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Tour to a Traditional Patagonian Ranch

Experience the Traditional Gaucho Lifestyle at the Estancia

(8 reviews)
Puerto Natales
1 day
Spanish and English
Starts: From MacLean Pier (Puerto Bories) at 8:30 a.m.
Ends: To MacLean Pier (Puerto Bories) at around 4:00 p.m.
Free cancellation!

Briefing

The Estancia Day Tour Puerto Natales is the ultimate tour for those who want to experience the life of an authentic local in the Chilean Patagonia, living what nature offers and surrounded by animals. On this tour, you will travel by boat to the Antonio Varas Peninsula, in front of Puerto Natales. We will choose an activity to do during the day, horseback riding or hiking. If, on the other hand, you can't or don't want to do either of these two activities, you can choose the 4x4 option and a driver will take you to visit some of the best viewpoints on the ranch. After the activity, you will enjoy a typical Patagonian meal: lamb "al palo" raised on the ranch itself or the vegetarian option. Finally, you will have a guided tour where you will learn all about sheep herding and their herding dogs.

Tour details

Included

  • Navigation to and from the Estancia
  • Guide
  • Typical Patagonian food (vegetarian option)
  • 1 activity to choose

Not included

  • Round trip transfer to and from the pier - Puerto Natales

Important information

If you can not or do not want to do either of the two proposed activities (horseback riding or hiking), you can choose the option of a driver to take you to some of the best viewpoints of the ranch with a 4x4 vehicle. At the time of booking you can select the standard option or the 4x4 option.

Cancellation policy

Free cancellation! If you cancel at least 16 days before the start of the tour you will receive a full refund of the amount paid. After that date, or in case of no-show, no refunds will be made.

Tour itinerary

Estancia La Península

Pick up in Puerto Natales and boat 🚤

The Estancia Day Tour Puerto Natales starts at 9:00 a.m. at MacLean Pier in Puerto Bories. Below you will find information on how to get to the location.

After a 30-minute boat ride, we will arrive at the estancia, where a typical country breakfast awaits us.

Breakfast 🍵: Sopaipilla (fried bread) with jam accompanied by tea, coffee, or mate (typical infusion in Chile).

man next to boat at puerto natales dock

The activity of choice and lunch

After breakfast, we will choose the activity we want to do. You can choose between: 

🐎 Ride on the back of a horse on a route through the entire estancia area together with a horse expert and a guide. 

🥾 Take a hiking route through the mountains where you will learn about the flora and fauna of the area.

As an alternative to these two activities, you can choose the 4x4 option so that an expert driver in the area can take you to visit some of the best viewpoints of the ranch. You can choose this option at the time of booking.

After finishing the activity, it is time to eat a typical and traditional Patagonian menu at the Estancia: organic lamb roasted on a spit, along with a good Chilean wine, salad, and homemade sauces. There is also the option of eating hake or the vegetarian option, consisting of pomegranate beans.

two travelers riding at estancia la peninsula

Sheepdogs and shearing of a sheep 🐑

After lunch, we will live like an authentic settler of the Peninsula. Life at the ranch revolves around the animals, we will see how the sheepdogs work in a demonstration of how they organize the flock of sheep. Afterward, we will learn how the sheep are sheared, as well as many curiosities about the world of sheep, the classification of wool, holistic management, and regenerative agriculture in coexistence with livestock.

group of sheep at estancia la peninsula

Visit the estancia and return

At the end of all the explanations about the sheep world, you will have a guided tour of all the facilities of the Estancia and we will visit a nearby viewpoint where we will appreciate the views of the Patagonian ecosystem. After this day of rural life in Patagonia, we will head back to our lodging in Puerto Natales, where you will arrive around 4:00 pm, thus ending our Estancia Day Tour Puerto Natales.

views of estancia la peninsula

What to bring to to a Traditional Patagonian Ranch tour

  • Original passport (the same one you used to book the tour)
  • Waterproof shoes with thick soles
  • Sunglasses
  • Hat or cap
  • Sunscreen
  • Raincoat or rain poncho
  • Warm clothing

Where does the tour to a Traditional Patagonian Ranch start

The Estancia La Peninsula tour starts at the Peninsula Pier in Puerto Bories (Puerto Natales). From Puerto Natales, on the road to Puerto Bories, just in Muelle KOCHIFAS (before the ascent) take the road to the left, the same entrance of the hotel SIMPLE PATAGONIA. Drive to the end of the road (500 mts) and you will find La Peninsula pier.

If you are traveling from Santiago de Chile the best option is to take a flight to Punta Arenas, and from there you can take a bus that in only 3:15 hours will take you to the bus station in Puerto Natales or hire a private transportation service with us.

If you are traveling from El Calafate (Argentina), there are buses that connect directly to Puerto Natales in a 5 hour trip or you can book a private service with us.

Questions & Answers

  • Can children ride horses?

    Children between 3 and 5 years old can ride horses with a parent. Children over 5 years old can ride alone on their horse.

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