Max 200 lbs
Min/Max Riders:
6-12
Note: $2000 deposit required
Itinerary
Day 1 :
You will be met at Chapelco airport, San
Martin de los Andes and driven to Estancia Huechahue
(approx. 30 mins.). After a late lunch there will be
an afternoon ride. A chance to familiarize yourself
with the horses, the tack and the way we ride.
Day 2 : A full day’s ride on Estancia
Huechahue with an "asado" lunch. Follow the
Huechahue stream through its basalt canyons, riding
as fast as you want across the water-meadows sending
the plovers and ibis screeching, before returning
over the top of Chenque Hill, where the Andes rise
up behind you and the vastness of Patagonia
stretches out before you.
Day 3 to Day 6:
Set out from Huechahue for Chile. The next days will
be spent crossing from the wide open spaces of
Argentine Patagonia over the Andes to the thickly
forested steep slopes of Chilean Patagonia. From
Huechahue you will ride for 4 days up into the Andes
through the Andean Steppes, you will ford rivers,
pass through Indian reservations, ride over ridges
from where you think you can see the Atlantic and
through magnificent rocky gorges, you will gallop
across water meadows and race along sandy tracks.
Nights will be spent camping by streams and rivers
under the spectacular stars of the Southern
hemisphere.
Day 7 :
At lunchtime, at the base of Lanin Volcano in a
forest of Monkey puzzle trees you will reach the
Argentine / Chilean border, where our Chilean
partners will be waiting for you. After immigration
and customs formalities you will wave goodbye to
Argentina and the horse that has carried you to here
and you will start down the western slopes of the
Andes on your Chilean mount.
Day 8 :
Continue riding down through the magnificent
Southern beech forests, with spectacular views of
lakes and volcanoes. The western slopes of the Andes
are much steeper, the terrain very different.
Reaching the final campsite at picturesque Puente
Barras, where Loth and Pamela’s families have been
farming for generations.
Day 9 :
Transfer back to Huechahue by road (about 3 hours).
After a late lunch there will be a ride on the
estancia. By now you will have heard of many places
and you will be able to choose what you would like
to see most.
Day 10 : A farewell
ride on Huechahue before transferring to the
airport.
see
Condors "in flight"
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The price includes all
accommodation, food and beverages and transport between Huechahue and
San Martin de los Andes.
The rate does not include travel or medical insurance (guests
should ensure that they have adequate insurance), or gratuities (about 7
to 10% is suggested as a fair rate)
A deposit of 50% is required to confirm a reservation, full payment
should be received 60 days prior to arrival. These payments are
non-refundable.
There is a single supplement of 20%.
What you need to bring :
The weather is generally hot and dry during the day with a maximum
temperature between 22 and 35 deg. C. As we are at 700m and higher, it
always cools down at night, generally to between 5 and 10 deg. C, it can
be colder. It rarely rains - however it is necessary to be prepared with
adequate raingear.The best way to dress is in layers - a T-shirt, shirt,
pullover (or fleece which is light and dries quickly), and a jacket to
give protection against wind and rain.Trousers should be comfortable for
riding - jodhpurs, jeans etc
Footwear that is SAFE for riding. Swimwear.
Protection against the sun, which is very strong. Sun block, lip balm
and if you do not intend wearing a hard hat, a hat with a wide brim
(that stays on your head!) - also good if it happens to rain.
Whilst on the pack trip
across the Andes we provide sleeping bags,
thermo rests (in Chile inflatable mattresses) and tents.
There is one night when you will not be met by vehicle at the camp site.
For this night all camping gear including sleeping bags, tents and food
are carried on pack horses. There will be no thermo rests this night
but you will use your saddle and sheepskin as the gauchos do. Each guest
is provided with a set of saddle bags for their personal possessions -
change of clothes, toiletries, camera etc. Jackets and pullovers can be
tied to the back of the saddle.
On all the other nights there will be a vehicle, however space in the
vehicle is limited to one hand luggage size bag per person which we
provide.
In this bag you will need:A change of clothes.A light pair of shoes, eg.
plimsolls - for when you want to take your boots off.
A set of thermal underwear - a light way of carrying extra warmth,
hopefully unnecessary.
Rain gear – jacket and trousers. Please note that whilst the Argentine
side is semi-desert, the Chilean side is rain-forest.
Swimwear.
Wash bag.
Towel
A small torch.
The rest of your luggage will be transferred to Panqui to await your
arrival, you will meet up with this on the border and have a chance to
rearrange things.
If you are returning to Huechahue you may leave luggage at Huechahue. |
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