Follow an ancestral cattle-herding route on a five-day horseback expedition through rural landscapes where deep time, local heritage and conservation meet.
There is a Patagonia you can see from the road—and another that only begins to reveal itself when you travel slowly through its interior.
For five days, the Rural & Wild Corridor Expedition follows an ancestral cattle-herding route on horseback through remote rural lands, mountain valleys and fossil-rich geological formations.
But this expedition is about more than crossing beautiful country.
Along the way, fossils reveal ancient environments. Old cattle trails tell the story of generations of local pioneers. Tracks and other signs reveal the presence and movement of animals that share these lands. And the relationship between rural properties and protected areas helps us understand why conservation extends far beyond the boundaries of a national park.
Through citizen science and field interpretation, you learn to observe the territory differently—to question what you see, recognize evidence and understand the relationships between geology, wildlife, rural life and conservation.
You don’t return having simply crossed a landscape. You return knowing how to read it.
Learn to read fossils, wildlife signs and physical clues to reconstruct past environments and understand the living landscape.
Follow routes shaped by generations of local use and understand how horses, water, terrain and seasonal pastures supported rural life.
Observe how rural lands, habitats and protected areas form a wider corridor for wildlife and conservation.
Travel approximately 70 km on horseback through routes historically used by local families to move through remote seasonal grazing lands.
Discover fossil-bearing geological formations and learn how evidence of ancient mammals, marine organisms and petrified trees reveals environments from millions of years ago.
Learn to recognize and document tracks, signs, sightings and other evidence encountered as you travel slowly through remote terrain.
Understand how horses, cattle, puestos, seasonal pastures and the geography itself shaped the lives of Patagonia’s early rural settlers.
Learn why rural and private lands surrounding protected areas can play an important role in the movement of native species.
Discover how rural livelihoods, private land, conservation, wildlife, tourism and natural history can coexist within one territory.
Five days through rural lands, mountain valleys and fossil-rich formations. Return knowing how to read the landscape.
Rural lands & deep time
Meet the Errática team, prepare your equipment and get acquainted with your horse before leaving the road behind.
We begin riding along the historic rural route toward Palo Blanco, introducing the landscape, its pioneer history and the principles of field observation that will accompany us throughout the expedition.
Later, we explore nearby fossil-bearing formations and begin reading the deep geological history hidden beneath the landscape.
Overnight: Expedition camp.
Following the old cattle route
Ride deeper into the mountains toward Las Horquetas.
As roads and settlements disappear, the logic of the historic cattle route becomes clearer. Mountain passes, water sources, grazing areas and river crossings reveal how generations of local families learned to navigate and inhabit this territory.
Along the way, we continue observing geological and ecological clues in the landscape.
Overnight: Expedition camp.
Summer grazing lands & ancient worlds
Reach the area locally known as Veranada Bonita, a traditional summer grazing landscape.
Explore the surrounding terrain on horseback and on foot, including remarkable fossil-bearing geological formations that reveal ancient environments dramatically different from those surrounding us today.
Here, geology and rural heritage come together: millions of years of natural history beneath a landscape that generations of local families later learned to use and navigate.
Overnight: Expedition camp.
Citizen science & ecological connectivity
Continue across remote valleys and rural lands while learning to look for evidence of the species that move through this wider landscape.
Rather than relying on wildlife sightings, we learn to recognize and document signs such as tracks, scat, trails, habitat and other field evidence.
The day introduces an important conservation question: what role do rural and privately managed lands play in maintaining ecological connectivity beyond protected-area boundaries?
Overnight: Expedition camp.
Connecting the landscape
Begin the final journey back toward Centro Errática.
Along the way, we bring together the different layers encountered during the expedition: fossils and geology, rural history, wildlife observations and conservation.
The landscape hasn’t changed.
But the way you see it has.
The expedition ends by reviewing what we observed and considering how these different elements form one interconnected, multi-use landscape.
Per person · minimum 2 participants
5 days / 4 nights
50% deposit to confirm.
Balance due 15 days before departure.
Private transportation between Balmaceda Airport and Puerto Guadal, camping-equipment rental and accommodation before or after the expedition.
