Paseos a caballo, cabalgata en la cordillera de Santiago, Cajon del Maipo

Viajar por el pasado por un dia - o varios dias. Ir a caballo en una cabalgata por los Andes cerca de Santiago, lejos del ruido y estres 
. Mirar los lagos cordilleranos, las flores, los pajaros - experimentar cabalgata de maravilla, grupos pequenos, viajes creados especialmente para ustedes.  
For English go to Horse Riding Chile

From Aaron Kolpelowitz (5 days ride in the high Andes) "The ride was one of the highlights of the last 10 years."
From Luiz and Mari (1 day trip El Toyo):"Our day at the mountains was just amazing. I can't describe what I felt that day"

Desde Bano Morales: Paseo por el dia o cabalgatas mas largas hasta 8 dias - La alta cordillera de los Andes, enero - marzo

Vamos a pasear a caballo por los senderos altos Andinos cerca de Santiago Chile para pasar la vacacion perfecta - relajarse y refrescarse con este cabalgata tan espectacular.

Guias

Los guias de la cabalgata son arrieros de la zona que han trabajado in la cordillera central por toda la vida.

Grupos pequenos, cabalgatas de medida hecho para ustedes

Somos felices con grupos de cualquier tamano - hasta una persona. Cada cabalgata esta planeado para la gente de este dia, individualmente.

Los Caballos

Nuestros caballos estan muy bien cuidados. Tennemos una mescla de caballos inscritos (que corren en rodeos locales) que dan una cabalgata mejor a los jinetes con experiencia; y tambien unos caballos criado en las montanas que son muy mansos y mejor para gente sin experiencia y ninos.

Estacion del ano

Cabalgatas hasta la alta cordillera salen en enero, febrero o marzo - por eso hagan sus planes adelantados para no perder la oportunidad.

Para cotizar o reservar email: paseosantiago@gmail.com

Familias con ninos

El campamento es tan encantador y las cabalgatas faciles a medir a dias individuales - mas largo, mas corto, mas dificil, mas facil - que este lugar es bueno para una familia con hijos. Fuimos nosotoros el ano pasado con nietos - 3 ninos con 5 anos y uno con 8. Exito total. Se pasaran como en el cielo, aunque tuvimos que llevar mas arrieros que normal.

Paseos de 1 dia en Bano Morales, Abril-diciembre: paseosantiago@gmail.com o
tel: (569) 97491537

Paseos de todo tipo en El Toyo y Bano Morales enero y febrero: paseosantiago@gmail.com o
tel: (00569) 88272304 .

Desde El Toyo: Paseo por el dia o cabalgatas por 2 o 3 dias- paseos mas cerca de Santiago - cabalgata todo el ano

Estes paseos salen de un lugar mas cerca de Santiago por un dia, quizas parte de una vacacion en Chile o al fin de un viaje de negocios.

O varios dias, con campamento

En abril, Octubre y dias de buen tiempo en invierno,se pued campar. (En verano trabajamos arriba de Bano Morales, mas altura) . Normalmente el campamento o el almuerzo se hace cerca de un estero a donde se puede banarse y lavarse..

Guias, y Fair trade

Los paseos y turs estan dirigido por arrieros de la zona wque son autentico. Todo el dinero, excepto los costos, pasa a trabajadores de la zona.

Grupos pequenos, hecho a medida

Todos los paseos estan a medida, hasta con una persona.

Caballos

Tenemos una mescla de cabllos escritos (corraleros) para gente con experiencia y caballos criados en las montanas, muy mansos, para gente que tiene nada o poca experiencia.

Los senderos y grados de dificultad

Los senderos de las cabalgatas son inclinados y rocosos pero nuestros caballos estan criado en las montanas, pisan bien y estan fuertes. Los cuidamos bien y los dan buena comida - por eso no tienen problemas con nada, aun llevan mucho peso. Los caballos tan lindos, la belleza increible del paisaje hace tanto que los paseos entretienen igual a los jinetes con experiencia y los con poco.

Note: Cabalgatas en El Toyo salen de un lugar que esta cerca de Santiago al oriente, pero no es posible salir actualmente de Santiago en caballo - por eso tiene que hacer un vaije hasta el lugar.

Podemos dar direcciones, o buscarles en Santiago.

Para cotizar o contestar preguntas o reservar ahora , email: paseosantiago@gmail.com

telephone (00569) 88272304

Porque somos tan especial? Ver abajo

1.Viajes y cabalgatas creados especialmente para ustedes y sus companeros, hasta 1 persona

2. Autenticidad. Los guias son arrieros de la zona trabajando toda la vida en el Cajon del Maipo. Les gusta su trabajo, mostrando su pais a ustedes.

