Experiences / Pucón & Araucanía
Mapuche Culture and Horseback Ride
Ride through the foothills and share a traditional meal with a Mapuche family
- Duration
- 6 h
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Group size
- 2–10
- Minimum age
- 8
- Cancellation
- Flexible
- Meeting point
- Curarrehue, Araucanía
- Operated by
- Fumarola Sur Aventura
Overview
This experience combines a gentle three-hour horseback ride through farmland and native forest with a visit to a Mapuche community in the Curarrehue valley. Your hosts explain the ruka (traditional house), medicinal plants and the role of the land in their worldview.
Lunch is cooked over an open fire with local ingredients such as piñones, merkén and homemade bread.
Highlights
- Horseback ride through the Andean foothills
- Visit to a Mapuche ruka
- Traditional lunch cooked on open fire
- Community-based tourism
Included
- Horse and riding helmet
- Local guide
- Lunch with the host family
- Transport from Pucón
Not included
- Handicraft purchases
- Tips
Before you go
No riding experience required.