Markus & Ursula · Five days with Errática
Lange Zeit haben ich und meine Frau unseren Patagonien Urlaub geplant. Die Idee die rauhe und schöne Landschaft per Pferd zu erkunden hat mich ebenfalls sehr gereizt. So bin ich bei meiner Suche auf Errática Patagonia gestoßen und habe eine Mail mit meinem Wunsch eines mehrtägigen Wanderritts geschrieben. Eine Vorstellung wie das ganze ablaufen soll, hatten wir zunächst keine. Bald bekamen wir Antwort und nach ein paar Mails mit Klärung der Eckdaten vereinbarten wir einen Videocall. Hier lernten wir dann unsere Veranstalter, Nikolas und Ilango, Face to Face kennen. In unserem einstündigen Gespräch wurden wir gefragt was wir erwarten und welche Vorstellung wir haben. Zudem wurde uns erklärt wie die Tour durchgeführt wird und was uns grob erwartet. Es war auf jeden Fall super und wir hatten ein tolles Gefühl.
Als wir uns dann Monate später endlich vor Ort trafen und mit unserer Expedition gemeinsam mit Ilango und dem Gaucho Don Leo starteten, waren wir vom ersten Augenblick in den besten Händen. Sie schätzten unser Können und unsere Belastbarkeit sehr gut ein. Wir waren gemeinsam fünf Tage unterwegs, schlugen unser Lager gemeinsam auf und Ilango und Don Leo kochten am Feuer was das Zeug hielt. Es fehlte an nichts.
Obwohl meine Erfahrung beim Reiten schon gut 20 Jahre zurück liegt und meine Frau ebenfalls nur in jungen Jahren geritten ist, hatten wir stets Vertrauen in unsere Pferde, die uns Ilango zugewiesen hatte. So zogen wir mit den Beiden und noch zwei Packpfeden, sowie vier Hunden los in unser großes patagonisches Abenteuer. Die Pferde waren ausgesprochen gut trainiert und strahlten eine enorme Trittsicherheit aus.
Wir hatten jedes erdenkliche Wetter, überquerten Schneefelder erforschten in völlig menschenleeren Gegenden Fossilen und genossen die phänomenale Aussicht. Ilango und Don Leo verfügten über ein enormes Wissen über Fauna und Flora und wir profitierten davon. Das Aufbauen des Lagers und die tollen Gespräche am Lagerfeuer, das Erlebnis der puren Natur berührten uns tief.
Was soll ich sagen, eine Reise zu uns selbst in einer unberührten Natur. Eine Erfahrung und ein Erlebniss das wir nie wieder vergessen werden. Es fällt mir schwer alles zu beschreiben, da wir am Ende als wir uns verabschiedeten tief berührt waren. Es war einfach der Hammer 👍 Danke
Errática was born from two different journeys that came together in Puerto Guadal, Patagonia.
Co-founder & Lead Guide
Wilderness guide and wildlife researcher with over ten years of experience in field research, conservation and wildlife monitoring. He brings together science, exploration and a deep connection with Patagonia’s rural landscapes.
Co-founder & Operations Lead
With strong roots in rural Chile, Totó brings experience in hospitality, sustainability and community-based projects, shaping the warm and personal way we welcome every traveler.
Each participant receives an Errática Field Journal to accompany the expedition.
It becomes both a field tool during the journey and a record of how your understanding of the landscape evolved over five days.
No. This expedition is designed for curious travelers, not professional scientists. Your guides introduce the concepts and observation methods needed to understand what you encounter along the route.
Citizen science means becoming an active observer rather than simply receiving information.
Depending on the protocols operating during your departure, this can include observing and documenting wildlife sightings, tracks, signs of animal presence, habitat characteristics and other relevant field information.
Possibly, but wildlife sightings are never guaranteed.
This isn’t a wildlife safari. Part of the experience is learning that tracks, scat, trails and other evidence can help us understand how animals use a landscape even when we don’t see the animals themselves.
The expedition travels through rural and privately managed lands within a wider connected landscape.
Wild species don’t follow property or park boundaries. Understanding what happens in the lands surrounding protected areas therefore helps us think about conservation at a landscape scale.
The route crosses fossil-bearing geological formations representing different ancient environments, with evidence associated with mammals, marine organisms and petrified trees.
Intermediate horseback riding experience is recommended. Errática evaluates participants’ experience, physical condition and expectations before the expedition.
Expect long periods on horseback, uneven terrain, steep sections, river crossings, hiking, changing weather and simple camping conditions. Good physical condition is required.
Tent and sleeping bag are not included but can be rented through Errática.
Yes. All meals during the expedition are included.
Errática can arrange private transportation between Balmaceda Airport and Puerto Guadal as an additional service.
Personal travel, accident and evacuation insurance is not included and should be arranged before the expedition.
Your reservation is confirmed with a 50% deposit. The remaining balance for expeditions is due 15 days before departure.
A half-day ride, a longer expedition or an itinerary built around your interests. Tell us what you have in mind.
Prefer email? info@erraticapatagonia.cl