3. Caballos de buena calidad , algunos corraleros, otros caballos de la cordillera, fuertes pero muy mansos.

4.Administracion eficiente por una familia inglesa que vive en Chile. Sabemos cuidarles.

5. "Fair trade". Aparte de los costos, todo el dinero pasa a los trabajadores chilenos de la zona..

6. Satisfaccion consumidor:
From Aaron Kolpelowitz (5 days high Andes) "The ride was one of the highlights of the last 10 years. The horses were wonderfully well cared for and it was apparent in their stature and gate. Rigo and Angelo were excellent guides. It was a pleasure to be able to ride at any pace at all times. The vistas and terrain were inspiring and significant. The night sky glowed with the white moon overhead and the southern hemisphere has stars i have never seen.
I do expect to be able to ride with Rigo again soon and look forward to it very much."

From Tobias Megerle (1 day trip El Toyo) "Hi, thanks again for the very nice trip :-)))... Okay, that's it, I am going to recommend your company to friends, colleagues..."

From Luiz Fernando Saife Salemi (1 day trip El Toyo) : Our day at the mountains was just amazing. I can't describe what I felt that day

see our Facebook pages (facebook.com/riding.santiago) for photographs of individual rides

Blog (just started. There's more to come)- for what to wear, what to bring, what it's like, who can enjoy. Please add a comment. http://ridingsantiago.wordpress.com/

Riding the high Andes on horse back, ice blue lakes and flowers - horse riding at its most magnificent

Ride on horseback in the high cordillera of the Andes in Chile. Our horse rides start up there at over 2000metres (6,500 feet), with no long preliminary trail up through the pre-cordillera. The views are always spectacular and, depending on the time of year, you will also find myriad exotic wild flowers, snow and always water to bathe and refresh after the day's riding, whether it be an ice blue lakeor rushing streams. The beauty is truly indescribable. In all of time very few people have been there before, even though now, in addition to the local arrieros, or horsemen, a few intrepid tourists are beginning to find this place. There are mountaineers and walkers, but horse riding is the pleasantest and easiest way to access these high mountains, where there are nearly always trails, made in the ancient of days by arrieros (horsemen) driving for cattle to and from Argentina, and riding up to care for the horses which are pastured there.

For some time mountaineers, solitary and on foot, have been exploring these mountains, sometimes to practice before an expedition to Everest. Now it is possible to go on horseback and experience the same contact with nature at its wildest and most inspiring, and also at its most beautiful and reassuring.

The paths and trails

The paths are sometimes steep but our horses are bred in the mountains and are sure-footed and strong. They are well looked after and well fed and have no difficulty with the steepness, even with a heavy load on board. The skill of the horses, and the unimaginable beauty of the landscape, is such that the rides are fascinating and entertaining for advanced and less experienced riders alike, even though we rarely go out of a walk. We offer camping or hotel alternatives, or a mixture of the two, since although the tracks are remote there is a dirt road to a small nearby mountain resort, Bano Morales, where there is also a national park with some good walking.

The horse rides - length and difficulty:

Rides can be for anything from one to seven days, or even up to two weeks if required. We have a heavenly campsite in a 'vega' (green meadow) by a little river, with flowers, birds and the occasional fox and condor to accompany you. We have cooks who will provide a delicious evening meal, around the camp fire, after a pleasant day followed perhaps by a bathe in the small nearby lake. Most of the rides can go out from this one place with no need to keep changing campsites, although for longer rides we might need to change occasionally. Also, there is a small, clean, simple hotel accessible from where the rides start out, so that visitors who prefer not to camp can sleep there.

We can tailor the rides to be long or short, more or less challenging and all variations according to your taste. Because the mountain paths are often steep and the terrain is rugged, we rarely go out of a walk. The rides are still exciting and fascinating, because of the nature of the mountains, the paths and the incredible views which cannot be accessed in any other way, unless you are a mountaineer.

The campsite and nearby lake

We pitch camp in a little green valley crossed by a small river and many little streams. The valley is full of birds and flowers and is a delight in itself. Close by there is a small lake where you can bathe after a the ride. Evenings can be spent walking around to look at flowers , or relaxing with a book on our camp chairs, glancing up from time to time to see the hummingbirds gathering nearby in the evening light. They behave like flycatchers and hover near us catching the few insects that survive up there, rather than sipping from flowers as they do down below.

The camp site is so delightful, and the daily rides can so easily be tailored to individual needs - longer or shorter, more or less difficult - that this place would be suitable for a family with children. Parents need to be aware that the cordillera de Los Andes is not a country club park, and there are dangers, but our guides are experienced and careful so that the pleasure of a campsite, barbecues, lassooing and managing horses and mules and so forth, could give enormous pleasure to children. Not to mention riding out to a glacier, or crossing easy rivers on horseback.