Chile Horseback Trail Riding in Pucon,7 days on horsetrails in Chile, southern Amerika

4 day Horseback riding adventures in Chile, Southern America

The "Rio Blanco Trail" time schedule:

This ride leads us through farmland , crossing a pass in NationalParc Huerquehue and riding along rio Blanco River and Caburgua Lake to the natural Hot Springs of the Rio Blanco Valley.

The trail is guided by an Chilean arriero (as the chilean cowboys are called) and an English and Spanish speaking guide. We sleep in tents, all our luggage we take with us on the horses. Cooking, putting up the tents etc., will be done together by the group. Everyone should to their own ability, take care of their own horses.

Facts about the ride

1.day: After arrival at the camp, we get to know the horses and will practice handling horses and tack.
In the afternoon, after we have lunch, we go out for a ride, and decide which of the horses we will take with us.

Durchqueren des Oberlaufs des Rio Blanco auf unserem Reitabenteuer in den Chilenischen Anden

2.day: After a hearty breakfast we saddle the horses and off we go. We ride up the Renahue valley, a formerly settled valley within Huerquehue National Park.The ride leads us through farmland and virgin rainforest, passing by huge Araucarian (monkey puzzle) trees. Riding up the valley, at about noon we cross the pass of Renahue, from then on descending towards the Rio Blanco Valley were we put up our tents nearby the natural hot springs of "Termas Rio Blanco".
about 8 hours of riding.

Auf engen Pfaden schlángeln wir uns hoch in die Berge auf unserem Ritt in den Anden, Chile, Südamerika.

3.day: In the morning we ride down the Rio Blanco river until we reach it's delta at Lake Caburgua. From now on we follow the lakeshore until we reach our last campsite, on a high plane pasture of an abandoned farm, overlooking the lake.

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4.day:On the last day we follow the lakeshore, leading to the Caburgua beach, riding back to the farm on the country road we left 3 days ago. A short detour allows us to visit "Ojos de Caburgua", impressive huge spring with some beautiful waterfalls. Back on the farm a hot shower, a cold beer and a tasty BBQ are waiting for us to celebrate the last day of a great horseback riding adventure.

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Facts about Rio Blanco Trail
Meeting point	Pucón, pick up at Temuco airport possible
Duration	4 days, 3 nights, 4 days on horseback

Number of Riders	2 - 8 riders
Level of Rider	Even beginners can ride this trail with fun, you should have intermediate phisical condicion, some experience on horseback is helpful, but not compulsory. We ride up to 7 hours a day, with breaks, in dificult passages we may lead the horses.
Nights	1 night in double in guesthouse on the farm, 2 nights in tent camps. in the tent camps 2 riders share one tent, we always try to match adequate persons and try to give single traveling riders a single tent. Because of weight issues this will not always be possible.
Nature of the ride	Pack trip
Sanitary equipment	Shower, water toilet on the 1., 2. and 4. day; on the 3. day a sparkling creek will be our bathroom.
Food	Complete food and soft drinks from dinner on the first day to the farewell BBQ on the last day. On the trail we have breakfast, a snack at midday and dinner at the campfire.
Includes	All transports from and to Pucon, all fees, all equipment from spoon to tent and sleeping mats. No sleeping bags, these may be rented, including fresh canvas inlets
Personal luggage	A suggestion for things to bring you find here. Weight limit for personal items excluding sleepingbag, mat and tent: 5 kg (10liter)
Price	See Price list	Check our discount policy

4 day Horseback riding adventures in Chile, Southern America

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