Horseback rides:
We ride through forests and valleys on the ranch where it is easy to see local wildlife
such as grey foxes, hares, and birds like ibises, geese, ducks and eagles, among others.The rides take us to
different panoramic lookout points from which we enjoy the immensity of the Patagonian
landscape and its contrast with the Andean range.
Walk around
the house:
You can walk around the main house, looking at the cattle, the old shearing shed (the only
building left from the ranch’s beginnings at the turn of the last century) and a
locomotive-shaped steam boiler that powered the sawmill in the old days.
Hike to El
Mentiroso:
After a short trip in a 4WD to the foot of the Andean foothills, he hike through a forest
of low- and high-beeches, looking at the birds in the trees. Leaving the forest, we drive
up to the El Mentiroso Plateau for a marvelous panoramic view of one of the tributaries of
the Stag River and Puerto Natales Bay in Chile.
Hike along
the Stag River:
We follow the bank of the Stag River, looking at the birdlife and the sub-Andean
vegetation. Arriving at the confluence of the two tributaries that form the headwaters of
the Stag River, we see condor nests in a cliff.
Fishing
excursion:
We will go to neighboring ranches whose owners have given us permission to fish in the
rivers that flow through their property. These rivers – the Gallegos, Rubens and
Penitente – are home to resident brown and rainbow trout as well as the famed sea-run
brown trout. A picnic or barbecue lunch on the river bank is included in the excursion,
from which we return to the ranch late in the afternoon.
Excursion to
Torres del Paine National Park (Chile):
Leaving Stag River early in the morning, we drive over the Cancha Carrera-Cerro Castillo
pass into Chile. We go to Lake Grey and walk the lakeshore looking at the glacier. Leaving
the park, we pass pass the Chico and Grande falls, as well as the falls of the Paine
River, which flows from the lake of the same name. We return to the ranch through the same
border pass in the late afternoon.
Excursion to
Puerto Natales and the Mylodon Cave:
Our first stop is the Miner’s Museum in the coal mining town of Río Turbio. We enter
Chile through the Mina Uno-Dorotea pass, arriving at Puerto Natales for lunch. In the
afternoon we will see the Mylodon Cave, returning to Stag River through the Casas
Viejas-La Laurita pass. |
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